The evening world., 1912-03-23
EARTAQUAKEFE[T
DOUBLE SHOCK,
WAKING THOUSANDS
Nelnbier Hits Manhattan and
y Vicinity, but Does
No Damage.
MISTAKEN FOR BLAST.
aIlrV Thought the Puzzling
Shakes Were Due TO an
Explosion
MISTAKEN FOR BLAST.

= tUslDss0-nls Boz qufts harmless
0sAQuaks visited this CITY early 10.
-. vsn1nG mose a IL force In 0tatsu
AoAaA end the southern part Of Brook.
~. II WNs also felt in Manhattan aAd
o0esas. The ssismograph q Brookiyn
Csals0s shows earth disturbances hA
nAUtt between u.So O'Clock and I O'Clock
~
Thousands Of persons were awakened
- 0tatsa Island and sprNng from their
osds In alarm. Bay Ridge Benson.
Ausot. Bath Beach and Coney Island
wSss violently shaken. In Manhattan
Ne trsmor was felt only by those on
- streets, and they thought Il w1s
- 70 cir conclusion following Q great
sup1osion somewhere In this vicinity.
hvea1sAtion by Evening World re-
Yostsrs establishes that there were two
distinct shocks, about IN hour apart
ne 0rst, about ll.0 O'Clock. was felt
ouiy On staten Island and In the Brook
I'm section along the shore Of Grave
"a Bay. The second and moro vio-
ssnA, shook this territory again and ex-
tsndsd into Manhattan and Queens.
y Smith Infrmary. West New
BsaGhlou. Staten Island. the second
tfsmor was violent enough to cause
vandoWv 30 drop from the top. A nurse
wAo was on duty and timed the VI
SgOs1en q l3.1 o'clock says It n
tinusd for several seconds and was
asoossdoA by another. In which . ten
deucy Of earth tremors from south to
north could plainly be felt.
Tordham University n Columbia
Uaavsraty have setsmosraphs. but the
sxpsets in charge Of them were slow
- 0otttng around to look at h rec
sras to-dAy. It was unofictaliy re-
ported 1t Fordham that the seismo-
erAph registered . slight disturbance
during ths night.
The shaking Of the earth a most
Dconouncsd on Staten Island, but II
was marked enough in South Brooklyn.
and hayond there to the ocean. to
arouss light sleepers. In parts Of Man.
haitian, siespers we're awakened by what
thsy thought resembled the detonation
II q blast. Policemen on fxed posts In
Yertviiie and along the upper a s side
Vaport they fel. = slight rumbling Of
She earth after midnight. but though,
4 was caused by ar explosion Of dyna.
mite In some blasting operation at q
J distance.
The morning newspapers carried &C
counts Of . Swallowing at West Nov
Brighton, Staten Island. and tor u tim,
was thought this accounted for tn,
. earth vibration. But the safe blowint
occurred at s.%5 o'clock and the sup
posed earthquake nearly three hour
later. and the explosion. when the SAT
was attacked. was not audible more thai
ATTY yards away.
Every policeman on duty on Sta,ci
island felt the snock AMI all called VI
their stations on the telephones for In
structions. The ~supposition OF the pc
iiceman was that there had been a bii
explosion In the oil works at Dayonne
TIT shock was Just as severe at Totten
Vile, sixteen miles down the bay. a
along the north shore OF Staten Island
staten Islanders and South Brook
2yuites who were awake say the dis
turbance sounded like the explosion o
= very heavy blast deep under tn
earth, and was followed by a percep
t1bis vibration.
An cd inhabitant Of West Brighton
who h6s lived along the north shore fol
forty six years. says last nights dis
turbance was the third Of the kind IN
has been through. The first occurret
on q Sunday afternoon In the early
So, and was quite severe. The mex
happened eighteen years 9 In tn
night, and was about the same as tina
Of last night.