Ogden Daily Standard | 1899-09-15 | Page 7 | Upheaval of a Lake

UPHEAVAL OF A LAKE WATERS TOSSED INTO WAVES TEN FEET HIGH kanc wash sept 15 word has reached here of a recent peculiar occurrence at lake chelan the largest lake in washington situated about miles west of chere in the heart of a mountain range last sunday persons living along the lake shore saw an upheaval of the waters near the lake center huge waves some of them ten feet high started from this point and rolled toward the shore at one point where the small passenger pa steamer kitten was moored the boat was torn loose by the waves and carried ashore when the waves receded it was carried back overturned and swamped no person was aboard at the time the disturbance Is thought to have been of volcanic origin