The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-14
THE SALT HERALD: THURSDAY. DECEMBER

There were 49, distinct cracks in the
Joint building last week. and the same
number yesterday, so noe damage was
I done to the million dollar structure.
Barney Quinn was making the break
fast fire because the servant girl had
left. The rumblirg. rollicking, sensa-
tioral movements caused him TO
look out OF the window JUST
in time to see neighbor
walking from his coal shed with a
sack of coal. The thief dropped the
sack on the belief that the quaking was
Barney tapping on the window to warn
him to drop his load. Barney sent the
poor man a ton of slack in the after
noon to even old scores.
Some Personal "reminiscences.
1t takes g pretty strong argument to
arouse Real Estate Agent E. b.. Wicks
of a morning. The powerful nature or
yesterdays shock may be judged from
the fact that he was up betimes yes
terday morning looking for DR.. Union
Worthington. who felt the first ire
nIors and had cleared the footboard of
his bed and four feet of linear space to
boot. Acting General Passenger Agent
Heintz of the Western, the third mem
Der of the Bachelors, was dreaming of
touring the Lackawanna road, and
thought he had got into ono of its
seni-annual snlashups
Passenger Agent .Burley of the Short
Line felt the Dolly block, tremble and
rock, but it didn't scare him. He
calmly figured it out to be an earth
quake, and its direction of movement
from northwest to southeast.
General Freight Agent Henry of the
Western felt the shock distinctly. and
allowed that it reminded him of the
periodic trans Missouri freight bureau
disturbance.
City Ticket Agent Benton, of the
Western felt the qulver and tremble.
He thought the end of the world was
at hand, and wished to goodness he'd
been better boy and said his prayers
oftener.
Timmony's Dishes Ratified.
The dishes ratified in Judge Tim
mony's house, way out east.
Prosecutor Diehl heard the west win
dows rattle. felt the shock. and heard
it so on to the east and outdoors. He
experienced two earthquakes in San
Francisco. but neither of them. he says,
was as great as yesterday MORNINGS
The street car conductors tel many
amusing instances OF the shock Some
Were on their way to work. 3nd stag
gered when it came, the sensation be-
ing described as though walking on a
barrel. The first thought that occurred
to many minds was that street cars
were passing, but they were consider
ably surprised that such an event
should awaken them.
On the $50 Third street car last
evening, during one of those painful
pauses, for tete-a-tete conversational
lists, that sometimes follow the rever-
SIGN of the current on the part of the
callous mCtorman, young lady in
golf cape at the farther end of the con-
veyance unburdened herself of the fol-
lowing: Il hadn't time 10 wake up.
The first thing knew was two of the
bed stats gave way and / was precipi-
tated-" At this juncture the quick-wit-
ted conductor came to the rescue of the
blushing carload of humanity by say
mig in a loud voice Another earth
quake story. Fares please.
Peyton Thought It Was Wind.
Gill S. Peyton felt the shock at his
home in the eastern part of the city.
The doors and windows Of the house
began to rattle and his first thought
was that a high wind had struck the
house. In the sleeping room occupied
by the servant girl the shaking caused
several pictures to tumble off a dresser
onto the floor.
Mrs. r. c. Ge-nmeH thought there
was 4 burglar in the house and awak-
ened her husband to make a search
for the supposed intruder. Mr.. Gemmell
saw that it was daylight and con-
cluded there was nothing the matter
and went back to sleep.
DR.. and Mrs. Buck on State street
have lived in California and recognized
the vibrations as being an earthquake.
Little Oracle Buck. who was Sleeping
in a room adjoining her parents, was
SO frightened she got out of bed and
ran TO them to find out what was the
matter.
Professor w. II. TiDbals heard the
doors and windows rattle at his house.
c. +. Peyton complained to his wife
about making too much noise. She
told him it was nothing more than an
earthquake and he went back 10 sleep.