Show SALT SAL T LAKE TEMBLOR HAS AMUSING ASPECTS Many Humorous Incidents Reported When Earth Starts Moving I Salt SnIt Lakes Lake's earthquakes Monday had their funny side aldea William Crowton elevator operator at th the city cuy and county building buDding was WM on an up trip when the cage stopped suddenly between the third and nd fourth floors loom He shut off ort the switch thinking the current had been shut off ott After a short hort wait alt he he put the switch on and the elevator r went up Not until after alter excited passengers passengers passengers' had lad entered the elevator and told him ilm of th the quake did he learn fro from buildIng engineers the shock hock had bound the rails and caused cawed the car caro carto carl to o stall I Statue Bends Michael Mauss chief county jailer was as at his desk at the jail jaU when the shock hock was WM felt at a. a m. m and nd saw the cit city and county building build build- ing ng tower move a foot toot The statue sUddenly leaned to the southwest t when its base became bent Leslie Gillette fireman at the heatIng heat heat- ing ng plant adjoining the jail felt the boiler room sway and ran out in time timeo timeto to o see hundreds of pigeons squawk squawk- ing ng in protest at al the tremor leave their heir nests under eaves caves of the city I and nd county building I There were prisoners prisoner in the thel jail ail All of them s set t up an Imme I diate late cry of Earthquake let Jet us out outI Those hose on the top tier shouted loud Joud loud loud-I est None was released I Clock Stops stop starts A clock at the Z C. C M. M I. I drugstore drug store tore stopped at the first shock at ati 05 a. a m. m Another strong quake at 1121 a. a m. m started it again I DIllard Hamilton chief service rrt t-Jl t Parks Airways was wasn wasi on n a bus buc Qute en-Qute from the airport to the city at rna ti hIS vehicle went through some queer antics for tor awhile but kept to the therond road oad he said A farm woman near Tooele reported report report- ed d water was wu thrown from her washing washIng wash wash- ing ng machine and drenched her Residents Flee Apartment houses disgorged real real- dents at the a. a m. m shock Man Many persons were only scantily clad I Water was shaken out of a tank atop top the Ezra Thompson building and showered lowered the roof Jessie Harroun assistant to L. L John Nuttall sup superintendent of city schools was talking over ver the tele tele- phone to Miss Ruth Smoot daughter of ot Postmaster I A. A Smoot and a teacher at Uintah school when the first shock came Miss Harroun hung up quickly after exclaiming Please get off oft the wire theres there's an earthquake and I dont don't want to miss it il Several restaurants reported unusually unusually un un- usually large sales sale of coffee coHee to patrons patrons pa pa- a. a seeking flecking something to quiet their nerves I |