INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1.--An interesting point in connection with the
earthquake which was felt in this city yesterday is the fact that a
number of small Indiana streams having their source in the southern
border of the gas belt have suddenly filled with water. No rains have
occurred in this State for months to swell the streams, and in the case
of Honey Creek, in the eastern part of Bartholemew County, it had gone
dry several weeks ago, the water standing only in pools here and there.
This week it is filled to the brim, and in some places has overflowed.
Sugar Creek, that runs near Edinburg, Johnson County, was nearly dry,
but to-day it is reported to be nearly filled. Smaller streams rising
in the Hancock County gas territory have shown similar phenomena. No
one can imagine where the water comes from. In the case of Honey Creek
the records show that previous to the Charleston earthquake, August 31,
1886, the stream acted in the same way.