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

rine, was az Garfield lie saws the
smelter drug store was hardest hit.
lhat mirrors were cracked. bottles
broken on the shelves and the CON
tents ran together boz pools on the floor.
At the oregon short lime dopot I'm
this city the shock WAS distinctly felt
i'm the ticket Office the plaster ON the
walls was badly cracked and "a portion
OF 10 fell. but no damage was done 20
the handsome rotunda I'm the main
waiting room.
W. r. CLARK. proprietor Of the Sugar
Ward drug store. was shaken out OF
bed by the quake Several bottles of
perfumcry and other toilet articles
were tipped over by the vibration. but
mo- damage TO amount TO anything was
reported
The clock I'm the local United states
weather bureau situated on the ton floor
of the Boston building was stopped BY
the quake. The oleven-story building
was felt TO sway back and forth dis
unctly. stopping the government clock
az 1927 am
J. S. Morgan. stamp clerk at the
UostouiCc. who lives near Second West
and Third North. was looking out OF the
window when the shock came. He
rN.-t "a "a AN"AA7'N NAf JOY tNlN nNAftN MNMfff
collapse. There were several distinct
shocks.
Members Of the Commercial club de-
clare that the shock at that building
was so severe that had the rooms been
filled with guests as they are often I'm
the evening, they fully believe the
floors would have given way. preci-
plating a disaster.
A resident on Third avenue was
nearly thrown out of bed The good
wife, thinking her husband was having
chill, started for the medicine chest,
but when she felt the house rocking
she suddenly changed her mind and
gasped The comet"
j. r. Lctcher. clerk OF the u s dis
trict court whose home is al Tenth
East and Sixth South streets. was
sprinklng his lawn az the time He
did not notice b.. but his wife come
rushing out OF tho house declaring the
building rocked violently
People had an sorts OF stories to tell
during ,he day ~ being awakened
rudelv from Sunday morning
suoozes." in fact 30 may be- asserted
without fear OF contradiction. tina
there were more early SUNDAY break
fasts than ever before in the history
OF the city.
S. b. Ricaby. who recently came 10
salt Lake as publicity agent OF the
Commercial club. was In his room on
the top floor OF the Knutsford when
the shock knocked a bottle of Florida
water of the dresser. breaking with a
crash on the floor Nothing else in the
room was disturbed.
Building Inspector A. y Hirth re-
ports mo- special damage 60 tho houses
OF the city, the rocking motion having
been comparatively short 1T awoke
me and / thought somebody was shak-
ing me violently. My house was shaken
so violently % made the weights rat
tie IN the castings, he said.
Mrs. T. X Dcmus Of California. re-
siding at 90 - street. stated that she
has felt many .Hoefs in California.
but the one Sunday morning WAS the
most severe she bad ever felt Mrs
pemu- said 10 was difficult for her 20
keep her feet Glasses wrre thrown
form table and dishes ratified.
4 man owning some chickens at the
rear of the NovWu claims when the
birds felt the shock they began peck
inc into thc soil. cudcarorug To- hide
their heads FROM Ile pending DANCE.
which they sacwiarly fe't and that
they got their wins CLOSE Co the
ground and t1cir cac'dIug ceased.
a baker who was on his way passing
through the city and county building
grounds. looked al the big clock 90 see
what time Re was. and when DC looked
no forgot au about the time The big