The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-11
CHIMNEYS WERE
DEMOLISHED BY
EARTHQUAKE
Laborer Killed at Binghamton, N. Y.
When Trench Caved in-Reports
of Earth Tremors Wide
Spread.

| New York, Feb. ll.--An earthquake,
lasting from Is to 30 seconds and dis
turbing particularly what are geological
| ly known as the Devonian and Silurian
| sections of the northeastern parts of the
United States, took place shortly after
! 80 yesterday, being especially severe
in the central and northern parts of New
| York state.
Virtually all of New York state, in
cluding this city, felt the shock and
New England generally, lower eastern
Canada, and parts of New Jersey and
eastern Pennsylvania we're shaken. Ire
mors were recorded as far south as
Washington and as far west as st.
Louis.
At Albany the shock was severe
enough to shake pictures from the walls
of the capitol, while at Binghamton a
laborer was killed by the caving-in of
a trench in which he was working. At
Fort Plain the heavy doors of q bank
vault shook under the influence of the
quake, and from other parts OF the state
the falling of chimneys, swaying of
houses and destruction of fragile objects
was reported.
In New York City the preliminary
tremor was felt at l:35:lj. At l:35:43
the shock had reached its maximum in
tensity and at l:37:30 the movement
subsidized altogether, making the total
duration of the quake two and one-q quar-
ter minutes, as given by seismograph.
The period in which the shock was per-
ceptible by human senses was from 10
to 80 seconds long, and started in
majority of cases about :35.
So far as known the movement was
from northwest to southeast, with the
boundary lines of the district affected
converging to point in the Atlantic
ocean.
The initial movement of the quake oc-
CURED at points near the upper Atlantic
seaboard about L: :35 and extended to
places in the northern parts of New
York state about three minutes later,
reaching Albany at /: :3s, Watertown at
80 and Rochester at | :37. From points
located between these two cities the
movement is reported to have taken
place between :34 and 1877. No seis-
nographic records being obtainable from
these localities, the time given in these
cases deals with the moment when the
shock was felt by man.
Points in central Massachusetts, among
them Springfield and Worcester, report
the disturbance to have occurred shortly
before the time given by the seismo-
graph of the Museum of Natural His
tory of New York At Philadelphia the
shock was felt at l;33, and Georgetown
university at Washington, ID. G., reports
that its seismograph marked the first
tremor at ll:4l yesterday morning, rec
cording the actual shock at 1884.
Made Ink Spill at Rutland.
Rutland, Feb 1.-THE earthquake
shocks were distinctly felt here at about
/ 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Ire
mors were noticed at few residences,
but the shaking was most pronounced
in the Mead building in the business
district. In the Office of Il. G. Mcintyre
on the fifth floor ink was spilled from
an inkwell and the bookkeeper's chair
shook violently. In the telephone ex-
change on the floor below, operators
noticed the moving sidewise OF the
switchboard.
The shocks We're general through this
county. At Castleton dishes fell from
closet shelves in one house.
People Knocked Down in Burlington.
Burlington, Feb. ll.-For the first time
in many years, Burlington was visited
yesterday afternoon by an earthquake
of severity. The call was made at | :33
o'clock and was short, lasting for per-
baps 80 seconds. The quake was very
marked but no serious damage seems to
have been done, although two people |
are reported to have been thrown by its
force. The shock was more noticeable !
in the down town district and was most |
severely felt in the taller buildings, such |
as the Hotel Vermont and the Sherwood |
house. In the latter a woman who was |
arising from her couch was thrown and |
a John Kelley reports that he was |
thrown to his knees while coming down |
North Champlain street.
AT Church street restaurant it was |
stated that three bottles of catsup were |
shaken off shelf, falling to the floor. |
In numerous cases dishes were ratified |
onto the floor and in other instances |
bric-a brac and other articles placed in |
precarious positions were rescued barely |
in time.
A curious thing about the quake is |
that many people did not feel it, while !
it rocked many buildings severely. The
houses on the hill seemed to feel it less
than those nearer the lake. At the |
weather station the shock was felt, but
there is no seismograph, and it could |
not, therefore, be recorded
Ten Seconds at MiddIebury.
Middlebury, Feb. ia slight earth
quake was felt in this village about
l;30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At |
the home of A. 7. Calhoun. the shock
was such that had he not grasped a
lamp which was STANDING on a table
it would have been thrown to the floor.
The shock was about 10 seconds in dura-
tion.