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

tower was swaying back and forth. The
baker rubbed his eyes and looked again
and the swaying motion continued.
People who passed through the earth
quake at san Francisco and felt the
shock yesterday morning said that
there WAS little difference in the Vio-
lence of the shocks. but the ones
which destroyed q great portion OF the
coast city were deeper than those az
Salt Lake and hence more destructive.
At police and hre headquarters there
was considerable excitement, as brick
chimney ON the police station house fell
with a crash. the brick tumhling be
tween the station ana the Y. NJ. g. A.
building. Several of the men ran out
OF tho buildings ana many of them
thought the comet had struck tho
earth.
Except for being shaken up lit
tie resulting in some nervousness
among the patients the Inmates OF the
local hospitals were not greatly dis
turbcd hy the shocks No damage was
reported from the Institutions S.
Marks was an exception 70 the rule.
the patients there becoming alarmed
and hysterlcaL
Only slight indications Of the shock
/ we're felt al ogden. Several parties on
the east bench noticed slight remois
/ about O'Clock loo the morning, two
| OF these being distinct enough 60 ne
! cIassed a. shocks About the vicinity
| ~ the union depot however and the
lower part Of town there was no lndi-
cation OF the quake apparent
Declaring the vibrations were so bad
that thu water stopped over in her pail
Mrs Leslie. who IS employed az the
CITY ana county building who was on
the fourth floor when the nrst shock
came does not care Co nave her eN-
periences repeated g.. r. FISHER
Waterman. who was in the basement
at the same time, failed 20 notice the
wave
Al Midvsle the foreign element
which occupies rude shacks and frame
huts. ran screaming mao the open when
the earthquake began 10 shake things
up up yesterday morning ~ Sandy
the shock WAS also distinctly felt. many
believing that the comet had at last
come in contact with the earth. The
shock was said 30 he only slightly felt
al Murray
one Of the amusing incidents report
ed lu connection With the quake was
,hc experience OF g. o. Farusworth.
clerk or the cIty board of health Office.
Mr. FarusNorth was seated at tho
breakfast table 90 tne time OF uhe
/ shock. and was 1ust ln me eci OF .le-
waiting a cup of coh'e o. ns hps' Wneh
! tho quak" came ANA 'hc cot'' was
/ thrown ont Of the rup.
..-,.., 81,
N'"A'' ....
oulto "A heavy shock was distinctly felt
there nf so tr.terday morning ln
some piaeos ths shakirg WAS -n yir-
! o-ous mar reoplo beeaf-a alarmed. and
( rushed out of their doors into the
str.et. %o dauaee ie reported at tho
I mines although fbe buildings rocked
ana th, tifubeis creskod. and un shut
I down y,are necessary
There was F,ta' '-S''t'uv" "l
! 'cullId pussons JOB rN'nI- nom ln'
I o,als moi a rev, beNr,iuc the end of
I no ,rortd had come while some
/ tho,,gbt tbe comet had struck the
| ssrtb The orientals or Plum alley
4 .,o~e alsp dcenlv affected. and the poo
I ,r, r,,, sum. soutno.u Europe on
/ IN. vest slSo aed from their domlrilos
/ ,r 7isr,s, to take refuge I'M tine street
There was some eN'lle menu az w
/ residence pi J.. r.. 'tin'Illl'. lu'' - ..ltn
/ East street 0unobl 'H'."lnb. W"