The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-15
Special to The aerald1

reports on the earthquake that swept
over southern Utah yesterday morning
gave 2. very faint idea of the extent
Of the commissions or Of the amount
Of damage done.
In all directions valuable buildings
are wrecked and -0ttering ready TO fail;
people are driven from their homes;
roads are blocSaded; Communication of
all kinds cut off, and many valuable
structures in the towns Of this county
viii have to be torn down and rebuilt
in whole or in part. Already it is
known that damages to buildings viii
reach $50 900, and it is expected that
the loss viii run TO SS0,O0O or SlUO,O19
when the reports are complete. Up
70 this time no fatalities have been re-
ported, but many people escaped from
under falling walls as II by miracle
Even yet the people are In terror IN
many places they fed from their homes
in the middle of the night. In NUMBER
of places meetings were being held
when the shock came; the buildings be-
gan to rock and the brick anG stone to
fall about the ears Of the people, when
they became panic-stricken and
Jumped through the windows and fed
into the night. The cattle and horses
quivered with fright in their tracks;
many people were convinced that the
end of the world had come and pros
trated themselves upon their faces Oh
the ground.
Center Of Disturbance.
As near as can be ascertained at this
early hour Mount Baby and Mount
Belnap, among the high peaks Of Utah,
constituted the center Of the earth
quake, ana from there the shocks
seemed to radiate in an direcs-s7s. The
greatest damage was done through
the southern end Of this county, and
not a town or village escaped In a
number Of places buildings were com
pletelv ruined, although the actual loss
in any one place wilt not run over SlO,-
OOO The towns that seem to have SUI
fered most We're Richheld, Monroe, Eli
sinore, Central and Joseph. but it is
too early TO reach anything like cor
rect estimate. In these towns there Is
not a brick. adobe or stone building
that is not more or less injured. The
shocks continued all through Wednes-
dav night and up TO as late an hour as
I O'Clock this afternoon. Here ia Rich
field there were twenty distinct shocks
In Richheld the greatest damage was
done to the large tabernacle 1t IS
badly shaken and cracked and the To-
cal architects state that it viii take
at least $1,000 TO repair the damages
I'm order TO make it safe it is believed
that il viii be neCes sary 10 tear down
a large portion of the walls. Many OF
the business houses were injured, the
plaster was knocked or, the windows
We're broken ana bottles and crockery
knocked from the shelves aud broken
Babes Narrow Escape.
There was what may be termed a
miraculous escape from death at the
home OF o. *. Salisbury. Jr. Two lit
fIe babies were on the bed when the
shock came; the gable end of the house
leu i'm upon the children. the bed was
covered with brick. adobes and NOR
TAR but the babies did not receive a
scratch.
In Monroe the beautiful residence Of
Bishop Drson Nagiey was damaged 70
the extent of $780, Charles Wlndle's
unfinished brick house was SO badly
damaged that the carpenter work VIII
have TO be done over and the walls re-
built from the foundation. Large win
dovvs were broker In the stores and the
buildings otherwise damaged. Many
buildings were damaged to the extent
of from S2j 70 500 each One of the
main streams of the Monroe hot
springs stopped flowing, while others
creased flow of water.
The choir was praCtiCing tn the
meeting house when the building be
gen 10 rock on its foundation and 10
seemed TO many that the end Of the
world had come. The panic among the
people assembled was terrible. SeT-
eral jumped thrOCgn the windows and
were badly cut. bus no serious acct
dents are reported at this time.
Flight of Town Folders.
TIE town council was i'm session in
the town hall The FIRST shock brought
down the ceiling upon the heads Of
the councillors; they fed in disord> d,
leaving the building almost a complete
wreck
AT Eizinore the Chris Jensen hotel
v5s damaged to the extent Of $500 and
the guests were driven into the street
The new schvcl house that cost $4,000
was badly cracked and a large part of
ST will have 90 be rebuilt. The Coop
store. SNYDER new building and a
number Of others We're damaged from
SO to s100 each. In the stores the
glassware, crOckery and bottled goods
were I1ocked from the shelves and
broken on the floor The ceiling fell tn
at the horne OF Mrs. Petrina kellett.
She was in bed and was injured seri-
NE gable Of Peter Ehristensen's
house fen in. The house was occupied
bv Thomas Fouts and family. the
falling wall crashed through the floor
and into the family sleeping room. For
funately no one was N bed and all es-
caped without injury. A number of
me buildings i'm Elsinore viii have ia
be torn down and built up from the