The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03
EARTH SHOCK
DISTINCTLY FELT HERE
SUNDAY MORNING
BEDS ROCK AND HEAVE, DISH.
ES RATTLE AND A GENERAL
SPOOKY FEELING PREVAILS
FROM SPOKANE TO SEATTLE.

This section of the state expert
enced an earthquake shock early Sun
day morning, or about 3:4O. Many
people were awakened and realized
what the disturbance was. Others
awakened did not know the cause and
went to sleep again. Others slept
through the shakeup, knowing moth
ing of it.
The shock was felt, it seems. in
many parts of the state from Spo-
kane to Seattle. At Seattle the Uni
verslty instruments recorded the most
severe disturbances since they were
installed-at the time of the San
Francisco earthquake, and Dean Hen
ry Landes, in charge of the seismo-
graph, gave as his opinion that the
center Of the disturbance was two
hundred miles east of Seattle. The
North and South instrument showed
that the first shock came at 3:36 and
continued rather violent for several
minutes, tapering down until it dis
appeared at the end of ten minutes.
The East and West instrument show
ed considerable less deviation from
normal. recording a disturbance of
only three minutes duration.
1T is the most decided earthuuake
which our instruments have record
ed" said Dean Landes. at would be
scarcely noticeable in an earthquake
area, but here it is quite worthy of
comment. The cause was probably
slip in the rock formation, possibly
only the fraction of an inch. but suf-
fcient to reach the surface"
At Leavenworth those awake at the
time tell Of the thrills.
. Ross Irwin had just gone to bed
He said that the building swayed
and that spring rocker in his room
was set in motion and kept rocking
for a long time He had felt quakes
before. but his first impression was
that heavy train was pulling in and
coming to an abrupt stop, but he look
cd and saw there was no train NOV
ing.
DR. Hoxsey had lust gone to bed
and was awake His first impression
was that his auto garage was about
to be blown down The night before
during the heavy gusts. and he
again been left open. He went out
end found that there was no wind
He went back and found that his bed
was swaying like a cradle This kept
up for several minutes.
Frank Null was awake and felt the
earth slipping. He at first thought
that he was slipping himself. but as
there was no change Of scenery he
realized that it was Just little earth
disturbance.
Mrs J. D. Wheeler says they
thought their studio was about to
shake to pieces.
A C. Barclay thought that his
furnace had "blown up" and when he
found that such was not the case he
decided that the switch engine was
tho cause. but this was dispelled.
Chas. La Point happened TO be up
at the time and was on his feet He
felt that he was about to be thrown
off his feet. Some toys in the store
fell to the floor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Teshera at Apple
tor (some ten miles north of town.
were awakened by the undulations of
their bed They thought that some
ono had come into the house while
they were asleep and was under the
he'd and having some fun with them
Joe rot M and looked under the he'd
and found that such was not the case
and went to bed again. As the he'd
refused to be still they concluded that
sroofs were responsible and conclud-
Cd that since both Of them felt the
same about Il. there must be some
thing after all in Ghosts. Mr.. Teshera
was quite relieved Monday morning
whom he learned in town that the dis
turhanco was only an earthquake.