The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-07-02
MONTANA CENTER
OF QUAKE
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Trains Rerouted

were organizing their forces to re-
pair the damage wrought by the
landslides and the boulders tossed
from the mountains by the tremors
on their tracks.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St.
Paul railroad officials o that
all transcontinental trains would be
routed over the Harlowtown-Great
Falls-Butte lines, while the cavein
at Lombard tunnel is being cleared.
Prisoners in the county Jail at
Billings were panic-stricken when the
second tremor Saturday night split
the floor of the court room about
the Jail.
Scores of patiens in the Billings
hospital were badly frightened when
the shocks occurred and some plead
ed to be removed from the building.
Anaconda Has Another
Anaconda, June ga slight
earth tremor was felt here at 3:16
Sunday afternoon. Another slight
tremor was felt in Anaconda at 8:
As Sunday afternoon, the seventh in
20 hours. No damage was done.
Two buildings at the Montana state
hospital for the insane, eight miles
from here, were damaged by the
first of Saturdays shocks. A wall
in one of the buildings for women,
fell in but nj one was injured. The
coping at the hospital was so badly
damaged that it had to be pried
loose as a matter of safety.
Livingston, near Yellowstone Park,
reported a series of three tremors,
the first at 6:23, the second at 7:O6
and the third at 7:15. The shock
created a panic among the tourists
in the big playground and Park
Supt. Horace M. Albright ordered
out the ranger force to inspect all
active formations.
Police of Livingston said the tow
err of a high building there sway
ed with an arc-like movement. Many
women tainted.
Out of all the reports of panic
and minor property damages, there
were none telling of any loss of life.
Two railroad cars were shaken
from an overhead coal dock at b.
according to reports, and ran
wild down the steep incline.
Both were loaded with coal. The
wreck they made at the bottom of
the incline blocked the Bozeman
round house and engines cannot be
taken out for regular runs.
Pavements Cracked
Pavements and buildings in Liv-
were cracked, the openings
varying from a mere crack to breaks
nearly an inch wide.
Sub-stations along the Milwaukee
electrified line from Har-
over the mountains were
damaged. Most of this damage is
believed to be in the vicinity of
Three Forks.
The earth was reported to be
still trembling slightly at Livingston
1t $40 o'clock.
The quakes were felt as far south
Is Thermopolis, Wyo., which report
ID ~perceptible tremblings of the
at 6:35 o'clock.
Reports that great damage had :
,een done at Manhattan, Montana, /:
we're brought to Bozeman, but no
Ietails were given. :
There was no material damage to :
Yellowstone Park, according to a re- !
'ort made by Supt. Albright after !
e had heard from all sections of |
he playground. Supt. Albright said
eports indicated the quake diminish :
d in intensity as it moved south. :
he quake is believed to have no 1
onnection with the avalanche in .
he eros Ventre river valley near ;
ackson, Wyo., early this week, al .
no Jackson is but a few miles south !
f the area in which the quake was !
cit. :
Manhattan Damaged @
Later reports from Manhattan y
aid that the bank building there was
amaged and that it's windows were "
battered by the tremor. q
A still later report from Manhat- ii
IN said two school buildings there a
ad been practically demolished and
lat a theater, a bank and other W
usiness structures were badly shak- Ii
1t is estimated the property loss
as $4,000 The entire Gallatin 9.
alley was shaken by the tremors, ST
,cording to the report. II
Scores of Reports
Billings, June 28.-Three dis
net series of earthquake shocks at In
tervals of from 40 minutes to an Of
,ur and a half, were felt here Sat- NJ
day. The tremors, lasting from OF