Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-23

ing and lettering as II shaken In
,,r,sive grip Of an all-powerful
l ,,saop force. and sending its in
, ~, into a panic Of apprehensiVe
,ar salt Lake for two minutes yestef-
~. norning was rocked about IN the
o1 NJ the most severe earthquake
IN ia history -. .,a
,.5sd By the seismograph at the
,.e,.o-sI,v Of Utah. the first at 1;2S
nth a duration Of minutes, 10
o.d.. the second at s;ss am. last
a. "a seconds and the third at HES
continuing 20 seconds.
Salt Lake was the center or dis
,urhapee. and few nearby towns re-
portsd the shocks.
.yhoueh the first shock came
18th startling audiences, and was OF
,nmcient severity 10 sway and rock
.g,ldinFs and houses in all portions OF
~. c,tv. practically little damage re-
,n,tss ana there was no serious loss
.s,orted. Here and there in different
,.s,,ons Of the city plastered walls
.soved cracks. mirrors were broken
,ns in some Instances chimneys top
,isd down. In the downtown buildings
~ damage was reported at all. and
,hs worst effect Of the quake was upon
On, nerves Of those awakened from
,hsr sleep IN startling fear az the
strange rumblluG and uncanny sensa-
zion OF the rocking floor. heightened
A rs effect by the jangling OF dishes
and the kitchen ware.
Al The hotels the excitement reached
rs height when the guests scurried
through the Railways, In panic or
dread. and wondering what mad hap
rened In several instances the fire
sscape was resorted to, but after the
shaking had subsidized the fears OF the
guests we're soon allayed by the clerks.
The second and third tremOrs were
barely noticeable as compared with the
frst and we're not felt by many.
To the slipping Of a huge crustal
hock along the base Of the Wasatch
range a fault plane r. attributed the
esrth's disturbance Of yesterday. and
recurrence Of which may b. expected
IN the future according to scientists.
RECORD AT UNIVERSITY.
According to Prof. J. Fred Pack. the
disturbance was entirely local with the
centrum almost directly under the
University grounds In the three
shocks and waves ran from northwest
% southeast.
The interior disturbance must have
been decidedly violent" Dr. Pack said.
'as the needle Of the seismograph aft
Or being driven fuzzy three inches of it's
tangent did not swing back like a
pendulum. but was held to one side
from its starting point.
salt Lake Is the center OF an earth
quake zone. and we may expect re-
curing disturbances from time to time.
me disturbance Sunday morning may
% directly Traced TO the moving OF
ffat fault planes or rock lodges eX-
tending along the western slope Of tho
Nasatch range. The ledge, which ex-
fends over 100 miles Is formation
osunctively conducive TO disturbances
Never in the history OF the city.
or az least since the seismograph was
Installed. has there been such dis
n'iy local shock, though such shocks
nave been experienced elsewhere.
SAME AS SAN FRANCISCO.
of the two conditions. volcanic ac-
..E ANu land mass readjustment,
., are generally responsible Tor
,Hnqlakes. the latter was responsi-
elf Tor the shocks OF SUNDAY forenoon
same condition was responsible Tor
w san Francisco earthquake This
yton M the west has the advantage.
Ns,ef over that pam OF the earth
uiVh san Francisco is located. in
passed through the worst stages
,s An1 mass readjustment several
sttaHu years ago. The coast line Is
Sins se'''"S SruS'a'
IW', shocks in this section viii un-
follow In the future. though
wy apprehrnsive of any extreme
n'nts ''"s7 'eauJus'-
,shlinos one OF the two conditions
HI, 'hed may b. entirely response
n, t hot nfrequcntly disturbances
N ~ Traced back 10 a combination
r,,ia 'Vo' Tho terrible disaster of q
. ss5r year ago, in Calabria aud
. s,p eplt'ls 20 have been tho re-
Earth 81. 'N ItduJuAiment or the
aas r,in .eparating the two. which
r., Undoubtedly Influenced bv the
isr,..ee OF Nesuvius. Aetna ana no
r,l,b..'.ua N''ganoos. Immediately to tho
sfr,,,glela' THE almost couplete 10
~, 'o NJ Charleston several years
is,to-l. 90 have been tho result Of
kans. ",uN'ty alone. The japanese
t,s,, nave suffered largely nv \ com,
as, igon Of The two causes The lessor
j ss-,lSs gre frequently disturbed Nv
ruIeaBi.,ln originating solely through
boz by S,lt Lake valley was formed
hl oy,oslonal activity. but bv 'crus-
nioh ponn,C which brought the Wa
hsl, mountains to the eastyard 81
~" present elevation van" 10
MANY SMALL SLIPS
ts ,s' 1i,,, King at one time diractor
'''" states geological survey