The sun., 1909-05-27
QUAKE SHAKES MANY STATES
THE EARTH ALL A-TREMBLE
IN THE MIDDLE WEST.

Illinois, Indiana, lows, Michigan and Wis
consin Report Disturbances Lasting
From an Instant to Half second-No
Damage to Property but Much Alarm.
CHICAGO. May 2e.--An earthquake, the
frat in several years. was felt In Chicago
at $40 O'Clock this morning. 1T embraced
many States in It's range.
From Springfield 10 Milwaukee and
from Burlington. Ia, TO Kalamazoo.
tremble kept wires busy. a
In haywood, Lockport Joliet. River
side. Downers Grove. Hinsdale. Naperville.
Elgin aud Evanston distinct shocks were
felt. No serious damage was reported at
any point however.
The progress OF the quake seems to
have been from south to north.
The oscillation Of the earth was recorded
on the new Weather Bureau seismograph
at Peoria at s;3s o'clock. It was $40 when
the trembler gripped the Federal Build
ing in Chicago and S:45 when 1t was felt
in Iown. There is no recording instru-
ment in the Chicago office. but Prof. Cox.
chief Of the local Weather Bureau, re-
ported q peroeptble swaying Of the cleo
trio lights and movement Of the building.
Various descriptions OF the effects OF the
quake were given. its duration was esti-
mated at between five and ten seconds In
Chicago. but elsewhere the time was
given in some places at half minute.
From several localities in Chicago there
were reports OF vases being displaced from
mantle shelves. while in Edgewater, the
homo Of p. j. Madden. it was said that q
maid carrying tray Of dishes was thrown
to the floor.
Telegrams brought succession OF
accounts OF tho earthquake from Spring
field. Peoria. Freeport. Aurora. Bloom
ington. Kewanee. Geneva. Streator. Dixon,
Rockford Moline, ILL.,, Milwaukee, James
vile, Beloit, Wis; Cedar Rapids. Dubuque.
Burlington. Ia; Kalamazoo. Muskegon.
Mich. and many other places.
Broken, china and windows we're re-
ported from South Haven and Benton
Harbor. Mich. Fires were believed to
have BEEN started by the disturbance In
Aurora. but no losses we're sustained.
At Streator half minute was given
as the duration OF the quiyer. the shake
being accompanied by faint rumbling
noise.
Chimneys were displaced in Joliet.
whore some Of the most serious effects
were felt. Two, separate shocks were
felt and reports locally indicated that the
path Of the quake followed the line Of the
Desplaines River Valley,
IHDIANAPoLIs. May 2e.- Earthquake
shocks were plainly fs,s IN this city early
Of tall buildings were much alarmed and
started to leave. There were four, dis
tinct vibrations with from a half to a
second between them. At the Alexandria
Flats the rocking Of the building was
30 violent that Mrs, L. j Smythe was
she was lying. At the Hotel English and
at the Union Trust Building and the
Soldiers Monument the vibrations were
very pronounced. Nearly every tall
building in the city rocked 30 sensibly
as to alarm the inmates.
On the fourth floor OF the Federal Build
ing n. X. Millhouse, local secretary Of
at his desk when he felt slight culver
as II from a distant explosion. In the
United States custom Office on the third
floor Of the building. it was felt by George
NJ. Hawkins, and at the other end Of the
sams floor in the internal revenue Office
third door in the pension ONCE II was
felt by several persona. including George
Marahan and William II. Howe, and even
ON the second floor 1t was felt In the office
Of the clerk Of the Federal Court by W. c.
Nichols.
0arret NJ. Walrod. editor Of the Eqnap
Form Jofrnui. felt three distinct shocks
while sitting in his office on the fourth
floor Of the Indiana Trust Building. His
legs swung in his chair and he thought
the building was moving. His first
thought was Of the fire escape and he
started for it. but as nothing followed he
gave up the idea.
The quake was felt in all the northern
Indiana towns and lasvgd for about thirty
seconds. IN several Of them the people
were badly frightened and gathered on
the streets expecting other shocks. There
was no damage to property.
MnwAUxkE. May 2S.-An earthquake
was felt in Wisconsin at $40 A. M. to-day.
The shock lasted fifteen seconds and was
followed in about a minute by secondary
shock. While there is no eeimograph at
the Milwaukee weather bureau Major
H. Jersey declares that the shock was
caused by an earthquake.
Reports OF the vibra tions were received
from every city in southern Wisconsin,
including janesville. At Beloit, Wis. the
college buildings trembled. At Racine,
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