Show WO W 0 QUAKES QU ES SHAKE SHA SALT LAKE I ALL LI SCHOOLS ORDERED CLOSED Building Bunding g Walls Crack Cracks Wi Windows Win Win- dows Break and Plaster A Falls in Homes r r t FOUR STATES FEEL SHOCK n J Unusually Sev Severe e Temblors Terrify Residents As though a giant hand were twist irig ing ng the city's foundations a series ules of ot sharp harp earth temblors temblor rocked Salt Lake Monday morning In the thc second earthquake ake of the year Minor damage damage damage dam dam- age was caused At 8 05 a. a m. m as residents were preparing to begin the new llew week walls suddenly suddenlY- vibrated In a few v seconds an undulating from east to west swayed the city Recurring movements were felt for lor five mm minutes min min- utes i Hardly had excitement and fright from this shock subsided when a second see sec ond and minor tremor rumble lito gh the city at a. a m. m A A third sharp shock occurred at 1121 a. a m mr almos equal in intensity to lo the first t As thousands of f frightened residents resi dents swamped seeking word on tue tiie quake reports c came in from many Utah Idaho Idabo Wyoming and Nevada points of shocks at the same hours Entire Enre e City Shaken Hundreds of ot telephone calls to The Telegram indicated not a section of Salt Lake escaped the shocks At dozens of at places damage ws caused by broken chimneys and windows cracked ceilings and falling allIng plaster Immediate pr precautionary measures were taken Chief of ot Police W. W L. L Payne ordered out all radio prowl cars and summoned alt all traffic officers ow cers to stand by for emergencies Thousands of residents hurriedly left leU homes and office buildings Resi Resi- ResidentIal Residential district sidewalks were lined d with persons some partly dressed at atthe atthe atthe the first shock as they waited for tor tormore more shocks Many described the shocks as the most severe they had ever felt in Salt SaIt Lake Unlike previous disturbances disturb ances these were not most noticeable noticeable notice notice- able in the business district A temblor on last January 30 SO was felt only downtown This was ex explained explained ex- ex x- x by University of ot Utah geologists geologists geologists by the fact that there is a thick unconsolidated sediment from old Lake Bonneville underlying this section section sec see tion and that this ground is more sensitive to movements than bedrock in the thc eastern part of the city Rum Rumors Humors u Sweep City Recalling the disastrous southern California earthquake of at almost almOt a year ago to the day Salt Lakers were anxious Groundless G rep reports of ot coming comin shocks swept the city one ono even saying sayin a quake had been predicted predicted pre pro for 2 p. p m. m Geologists queried on the possibility iy ity of more temblors explained there was nothing to indicate more immediately imme imme- but pointed out that several Utah faults including the Wasatch fault bordering Salt Lake are re an anever anever anever ever present source of quakes From rom all parts of the city came reports of the quakes quake's damage At South high school slight damage was caused to cone lighting reflectors in the auditorium which were shaken loose Ceilings were cracked in two rooms room at Ensign school Building Cracks Crack A shallow crack a foot long lone developed developed developed devel devel- In a cornice of the Main street corner of ot the Clift building Plaster fell fen in the thc lobby and presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's suite of the Newhouse hotel Damage was reported at the Spen Stewart apartments East Continued an on sn Pace Page Two TA I MINOR DAMAGE IS DONE IN ALL It P AR F CITY n. n 1 i. i 1 Wi Windows dows Broken and Plaster Ii Is Vs Cracked as Temblors l tt j k fv Terrify Residents t 1 Continued from Par Page One ones I Broadway where chandeliers fell felland and nd dishes e. were broken as s they i crash crashed d from shelves l L A chimney was ras as shaken haken loose from fromI froma I a residence at 17 E East st Second South L I. street and crashed through a window Considerable damage was caused cawed at the city and coun county Y buU building ing where I plaster fell tell in several rooms A long crack appear appeared d in Jn the the- the fifth floor corridor The Thc capstone of the south chimney collapsed carrying carry ing lag large chunk chunks of mortar mortal and stone to the pavement in front of ot the south i entrance None was struck Engineers immediately ly inspected d dI S 'S I the building and recommended that all capstones be removed before others oth others th thI j I