The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02
Earthquake Shock Noted This Morn
ing in Wisconsin and Al
SO Felt In CHI
eago.
LASTED TWO MINUTES
Along About 1890 O'clock the World
Gave a shlver Which Was
Noted by OBJ
server.

| United Press Leased Wire Service.1
MILWAUKEE, Wis. jan 2.-1'he
seismograph at Marquette University
registered a sharp disturbance of the
earth-surfaces shortly before 1o:30 to-
day.
The shock lasted for one minute
and was purely a local disturbance,
according to officials at the university,
due, perhaps to some geological set
tling, however, uncommon to this un-
mountainous region
The amplitudes of vibration were
wider than ever before registered at
the local institution. The vibrations
were of a short and quick nature. Re-
ports here from several cities in the
southern half of Wisconsin and north
ern Illinois say many persons ran
from their homes terrified The dis
turbance was plainly felt here.
Felt at Madison.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. Erie h.
Miller, local forecaster of the weather
bureau, stated that an earthquake
shock of several minutes duration was
felt today at the university While
there is no seismograph here Miller
is confident that the shock was dus
to quake. Several other people in
the city felt the shock. The first
shock was felt at 1926 and lasted for
two minutes.
Chicago Had IT, 7--- --sFr.--
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Weather Fore
caster Cox felt an earthquake which
| sent slight tremor through Chicago
at 1921 today. I'VE have no instru-
ments which record quakes here. =
said Prof. Cox, '.but felt the disturb
ance distinctly in my office. 1t was an
east and west vibration and lasted
only a couple Of seconds
1 At Morrell Park, the test station for
the central system of the American
Telephone and Telegraph, it was re-
ported by the manager in charge that
tables were shaken and that the shock
was distinctly felt by all the opera
tors
Recorded at Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, Jan 2-The seismo.
graph at Brooklyn college recorded a
| slight disturbance this morning short
IL ly after ten o'clock The shock was
of no great magnitude.
Aurora Got the Worst.
CHICAGO, Jan. Northern Illinois
and southern Wisconsin were Jared
today by an earthquake about 1920
a. m. The tremors were distinctly
felt here and in surrounding towns
and in some places they were severe
enough to slam doors, tumble china
from shelves and startle residents
who ran from their house in alarm.
The shock was distinctly felt at Aur-
ora, ottawa, De Kalb, Lockport, York
! Vile, Joliet, West Pullman, Mendoza
and Sandwich
In Aurora the shock was felt more
violently than anywhere else. The
large press in the Office of the Aurora
Beacon was shifted from it base with
q loud crash, Many persons at first
thought an explosion had occurred
In many homes doors We're jammed
and china smashed. At Waukegan
the people believed there had been 6
repetition of the explosion of tbs
Pleasant Prairie. Wis, powder mill
At Joliet several buildings were rock
ed and the inhabitants alarmed.
The last earthquake that visited
Chicago occurred in March, 1909
when buildings all over the city were
severely Jared. Suburbs in the west
, ern part of the city were shaken II
slight tremor July %, 1911.
, At Peoria.
PEORIA, H., Jan. 2.-United State
, Observer Fuller announced that
/ slight earthquake shock was felt her
this morning.
Slight Shocks.
/, ST. LOUIS. Mo, Jan. 2.-The sells
> mcgraph at St Louis University re
, corded number of tremors begin
t ming at 1920 today. The shocks wer'
slight however, and it was not pos
sible to tell from which direction
they came.
r Did Net Notice it.
: cI EyEJ AND Ian 2-Father Oden