The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-23
FAULT PLANES MOVE
RIGHT UNDER CITY
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point. 1t is the first time we have
ever had this kind of registration.
Ihey are rare and have been the sub
ject of much scientific investigation.
salt Lake is the center of an earth
quake zone, and we may expect recur-
ring disturbances from time to time
the disturbance Sunday morning may
be directly traced to the moving of
great fault planes or rock lodges eX-
tending along the western slope of the
WaSatch range. The ledge, which eX-
tends over 100 miles, is a formation
olstinctively conducive to disturbances.
The same cause which resulted in
the disastrous San Francisco earth
quake is attributable to our local dis
furbances, which have occurred from
time TO time with greater or less yiO-
fence for the past five years.
Crashes Through House.
While the greatest havoc was
wrought in the downtown district, the
tremblor was severely felt on the foot
NUS IN the northern part of the city,
ana although there was not much dam
age done to property, the people Of
that district received a scare they viii
not soon forget.
district was at the home of F. A Bit
ner at SO Center street, where the vi
Z bration loosened the inner brickwork
r of the front part of the house just near
Its apex The bricks came tumbling
down, crushing through the ceiling of
Mr. Bitners front parlor, and carrying
lath and plaster with them, fell TO the
floor. Tie piano barely escaped dam
age, but other articles of furniture
were badly damaged. The bricks tore
a hole in the ceiling at least four feet
at $500. Gnu MI Di''-s- estimates MS -O''
Mr.. Bitner and his family were at
breakfast when the first and greatest
shock came. After the house had
stopped shaking, they were startled to
hear a deafening noise issuing from
the front room, and rushing in saw the
bricks pilinS down through the cell
ing.
Five Homes Damaged.
The block on the south side Of Third
South street, between First West and
Second West streets, probably sustained
more damage than like area in any
part of the city. Here there were no
less than five houses damaged from
the quake.
At the house occupied by Joseph Lar
sen, 229 West Third South street, the
shock caused quite a number of the
bricks from the chimney to fall. At
245 West Third South street, which is
a double house, occupied by William
Schonert and owned by the Windsor
company, two chimneys were badly
damaged. One of these, which is about
fifteen feet high, is cracked its entire
length, and is so badly damaged that
it IS dangerous.
At 273 west Third South street
which IS in a terrace, a number of
bricks from the front coping of the
building have been displaced. One Of
the members of the family, when leav-
ing the house just after the first shock,
narrowly escaped having several bricks
fall On his head.
The old church. standing at the
northwest corner of Third South and
First West streets, and now used as a
hotel, also sustained some damage. The
two wooden turrets which surmounted
the building in the front were lady
shaken. and the one on the east side
gave way after the shock and -tOppled
over. Its downward progress was
stayed by the large chimney on the
First West street side of the building,
where IL now rests wedged in between
The chimney and the roof