Show id a Earthquake 1 Disturbs lH C J J Salt Lakers Sea Going SG Effect Experienced Throughout City Ida Idaho o and Oregon l' l Get In on I Shakeup Pr Professor f f Frederick derck J. J r. r Pack k the University of Utah who w-lo Inspected In In- the seismograph a at the university e early y this morning morning gave out the the f fOll following wing statement statement statement state state- ment There we were three shocks ranging from yesterday aft afternoon ah- ah until 11 1155 55 last nIght These shocks were registered register I as as follows The first at the second at and th the third at 11 1155 55 The Tte last was the mo most t pron pronounced and was Vlas the one that affected S Sat salt it L Lakers Kers so strongly The third was sufficiently strong to throw the st stylus Jus against tile the flange of the drum thus throwing throwing throw throw- ing ng the thema machine mahie out of commis slon sion ThIs ThIs' f fact ct Indicates th the rea real rea violence of nth th tle seismic disturb ance tIt t- t It Is js a singular r coincidence th first shock was was arther away the s 's closer coser while the third thira would indicate that tha Salt Lake was l' l n near fU r the center o of OJ the te disturbance The first recorded was was at t ta a distance nce of Cf about abou 1000 mils miles s the second at t. t Jo a about t. t 50 miles mes l' l a and d the fI less t l than n miles mr t. t away awa v I- I t iI i- i i. I R m d j x I thorough examinations of f ithe In- In in region regio between here between here and nd N phi phi- these shocks shock lead Jd meto me to believe that beeve-that that It Is not at all that faults in in th the earths earth's ar hs crust r st i in f this section have br brought about about- this this- condition That the whole world was Was was' during the last twenty twenty- four our hours Jo ic IB b borne but out b bya by a a dispatch from England today to the the effect effect that earthquake shocks hocks caused disturbances inV in in inthe V the British Isles It has has- never before been recorded re re- re- re corded that so many disturbances disturbances disturb disturb- ances arices have ben shown on the same sheet he-et at any one time e. e t t r Shortly before midnight midnight midnight-at at I exactly 1155 55 p p. p m. m twO two d dis distinct s t c earthquake shocks vere were vere I felt feU in Salt alt Lakes Lake Clocks Clocks' were topped stopped electric lights tights swayed and pictures changed th lr in m in f cars aJ s so o or other oi oth other r vehicles seemed Seemed Deemed to have no knowledge moYl dge de of of the se seismic disturbance but butH H was vas pl plainly evident e to to those on th the streets in 11 homes and hof hotels ls 1 or The he clock on il 1 the sixth floor of the st in UJ Union h building stopp stopped d at 11 55 1 were er disturbed and pictures ari and lights moved and ed Operators s to to th num er of fourteen four four- teen ten teen in the central office of the Mountain Stat States s Telephone Telegraph Telegraph Tele Tele- graph company were momentarily overcome with a feeling akin to to sea seasickness sea sickness Within a afew few minutes these same bame operators were swamped with calls asking 1 It if an earthquake had sh shaken k n the city and the extent of DC the of-the the damage if It any Guests In hotels hotels' ah and residents of ro rooming houses hit night attire rush rushed from their rooms to th the lobbies s' s below below- and to the sidewalks sidewalks' is Guests Leave Rooms At the Hotel Utah guests guests hurriedly lIy left their rooms and making th their ir way to the l bUY st stared i- i id d in la bewilderment bewilderment bewilderment bewilder bewilder- ment and wonder at atoe j one another po her neve Revelers or those taking a final night cap capin in the saloons the tle proprietor proprietors pro pro- pro J and ani bal ba barkeepers k j gazed zed at t ach each other in d dumb mb amazement Belated w farers we wending homeward rd their weary way swayed grasped at buildIngs buildings build build- buildings ings and fences and wondered wondered-at at the sick feeling that affected their tummies turn tum tum tummies mies mica W Were re they bilious billous were they af affected by an attack o of vertigo or I had shad they partaken too much of the i cup that both ch cheers ers and Inebriates f i Sl Sleepers Sleepers' epe AVak Awakened ned I The unusual sensation awakened sleepers who left their beds and andI I houses and made their way to the sidewalks sidewalk's fearing that there would I be further and more violent tremors When none occurred reassured d that the worst was over they went back hack to their beds Many Were vere ver not awakened awakened awakened awak awak- ened there were those who TV were ere In street cars car and other r vehicles vehicle who had no knowledge of the tremors tremors' until un un- til they were told of them by others It la Is not known that any damage resulted from the quakes unless It m may y h have ve been broken crockery At the Newhouse hotel the dining room was crowded with after atter theatre parties when the shock came The huge chandeliers shook violently and dishes s and glasses shifted and rattled shaking of the chandeliers was visible for Cor H seVeral veral minutes after alter the Continued irom page J. J 4 r J f. f MIDNIGHT QUAKE I Continued on page 3 shock The The scare In the the dining room however was only i temporary It was but a few minutes until the guests were reassured when told at nothing serious had happened Dress En Route On the upper floors the shock was waa even cven more intense Guests fled their rooms their clothing in their arms anus Many h hurried to the l lobby on t the e main maln floor dressing as they went wed and reaching the office half clad Ro Roused s d from deep slumbers It was not so easy to re them as it was the c liners diners who caught the shock with their boots on The earthquake shock was felt In East South Temple Temple Tem Tern pie street but no no damages were were re re- re ported That the shock was felt throughout the downtown do district was evident In Inthe Inthe the activity which followed the quake Fifteen minutes before midnight the rooming houses and hotels were In n darkness except for a few tew glimmering lights in the rooms of those retiring I late I I Everybody Scared The streets were almost deserted except for tor scattered groups waiting to catch atch the late cars A few minutes minutes min mm- utes after midnight and nd Immediately following th the shock practically every room In the downtown rooming houses and hotels showed a light I Within fifteen minutes the streets I I were alive again Groups gathered at various points on the main streets to exchange experiences and comment com coin ment on the ghostly figures parading en |