Show QUAKES DUE TO SHAKE MIDWEST scientists declare that floods unbalancing earths crust washington n earthquake ot of calamitous may be exi eleni et at any time thae in to tile Ills sissil t I 1 valley according to 0 dotu documents ments and of 0 lea lead ing scientists jut made ave I 1 la e through puhl kallon in the tile con grease ani ateo rd constant earton of 0 the soil boll by annual muni flawia I 1 Is the tile earths earth a crust an I 1 violent upheavals ills extending ill all the way from the mouth of the miss uri url to the delta jutting out into the lulf gulf of mexico are due the tile KIT sav among the 1 romi prominent nent authorities quoted are pr dr cef acree rge otis oils smith director of pf tie united states heo logical atrev if amron ron 1 I fuller an asso associate clate it 01 doctor smith F W bolion S 8 J of the Geo relon university obbera tory J A bollal asso associate clate professor of the delart nent of ge peo i physics of st I 1 outs 4 prof prot tim 11 tithe 11 raigan rh igAn much muth earth shifting Shift lna their lewe lews viere in the kotord hy by gurber and stone yone of ma me in support of the oystein of mississippi 1111 conerl f the present levee mr air sti ne explained that tie ile volume of earth now how being carried doti down n the file sit illas als appl river a and nil deim deiR sited in th tin gulf of mexico amounts o 0 to about cuble euch apar or a equal to t the ex e car cavitt ottoo lon for the banania Ja nania ranal canal lou IOU amov consoler cons con ller slIer this alarming said mr sir artone one but if it you the question you all find the mississippi lissis sIPPI valley talley Is con constantly Vantly threatened with n real daner danger one that flint demand demands serious considers con lion an earthquake Is I 1 not rint only i possible but very probable and may occur at any time it in a historical fait hat that the most severe earthquake earth quale ever recorded in the united states oc curre currel in 1811 with tt its center near the mouth of the ahlo rarer eclen elsts speak of it ns as the new mad rid it was een o 0 more eliere than the destructive hock shock at charleston harl esron S 8 1 in 1001 that tre ite 1 loss 19 9 in life As email small was due ont out ti fl it k p fart fact that the country at tat time aus very sparsely set tied 1 millions reside in this thi lind woul he bib directly nf at fead should a 1111 ollar disturb anre ance visit the mississippi vaclev vellev says the ge logical survey the file toss loss of life and property dimase would be appalling there la to an abundance of ort vl dence geological and other otherwise lse tint that earthquakes have been occurring oc currin in the bew madrid area about aery emy hundred lears year in fact says itie the sur euney tey we have at to 1 lie lip shock of 1811 records of a tong ion line of minor continuing to lie the tine title shoal shorlie nir ahm the cruit crust Is een now la in unstable eaul I 1 vision sea menace geological survey offid als tay tant a anake of the intensity of ohp 1811 shock woold be disastrous to a niini lr of small cities in the N w at it I 1 rl d section that the he cities nf fit I 1 niro and also would stiffer fi everel tunit st I 1 liels U Is pro pr etab lubly I 1 y would aou I 1 d be bedl bidet shaken smith thinks it probable prohn ble thi hit t an may take 1 late farther down don the river in the th vl vt of the gulf cat coil st n stone interpret this to monn mean the he mouth of the sippi should hould the he lower delta conn coun try re te visited hy by an earthquake earth bay stone sloop the reenie might he to the file treat great I 1 ishon dis ills aster ster witch wl lih threw down lie flip prin capil part of ili tip ity illy th sen sea re tired and instantly returned in a 40 feet high he the grent great mi merhle irble quay tn in the space of six all persona persons per f I 1 Is sl pd ell 1 joliet announced that the ity of rt 4 fouls hai has under tinder taken an intensive kiil of the he in n the he new madrid creglon three sets es of specially de ginned graph are arf being lie eft up to record earth tremors at close elos e range st bavler arv ter college tn to the rie northeast of pf Is aa a pair of sensitive eels mo graphs |