Evening journal., 1914-02-11
ONE DEAD In
QUAKE THAT
SHAKES EAST
TremOr Causes Trench to Cave
In on Bin2hamtoH Work
ingman
SHOCK WAS FELT
In MANY STATES

NEW YORK, Teb. 1l-An earth.
quake lasting from 10 to 20 seconds
aud disturbing particularly Nhat are
geologically known as the Devonian
and Silurian sections Of the north
eastern parts Of the United States,
occurred shortly after $50 D. m. yes
teruoy, being especially severe IN the
central and northern parts Of New
York State.
Virtually all Of New York State.
includ ng this city, felt the shock
and New England generally, lower
Eastern Canada and parts If New
Jersey and Eastern pennsylvan. "a
we're shaken. Tremors were record
cd as far south as Washington and
as far west as ST. LOUIS.
Al Albany in this State. the shock
was severe enough TO shake pictures
from the walls OF the Capitol, while
at Binghamton a laborer was killed
By the cavng in Of a trench in which
he was working.
AZ Fort PLAIN the heavy doors OF a
bank vault shook under the influence
of the quake, and from other parts
OF the State the falling chimneys,
swaying OF houses and destruction Of
fragile objects was reported
Lasts Iss Seconds
In New York city the preliminary tro.
NOR was felt at l35l5 At l.35.i5 the
shock had reached its maximum inten.
sity and at 1880 the movement sub
sided altogether making the total dura-
ton OF the quake two and ono-quarter
minutes, as given by the seismograph.
The period in which the shock was per-
ceptible BY man was from 10 10 80 sec
onds long. and. started in a majority Of
cases about SIS o'clock
So Tar a. known the movement was
from noithScsl o. southeast. with the
boundary lines oi the territory affected
conycrgirg 10 point in the Atlantic
The initial movement of the quake oc-
CURED % points near the upper Atlantic
soahoard about .3S o'clock aud extended
10 places Ia the northern parts of New
York State about three minutes later,
reaching Albany at l.3S. NatcltoWn at
so and Rochester al l.37.
Front points located between these
cities the mnNcment is reported 10 have
taken place between "a and 81. No
sesmognphic records being obtainable
from these localities. the time given in
these cases deals With the momcnt Whon
the shock was felt.
Seismograph Records Vary.
Points in Central Massachusetts,
among them Springfield and Worcester,
report the disturbance 20 have occurred
shortly before the time given by the
seism0graph of the Museum OF Natural
History OF New York
At Philadelphia the shock was felt
at l.33 and Georgetown University at
Washington reports that its seismo-
graph marked the first tremor at
i1.4 this morning. recording the ac-
iuai shock az 1874
The seismograph Of the Harvard
Geological observatory Cambridge,
Mass recorded the first trcmor at
1895 and marked total subsideDce
OF the disturbance at l.40.34. over
tapping both in initial movement and
end of Quake the records taken IN
New York
According 70 Dr Edmund o. Hovey,
curator OF geology OF the American
Museum Of Natural HISTORY. the
character Of the record left by the
seismograph in his institution shows
that the movement Of the quake vas
not attended By great lateral escilla-
tions. Slight tremors were register
ed on his instrument yesterday ~
irregular intervals. and throughout
the last "A hours slight disturbances
OF the earth crust we're recorded by
e. their general character indicating
that the movement vas slight and
entirely local.