The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-17

ALBANY. N ". October 16.-The oc-
cnrrence Of an earthquake OF unusual
proportions was indicated by the seis-
mograph at the State Museum, which
registered It's passage during a period
of nearly an hour to-day. The records
show the disturbance to have originated!
at a distance Of about 5000 miles from
Albany. and the vibrations OF one OF
the Instruments were 80 violent as to
exceed Its limit for registering. Ac-
cordiug to bulletin issued by State
GeologIst Clark. the direction of the
transmission cannot be stated with
certainty, though from a comparison
OF two records received the centre OF
the disturbance would seem TO have
been somewhere to the south or south
wst. The arrival of the first waves
was recorded at 9:0i a. NJ. and OF the
main vibrations at 9:it A. NJ. The
latter lasted about five minutes. after
which the swings gradually subsidized.
but were traceable for about an hour.
Needle Shaken on Record.
BALTIMORE. MD, October 1.-THE
seismograph at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity shows that the earthquake was
the strongest recorded by that instru,
ment since that at San Francisco. The
began a few minutes past 9 o'clock,
.
hours.
The most violent tremcr- was at s.l3.
and during the eleven minutes follow
ing the needle OF the seismograpli was
shaken entirely off the recording cylin-
der.
PROFESSOR Reid said that the record
OF the shock was OF about the same
intensity as the record of the San
Francisco earthquake.
Professor LARRY Fielding Reid, pro-
lessor of geological physics. who has
charge OF tho Hopkins seismograph,
said to-day that while he had not as
yet had time to study the earthquake
fully. he was inclined TO believe that
the centre OF tho disturbance was not
( more than 1.co0 miles away. possibly
In the South-Atlanttc Ocean in the vi
cinity Of the Bermudas.
Cable Lines Undisturbcd.
NEW YORK. October 16.--Inauiry
among all Of the cable companies, to-
day failed to disclose any Interruption
of communication in the two Ameri-
cas-. These lines. which run through
the West Indies and to Central and
South America, were reported as work.
ing smoothly and the officials of the
companies said that none of their offices
or those OF their connecting lines to
the south had reported any earthquake
disturbance. AS the field thus covered
embraces oil OF the West indies. all OF
Central America and both coasts or
South America. 1t is evident that the
quake recorded by various seismographs
to-day did not occur at any largely
populated region on the Western HEM
isphere. 1t probably was an under
ocean disturbance.
Recorded at Wa.hington.
wAsHINGToN,SD ID. c., October To-
An earthquake of great violence was
recorded by the seismograph of the
Weather Bureau to-day. The strongest
motion OF the disturbance began short-
~ after o'clock this morning and
subsided about six minutes later. the
approximate time as first shown by The
government instruments being lrom
9:l4 A. NJ. to 9:20.
The earthquake, which was one os
the most yiolent,Seyer recorded here,
was also shown on the seismograph at
the Coast and Gcodetic Survey Mag
netic Observatory at Cheltenhanl.
Md. +.
The instrument there showed the
vibrations, began atsS:59:46 A. NJ, East
ern standard time, and continued about
two hours. The maximum disturbance
was from a:14 O'Clock to 9:20 So'clocli.
The Weather Bureau was not pre-
pared from examination OF the seismo-
graph record to make any announces
ment as to the probable distance or
direction, z
Violent mt Toronto.
TORONTO. ONTARIO October 16.-
An extraordinary earth shock was re-
recorded to-day on tho Toronto obser-
vatory seismograph at s9:O2. Is.
At 9:l5 the tremors exceeded the
INIT Snf tho fnatrun1entfa nh II, J.
tinued for about three minutes. The
vibrations continued till 10:45. The
quake is estimated to- have occurred
5000 miles away, presumably south
from here,
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