The evening world., 1907-04-15
BIC EARTHQUAKE
RECORD IN ALBANY,
WAS IT MEXICO So
Seismograph Shows Great
Disturbance Lasting
Two Hours.

-ALRANH, April is.-rhs strongest
and Longest earthquake shock recorded
Oh the relsmoeraph nt the state Nu-
scum here since the lnAtrumens waA
Installed began at I.ii A. NJ to-day
and continued more than two hours.
The record 10 much more pronounced
than that made by the earthquake
which destroyed San Francisco a year
ago, The maximum vibration was go
we're enough TO swing the pendulum
clear on the recording cylinder.
Assistant State Gsolosist David n
NeNlRnd. who reported the shock said:
1T must have been ery severe, In
deei. longer and more severe t1an any
recorded since our Instruments 'were in
stalled. morp than year NSb. II Ap-
pears TO have boen some three thou-
sand Mills away. to the southwest or
soLtheait"
II there was m earlier shock IN Mex
leo, Il WIS nul recorded here, The only
record begins at i.lA
In an oficial sthtamsnt. given out al
the State GeoloEists once later in gtns
day. Il is declared that There Is no
doubt that the present disturbance be-
long TO the 'world-shaking, variety
and tina; II will be found 70 nave been
felt at all tho >selsmological stations IN
this country. as Nell as IN Europe ana.
perhaps. Ia other parts OF the world
Tho nrst indication OF the disturbance
was received at Ia IL this morning.
At In a NJ the raves developed
rapidly 10 extraordinary aiEe, reaching
an amplitude OF over six inches az
traced BY the pendulum. and causing
the recording arms to swing entirely
on the cylinders on both nortn-soutn
end the Sdst-wsst machines, The large
waves lasted ten minutes and thefwhols
disturbance till asout . A. N"
WASHINGTON, April ia distant
variHquaKe Oh stoAI intenBIIy Was w.
o0TuSG Dy tne " eAtner bureAu .ssIs'
mosraphs. commencing At LlA20 tnIa
morning. Ino greatest movement OF
tlo earth at " NLBhIngton occurred In
an east and west direction, and laAted
from l-2s 10 la A. N. Tne Total du-
hours
Tneso records seem 10 indicate an un-
usually violent earthquake at q ais
tAnce couIpArsolo In inten.lty vita
those which recently occurred At VA.
pAraiso and kingston.
CITY OBJ AEXlcO, April Ian
earthquake lasting four and q half
The earth rocked IN a long. swinging
notion terrifying the i1hAbitAnts but
doing no damage 30 far A. can be
learned.
Clocks stopped at ii-sa. Mexican time.
which Is - minutes slower tnAh Ameri-
can time, and the psrcspubls motion
OF the earth ceased at Ills IL Tele-
sicn. and Tor a short dine the city
WAS In darkness. owing TO the failure
OF electric lights. One wall OF the Az
sociAted Press once was cracked from
II The asphalt on cineo a. Mayo. stree,
Was cracked open for . distance OF ten
yArds. The shock h pronounced the
hsossss tsossed the .trssts ssy having sIR,s zss
from their houses and dwellings 10
their night robes
Prep sas rspa 81 o ,hs :9S ss
found cracked walls and assures In the
paVemenu. a wall on Santiago street
collapsed. killing num0st or horses
and wounding ave men.
No reports have yet come from the
American colony. but it Ia not believed
that serinuk damage wpa SUSTAINED
there, although the houses. unlike those
I'M the old quarter OF the city, are not
built 10 Withstand earthquake shocks.
Al the time OF the nrst shock the cafes
and theatres were hiled, and panic Was
feared, but owinE 10 The peculiarly
crowds left the buildings In compare
The shock was preceded by two
electric flashes, which llt up the sky
10 the northwest OF Mexico City.
The movement was from east 10 west
in an oval shape. The needle nrsi de
scrtssd ten ceDtlmetres and later iWon-
ty-ons then n swung completely out of
the dial. leaving the exact strength OF
the shock a matter Of conjecture. The
observer declared that me centre ot
the shock was prooably 70 tho south
ward. aud n IL feared ihAt towns In
that region may have suffered
Telegraph communication a. Tar south
a. OaNAca ana San Juan BauuHiA has
been srtahlishtd. but beyond the report
that the shock was heavy IN that region
ana ~ nk the oulf coast nothing more
was learned From the city of Nerr
Cruz south the shock Is reported 10
hsys been very sf,yeLs. AZ ~. MIetso.,,
was The heaviest experienced here slAce
iSse
From Vhat II known AZ this time ,hs
shock extended from tho city ~ san
I Luis potosi on ihs north to OaIAea o.
I fNe south distance - m miles