ers loosened by the quake crashed I Statue Bent BentI I The Th statue statue atop top the building w was I bent ben to one sine side I The city elty water supply escape escaped d darn dam I age Tony McGill custodian at ati i Mountain Dell reservoir felt the I quake in Parleys Parley's canyon anyon and immediately immediately imme imme- mme mme- I rushed to the dam darn He found it Jt undamaged r f t. t The intensity of the quake and an ant t t indication Salt Lake and Utah may mayr r I. I have miraculously escaped disaster f was wa reflected in an Associated Press t dispatch from Irom Washington D. D C. C sayi say I i i ing the George Washington tt logical observatory reported the Z quake was wa considerably heavier I than that which damaged Long Beach it t Cal A severe quake was recorded in ini i 1 California after the Utah shocks but no damage was reported I An Associated Pr Press i dispatch from Seattle said the University of Washington Wash i ington seismograph recorded the k Utah quake as the most severe in j some time tinie Both needles w were re thrown 1 off oU the machine It was described asa as asI asa I a spectacular record th Precautions Taken Railroads Railroad immediately took 1 tIon All lines Unes operating out of Salt SnIt ii Lake sent cent safety crews to patrol t bridges and lines to check possible 1 damage 4 Although early reports s said id there I were no shocks felt south of ot Provo t where undulations were r-c r reported Or d the theLe I Los Le Angeles Salt Lako Lake railroad reI reported re re- I ported tho the quake W was S felt at D I Shocks extended from th R Rob b. b erts erta Idaho railroad ia s saId k Salt SaIt Lake b center of the 15 ned rIck J. J Pack o I the University of ot Utah geology geology ge department said the origin was wasa a natural slipping sUpping of ot one of 4 the basin range faults 30 miles west of ot the city arid th that t it c centered at the north end of ot Salt lake near Kelton The fault is 15 one one of ot numerous ones I in the tho Great Basin Dasin system he be said aid which extend from the W Wasatch l atch mountains moun- moun lains to the Sierras California California- Nevada border Of Ogden Orden den Shaken felt a strong temblor at J I. I m. m that cawed caused damage by falling faIling 1 pl plaster Ster Logan r ld n eIt what th they y I term termed d the strongest t ng t quake eV ever r occurring oc cutrI g there Minor damage was caused Eo E. AU Alien AUen n Bateman superintendent nt of ordered schools cl cI or the day They will reopen 1 T Tuesday e day morning barring more ih shocks Classes In the domestic science h hall hail U oldest building at t the Utah Agricultural I t tu tural al college were dismissed and the c i building was closed Other old oldA A I campus buildings also were to be evacuated Second shocks hockS were reported in Ogden Ogden Og I den and Logan at 1121 a s m. m I Shocks were reported at about the theme tame same time as S the first Salt Lake temblor tem tern bior Jn In Idaho Falls Boise Bote and nd Poca Poc Pocatello tello Idaho Elko Nev and Rock Bock RockSprings Springs Wyo Trains were stopped slopped at the entrance to o a tunnel at Evanston pending an Investigation Second shocks w were re felt at Rock Hock RockSprings Springs and Pocatello at 11 1122 22 a. a m. m Two distinct shocks one notably Intensive at a. a m. m and another minor one at 1130 a. a m. m were felt in Bingham Hingham No damage was reported A study to determine whether the Wasatch fault took part in jn the disturbance disturbance dis- dis probably willbe made Recently Recently Re Re- monuments were strung trung along both sides side of ot the fault Butt from flecks Beck hot springs to the University of Utah by C WA workers Should the he fault taul move so would the markers Diely Severe ere The Salt Lake quake was waa described by jy Professor Perry Byerly of ot the University of California seismology department as being as severe a as shocks ho k which caused 1 great damage to Santa Barbara Cal in 1925 an Associated As d Press dispatch said The rhe seriousness with which he regarded regarded re re- the temblors Is indicated in I Professor Byerly's declaration that the shocks shock were extremely mely severe as 33 much so as those of the San Santa Sant Barbara Bar bar bAri bara and Nevada quakes quake Today's shocks were so 10 bad that they must have tuve ca caused d considerable damage if they were In an Inh inhabited region This may be ex explained by a possibility possibility the shock at the actual point of origin may have havo been much greater than here it was Va pointed out pat in Salt Lake |