Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-30
ANOTHER : QUAKE
IS FELT IN BOISE;
DID NO DAMAGE
Shock at 8:15 O'clock Last
Night Causes Many In
quiries The Disturbance
Was Purely ]. local.

A distinct earthquake shock was felt
in Boise last night at S:15 o'clock.
The quake was felt in various sections
Of the city. Some citizens reported
that the quake felt like one bump
which caused things to rattle, While
others state they felt the shock more
severely. AS far as can be learned the
shock was only felt in Boise and vi
cinity.
The miniature earthquake came at
exactly S:15 o'clock and from reports
was felt more distinctly by persons IN
the upper stories of buildings. In fact,
people on the ground floors and those
walking about the city did not know "
the shock and it is safe to say that the
news of the quake will be surprise
to vast majority of Boise citizens this
morning.
Felt in Federal Building.
Il. L. Wells, section director of the
weather bureau, was in his office on
the fourth floor of the federal build
ing when the quake occurred and
states he felt it quite plainly for an
instant and that to him it appeared as
though something had bumped the
building beneath. He went to make
an investigation and found no one else
in the building had noticed it. A little
later. he saws, INQUIRIES about the
earthquake began to come in and his
first belief that the jar was quake
was fully realized
At the Boise Commercial club. on
the top floor of the Boise City Ma
tionai bank building, the quake was
felt very strong and according to Sec
rotary Childs appeared to be from
north to south. At the time, he says,
he was leaning against the cigar case
facing north All of d sudden he felt
the case shaking and thought someone
was shaking 1t to attract his attention,
and turning around found that no one
was there. People from the reading
room and the pool room, he states,
came to the desk to know what was
the matter and then all realized that an
earthquake must have occurred. At
the time there were about 10 people in
the club rooms and all felt the shock.
Chickens Ra b Out.
John M. Sharp, foreman of the city
street department, who lives at 514
North Second street, reports that he
felt the shock slightly and that the
chickens in his coop all ran out
squawking. He at once telephoned to
the operators and learned that the tele-
phone girls all experienced the shock.
The chief telephone operator stated
that last night at exactly Sis o'clock
the operators employed on the switch
board all felt the shock distinctly and
for a moment operations ceased. The
shock, she states, was felt for num-
Der of seconds and the general direc-
ton of the shock was north and south.
Immediately following the shock,
people began telephoning the Capital
News office asking relative to it.
While only one person in the Capital
News felt 1t. inquiry was Immediately
made at numerous points and it was
ascertained that in some quarters the
shock was quite noticeable, especially
by persons on the third and fourth
floors of buildings. Reports show that
the shock was felt in the Soma build
ing, the McCarty building, the Boise
City National bank building and the
federal building. Inquiry made of per-
sons living on the bench revealed the
fact that it was not felt there.