Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-07-15 | Page 1 | New England States Rocked by a Slight Earthquake Today

NE W : ENGMD STATES i : 1 ROCKED BY A SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE TODAY , ( PORTLAND.. Me., July 15. A slight earthquake shock was felt at 3:10 a. m. today, followed In a few seconds by a heavier one. No damage was reported. The shocks are said to be heavier than those experienced March 21, 1904. They Yere reported very severe at Augusta, Bangor, Lewiston, Rockland . and, Brunswick. Reports from Thomaston say that one shock was felt there shortly short-ly after S o'clock of about 15 seconds' duration. The State prison and houses at Thomaston were shaken noticeably and dishes and stove covers rattled. t Biddeford. Saco and Old Orchard also noticed the shock at 6:05 this morning. The earth trembled and there was a sound like distant thunder. The convulsion con-vulsion was of but a few seconds' dura-tion. dura-tion. At Bangor there-was one long rumble which rattled dishes and shook windows. win-dows. ' State Geologist Lee of Bowdoin college col-lege said as near as he could judge the tremulous agitation passed from east to west at 5:10 o'clock and was between seven and ten seconds i in duration. There is no instrument at Bowdoin for registering the velocity and strength of -the concussion. Prof. Lee said it was one of those shocks, which Is caused by the slipping of rock on the side of a fissure at some considerable depth, probably two or three miles, as a result of long-continued strain. It could have been stimulated by an explosion of some kind. Prof. Lee could not locate, from reports received, the center of the , shock. - v CONCORD, N. H.. July 15. An earth-quake earth-quake shock was distinctly felt In this city at 6:10 this morning. Reports from the city of Manchester and other points indicate that a distinct shock was ex.-perienced ex.-perienced over the southern section of the State at about the same hour. '