The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-10-27
EARTHQUAKE IS FELT
 THROUGHOUT ALASKA

l suIIlclentIy severe to cause much alarm.
 At Petersburg the shocks were severe enough to frighten the ma iority of the population out of their homes into the streets where they found the telephones poles doing the Charleston. No one was hurt at Petersburg and no serious damage was done A plate glass window in Charley Mann's place of business was broken, and several bottles of pickles were iarred off shelves in stores and broken.
 John Simpsons party who were camping at Fowler's place on the stikine 50 miles northeast of Wran- gell, report that the shock was quite severe at that place. The water splashed over the river banks, and for a few moments there was cause for alarm. They supposed the quake to be due to a glacial disturbance in that locality.
 At Juneau many clocks stopped. practically everybody was awak ened, and many donned bath robes and hurried out of their houses.
 At Douglas. drop lights swung and clocks stopped and people tumbled from their beds.
 At sitka houses trembled and waves of the earth's movement knocked pictures and dishes from the walls and shelves.
 Reports from Ketchikan are that the earth's movements were felt there and caused much excitement.
 According to adyiees received by letter from skagway the quake was felt by nearly everyone there.
 No news has been received from Alaska towns to the westward.
 At Seattle the water in the swim ming pools in the Y. NJ. c. A. swayed gently from side to side, the move ment lasting almost an hour.
 Although no damage was done in Wrangell, the town has been greatly inconyieneed by the severance of the U. s. cable between Wrangell and Petersburg, which is the result of the quake. Petersburg is a central cable office while Wrangell is on branch cable. Therefore when the cable between here and Petersburg is out of commission, Wrangell is shut off from all communication with the outside world.
 On Monday night H. ". Irvine of the U. S. Cable service, arrived here to install a temporary radio station as an emergency measure. The radio was installed on the fol- lowing morning.
 The cable was also put out of con- mission between Juneau and Skag- way.
 The cable repair ship Dellwood sailed for Wrangell from Seattle yes terday with 30 men aboard for re- pair duty exclusively.
 The cutting off of cable communi- cation from Wrangell caused ap- prehension in the States as to what had happened at Wrangell. The Sentinel received a radiogram from Seattle inQuiring the extent of the damage done here.
 Richard Suratt, the well known cinematographer, received a radio gram from New York, from one ot Americas largest film corporations, requesting him to rush pictures of earthquake scenes at Wrangell.
 There were other instances where local people received radiograms from distant points in the States in quiring as to their safety.
 According to press dispatches the center of the disturbances is be- lieved to be about 1850 miles north west of Berkeley, California, in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Alas ka. This was the report made by Dr. Berry Byelet of the University of California.
 Dr. Jaggar, Director of Mount I<iIouaa Volcano Laboratory notified the photographic offices that tidal waves, dangerous to shipping, might occur, following the disturbance
 Another press dispatch from Se- attIe said "both needles of the Uni versity of Washington seismograph were thrown off the recording drum at T o'clock Monday morning in dicating the shock was of great intensity"
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