Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-25
St LOUIS SHAKEN
BY EARTHQUAKE.
rvo Distinct Shocks Felt There
And in Vicinity
MADE CRoCKERY RATTLE
clu, ST. Joseph, 0uineey'
,,onworth and Other Places
mad seismic Experience"

g, Louis Mo-, Jan. 2i.--Two diatlnct
horks of earthquake were felt In ~
yn,. and vicinity this morning The
or.t shock was light The second was
mare severe. Il awakened persons VINO
sod silent through the first shock and
got them out Of bed The shocks were
occomapncd By rumblIug sound and
ocoasoned the rafting Of crockey and
swinging Of pictures
Fred Ruble, the night operator at the
voother bureau, whose Office is on the
CON floor OF the federal building, noted
,bp shocks but did not time them he
soid both came between 4 ana 8 o'clock,
nr HYATT the local weather bureau
chief SAYS an acquaintance OF MS
Gom clifton Heights, reported that
tbe shocks there wore very severe and
eeyeral persons went into their yards,
fearlng Inc houses would be shaken
down.
The shocks were felt distinctly in the
three cities across the river In Illinois.
In venice. buildings shook and VIM
dows ratified 20 that residents believed
an explosion had occurred in the
neghborhood
The earthquake was felt very dis
tlnctly az Alton, lll In the west end
IN that city on the bluffs, the yibra-
llops were most sayere. Capt u. G.
SHARKS. who lives on the bluffs, said
II was awakened suddenly about i.45
A. m. ] first heard a slight rumbling
Then the house trcmbled. Finally so
great was The vibration thut all the
members of the family got ready 60
tale to The street Everything in the
house that could give forth a sound
aided the din II seemed as II the
shock lasted half minute. Possibly II
was not so long. Il was very severe.
In the east end Of Alton, where the
population is more dense, nearly every
one left their beds and some got into
the street. Some Of the negroes thought
the END Of the world had come.
Nearly everybody in Belleville, H.,
ielt the earthquake The time given
generally was about . o'clock. Belle
yllle is honeycombed by coal mines,
and there was probably more fright in
the 81. Clair county capital than else
where when the nature Of the visitation
was realized
In Kansas City what was believed to
have been an earthquake shock was
experienced In the northwest extremity
Of the city early this morning, The
movement was slight and no damage
resulted
o. Tneopb reporte tbnf aarixy tbto
morning O rumhing noise passed ever
81 Joseph awakening many families
into The belief that a tornado was COM
Ing The noise, however, was but mo-
ttntary and no damage resulted 1t
generally supposed to have been
Sna seismic disturbance.
Quincy Ill., reports pronounced
earthquake shock at 4.4O o'clock this
morning. The seismic disturbance last
cd nearly a minute and the oscillation
was from east to west. The shaking
Of walls was perceptlble IN many BRICK
residences.
A distinct earthquake shock, accom-
PANIED BY low, rumblng sounds was
experienced In Leavenworth, kan,
nbout o'clock this morning, and also
IN nearby towns, Lum Evans, a farm-
err While driving TO town, felt the
shock when near Beverly Il was so
severe, he says that It frightened the
horses No damage was reported.
MEXICO CITY SHAKEN.
Mexico city, Jan. PA sharp EARTH
quake shock was felt here at ten min
ules past this morning awakening
people from their sleep. A shock was
also experienced at TaXco, In the state
OF Guerrero yesterday afternoon.
EngI9h-speaking residents are rails
ing a large fund for the Chilpanclngo
sufferers, who are In great want and
almost utter de7titution, The weather
there Is hot and the people continue to
camp out.