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Show fr The Shock That Rocked HP If Altonl Oik- Minute After Tito O'clock ! Thursday Afternoon Tliero Wns f4 IJultfl nil Kurtliijiiaku Shock Uh 'I lint Wui Thoroughly Perceplnble I' 'I'liroiiKliout tin; Alplno Stake. d Tlioro occurcil about ono minute ! lifter two o'clock on Thursday nfter- 1 noon u very distinct tremor which i lusted several seconds nud wns plain- I S? lyfolt by numbers of people In Am- y . orlcan KofkLehl, Pleasant Ordve nnd S f Alpine. ThcV shock was perhaps felt $f jf most strongly In Alplno. Reports 'J from thero glvn tho duration of the 3a i" tremor as beliiR from one to ono nnd S, K; one-half minutes. At tho homo of J. iL T. Ilntcmnn tho stovo shook nnd the Bwj e.upboard rocked, and tho dishes ral- jK. tied; a blind man who was In the WES' Iioubo ut the tlmo rushed "frantically life from the building. nN At the home of Win. Dovoy, a mini- Ik, bur of bricks woro thrown from tlje HHI chimney; nl the Strong residence the wBSr wall was orncked; and tho heavy fBlU .wall In tho old homo of Joseph Wal- M& ton was cracked both Inside nnd out K& In a number of Instances In Am f erlcan Fork persons were nwnkened mm from sleep and badly frightened; and fi& one little maid who was playing the H piano found It rocking so, she feared Hflj that It would tip over. K? In Vlcasnnt Grove tho Calmer Hotel K: and tho Dank building were, cracked HJa In many places and at least n score mffl of chimneys thrown down. At the Bui power plant Mr. Swenson was thrown He to tho floor nnd his work bench top- BS pled over. In tho drug storo bottles BB worn thrown from tho shelves, and In BPf all tho stores many articles wcro K3 thrown to tho floor. BK In I.chl many chimneys fell off the HE buildings, dishes fell off tho cupboard, 9M sholvcs nnd In two Instance ladles Hf asleep wcro thrown off their couches, fflj Kvery house was rocked to Its foun- Wk dntlon, nnd many ruBhed to tho streets Kga thinking their homes were doomed to IX destruction. Tho nunko seemed to oxtend through MS t'tnh nnd Salt Lake Counties, but war IBS most severe near the bnso of the. mm mountain. Tho geologists pay that H& tho slinking wns duo to the slipping Br of tho big fault In tho onrth's cniBt, BJB thnt extends north nnd south through m this valley. |