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of the Ohio as high up as Pittsburg. New Madrid, having suffered more than any other town on the Mississippi from its effects, was considered as situated near the focus from whence the undulations proceeded. The first shock took place in the night of December 16, 1811. After daylight a loud hissing and roaring was heard like musketry and the thunder of cannon, accompanied by the most violent agitation of the shores, and tremendous boiling up of the waters below back on the . descending stream, and tossing the boats about so violently that the men with difficulty could keep their feet. The earth on the shores opened in wide fissures and, closing again, threw the water and mud in large jets higher than the tops of trees. The atmosphere was filled with a thick vapor, or gas, to.which the light imparted a purple tinge. From the, temporary check to the current by the heaving up of the bottom and the sinking of the banks, the river rose in a few moments, five or six feet, and again rushed forward with redoubled impetuosity, hurrying along the boats now let loose by the horror-struck boatmen. Many boats were overwhelmed in- this- manner and the crews perished with them. New Madrid, which stood on a bluff twenty feet above high water mark, sank so low that the next rise covered it to a depth of five feet. The bottoms of several fine lakes in this vicinity were elevated so as to become dry land. Across the river, in Obion County, Tenn., a large area of land sank, forming a great lake, now called Reel-foot Lake, from which the tops of tall cypress and hemlock trees can be seen standing just as the land sunk nearly 100 years ago. Through the action
of the earthquake and a big bend in the river, there is a very7 great eddy at New Madrid, and the river runs up stream on one side and then turns about and runs down stream on the opposite side. There is also a big “suck” at this point. There are many deep holes in the river all the way to New Orleans and so on to the Balize. The river is very wide and crooked, the scenery varied and beautiful and many handsome, busy towns and cities line the banks. Large areas of the lowlands and swamps are being reclaimed, and, thanks to the railroads and steamboats, Mie hum of commerce is heard as never before.
An Alleged Beaux-Arts Scandal.—A few weeks since some of the Paris journals were able to startle their readers by giving an account of a scandalc at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. So many Frenchmen are assured of the weakness of all the national institutions, a revelation of dishonesty is accepted without much investigation. It appears that the students in the atelier of architecture directed by M. Umdenstock have been of late particularly successful, and in eight instances out of nine were placed in the first position. It was not difficult from that simple fact to devise the machinery of a plot. The unsuccessful students naturally adopted what may be taken as the national formula, “We are betrayed.” A journal, in the public interest, undertook to explain how everything was arranged. In the first place, all the drawings from l’Atelier Umdenstock had the titles, written in a uniform manner. Could anything be more plain that treachery was at work when it was possible at a glance to recog
nize fourteen drawings which came from that atelier? It was also declared that M. Umdenstock, accompanied by the secretary of the jury at 8 o’clock of a winter morning, obtained access by a private staircase to the room containing the drawings before the jury assembled. It was easy to conclude for what purpose the two officials made so irregular, a visit. Unfortunately for the concocters of the legend, there is no private staircase; the decisions were given by a jury of which M. Umdenstock did not form part, and he did not enter the room containing the sketches until everything, was concluded. The Minister of Fine Arts must, however, submit to any outcry; he ordered an inquiry and discovered there was no foundation for the allegation. The scandal-mongers can, however, claim a victory, since it has been decided that henceforth there must be no uniformity in titles or in frames.—The Architect.
Charing Cross Station Roof.—In pursuance of the recommendations of the consulting engineers. Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Wolfe-Barry, the directors of the South-Eastern and London & Chatham Railways, have arranged to remove entirely the existing roof of _Charing Cross Station.
