The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-12
TO SALT LAKE
ONE MILD QUAKE
Three Seconds of Vibration Cause
Great Excitement in City.
FEELINGS ALONE DAMAGED
SEISMIC DISTURBANCE CAUSES
RUSH FROM BUILDINGS.

a PERFECTLY behaved, mild-man-
y nered little earthquake visited SAT-
Lake City yesterday afternoon, ar
irving about S:26 o'clock and leaving
three seconds later; mild-mannered ana
gentle enough and yet sufficient TO send
men and women pell-mel out Of bust
ness blocks, scrambling from imagined
dangers; we'll behaved and with appar-
entity no sinister motives, and yet
enough TO make thousands in the city
feel queer" for many minutes after
the tremor.
AS to actual damage none was done
AS to wreck of personal happiness and
peace of mind, the damage cannot be
estimated.
Many who experienced yesterdays
shock are convinced that il lasted at
least half a minute. Some won't admit
less than a minute. AS a matter OF
fact, the sensation OF vibration depends
on elevation. That is, occupants Of tan
buildings, like the DOoly, may have
noticed a sWaying movement long after
the actual shock had passed. On the
other hand, a three-second shock would
not seem much longer than ten or nj
teen seconds to a person on the ground.
the additional time being added for
OveF-wrought nerves when one is
brought face to face with a hitherto un-
encountered natural phenomenon.
The motion was from west to east.
with a slight bearing toward the north.
There were two distinct waves. sue
ceeding each other by a fraction of a
second. Here again there will be dis
pute, as some viii maintain the time
between must" have been at least a
quarter of a minute.
Flee From Dooly Block.
When the quake sauntered past the
Dolly block, eight men having Offices
on the fifth and sixth flOrs, made dash
for the street. After it was all over
one of them averred he merely rushed
out in order ITO see it,.
At any rate these men, perfectly "a
tional on ordinary occasions, because
possessed with the idea that if they
were not to be swallowed up with the
DOOly block and be cast far, far down
into some internal cavern, they would
better make dash for safety.
They did. and caught the elevator
boy at the fifth floor. Led by B. +.
Caffey, A H. and Z. l.. Gedbe and John
II. Horlick, ali of whom have offices
high up in the Dooly Block, the dozen
or more excited men jammed them
selves into the elevator cage, and, while
their teeth chartered and their knees
knocked otgether, were swiftly con-
veyed 10 the bottom door- once on the
ground floor, and with safety but few
yards on they Whirled through the re-
volVing doors and ran. step by step.
past the threshold. then the rubber
door mat, then the hemDen door mat,
past the boOt-black stand, and-Savedi
They jumped into the middle of the
street in order TO avoid the falling
bricks, and then for the first time
looked upward. Would she never tum-
ble2 All! The delusiOn Of earthquakes
giving tall buildings their final quietus
was a delusion after all.
At the Weather Bureau.
The local Office of the Weather Bu-
reaU is not equipped with a seismome-
ter, but the tremOr did not pass unuo-
ticed. Oh, no. There is a large clock
hanging in one of the rooms. It's a
good old clock. 1t hasn't missed step
nor tick in many moons. But it hadn't
been up agaist an earthquake. When
the shock came the clock was minding
its own business, but with the first vi
bratiOn something happened. The clock
weight and the pendulum started TO go
Of going sideWise it went otherwise.
And that stopped the clock The hour
and minute were 3:26, az already noted.
Nor was the clock the only witness.
DR.. r. j. Hyatt, weather forecasteT.
/ and his assistants, were there. When
the shock came, or began to come, a
note was made of il.
Make a note Of it, said the weather
regulator. Then the clock weight left
/ the narrow path.
Make a note of it," came the firm
but gentle command. Then the clock
stopped.
Make a note of it." came the voice
mistakenly. Then the quake stopped.
Make a note Of il and stand ready
to answer telephone calls" was the
final order.
And the telephone calls came. To ore
woman, who wanted to know how great
the swaying motion was, it was sug-
gested that she look at the syrup lar
and see where the sticky mixture had
( left its mark.
But" she replied. Il haven't got
jar"
oh, come, come. everybody got a
! jarw fiOated back the office boys an
swer in the welI-known facetious.
4 office-bOy manner.
On the Street.
! The experience of occupants Of the
/ Dolly block were duplicated by many
I others in the larger blocks Of the city.
On the street, too. the shock was OBJ
/ served by many. Several, in discussing
/ the tremble, said it produced a nausea
! ting sensation. With many this feeling
/ of nausea continued long after the
/ shock had gone.
Worst shaking-up since election"
| remarked Harry Joseph after the thing
| was over.
Many, knowing how thoroughly Mr.
/ Joseph was shaken down" Nov. =
! wondered that he could still laugh at
/ another phenomenon.
/ PatrOlman Barlow and others stated
/ that they heard a report like a blast
/ explosion about the time the shock was
noticed. As however, earthquakes are
! not accompanied by any distinct expIo-
/ siYe sound, but rather by a harsh,
grumbling noise, either those who heard
! tha aSspIasfnD xUAFn mist Erar, M as9faafF