Richardson’s Pittsburgh Court-house. —Mr. J. W. Beatty, director of fine arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa., has made a strong and eloquent protest in the newspapers of that city against any change that would mar the architectural unity of the Allegheny County court-house, which the late architect, Henry H. Richardson, of Boston, considered his masterpiece. The de
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of the Ohio as high up as Pittsburg. New Madrid, having suffered more than any other town on the Mississippi from its effects, was considered as situated near the focus from whence the undulations proceeded. The first shock took place in the night of December 16, 1811. After daylight a loud hissing and roaring was heard like musketry and the thunder of cannon, accompanied by the most violent agitation of the shores, and tremendous boiling up of the waters below back on the . descending stream, and tossing the boats about so violently that the men with difficulty could keep their feet. The earth on the shores opened in wide fissures and, closing again, threw the water and mud in large jets higher than the tops of trees. The atmosphere was filled with a thick vapor, or gas, to.which the light imparted a purple tinge. From the, temporary check to the current by the heaving up of the bottom and the sinking of the banks, the river rose in a few moments, five or six feet, and again rushed forward with redoubled impetuosity, hurrying along the boats now let loose by the horror-struck boatmen. Many boats were overwhelmed in- this- manner and the crews perished with them. New Madrid, which stood on a bluff twenty feet above high water mark, sank so low that the next rise covered it to a depth of five feet. The bottoms of several fine lakes in this vicinity were elevated so as to become dry land. Across the river, in Obion County, Tenn., a large area of land sank, forming a great lake, now called Reel-foot Lake, from which the tops of tall cypress and hemlock trees can be seen standing just as the land sunk nearly 100 years ago. Through the action
of the earthquake and a big bend in the river, there is a very7 great eddy at New Madrid, and the river runs up stream on one side and then turns about and runs down stream on the opposite side. There is also a big “suck” at this point. There are many deep holes in the river all the way to New Orleans and so on to the Balize. The river is very wide and crooked, the scenery varied and beautiful and many handsome, busy towns and cities line the banks. Large areas of the lowlands and swamps are being reclaimed, and, thanks to the railroads and steamboats, Mie hum of commerce is heard as never before.
An Alleged Beaux-Arts Scandal.—A few weeks since some of the Paris journals were able to startle their readers by giving an account of a scandalc at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. So many Frenchmen are assured of the weakness of all the national institutions, a revelation of dishonesty is accepted without much investigation. It appears that the students in the atelier of architecture directed by M. Umdenstock have been of late particularly successful, and in eight instances out of nine were placed in the first position. It was not difficult from that simple fact to devise the machinery of a plot. The unsuccessful students naturally adopted what may be taken as the national formula, “We are betrayed.” A journal, in the public interest, undertook to explain how everything was arranged. In the first place, all the drawings from l’Atelier Umdenstock had the titles, written in a uniform manner. Could anything be more plain that treachery was at work when it was possible at a glance to recog
nize fourteen drawings which came from that atelier? It was also declared that M. Umdenstock, accompanied by the secretary of the jury at 8 o’clock of a winter morning, obtained access by a private staircase to the room containing the drawings before the jury assembled. It was easy to conclude for what purpose the two officials made so irregular, a visit. Unfortunately for the concocters of the legend, there is no private staircase; the decisions were given by a jury of which M. Umdenstock did not form part, and he did not enter the room containing the sketches until everything, was concluded. The Minister of Fine Arts must, however, submit to any outcry; he ordered an inquiry and discovered there was no foundation for the allegation. The scandal-mongers can, however, claim a victory, since it has been decided that henceforth there must be no uniformity in titles or in frames.—The Architect.
Charing Cross Station Roof.—In pursuance of the recommendations of the consulting engineers. Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Wolfe-Barry, the directors of the South-Eastern and London & Chatham Railways, have arranged to remove entirely the existing roof of _Charing Cross Station.
Richardson’s Pittsburgh Court-house. —Mr. J. W. Beatty, director of fine arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa., has made a strong and eloquent protest in the newspapers of that city against any change that would mar the architectural unity of the Allegheny County court-house, which the late architect, Henry H. Richardson, of Boston, considered his masterpiece. The de
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The heading Art
Magazine
50c. a copy. $5.00 a year
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Architects find the INTERNATIONAL STUDIO
invaluable for reference and suggestion. Architects keep the INTERNATIONAL STUDIO
on file in their offices. Architects prize the INTERNATIONAL STUDIO For the frequent articles on Exterior and
Interior Decoration. For the attention given the latest plans and
buildings. For views and descriptions in particular of
Gountry Residences. For the latest work in Wrought Iron, Leaded Glass, Stained Glass, Wood Work, etc.
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