The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
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 Newspaper offices and police sta tions were flooded with phone calls from persons wanting to know about "tlae Fumhling," the explosion" and "the blast,
 The trenors were felt aS far west AS Chicago and southern Wisconsin
 Father Lynch said the tremor waS severe, but not severe aS earth. ouakeS go," He said the force oi the Shoek was confined to the tor of the earth's surface, not deep as destructive quakeS are,
 Followed Fault
 Tho quake apparently followed Q fault In the earth'S surface which runs from canada through the New England states, across New XorE and into the south, A woman in Montelatr, N, JY told nollcO the pipes and steam radiators in her heyn "shoek for about min ute" Mirrors were reported broken and pictures shaken from the walls In the New York City area where two water mains were broken,
 Among the cities where the quake wa1 felt were Philadelphia, Boston, AuaYalo, Wheeling, w, Van Detroit chicago, Hartford, Conn., Albany and New York,
 The tremors in Montreal lasted several seconds, it was reported,
 Rgt. James Duck, of the Bergen street police station in New York, aaNA his ehAir began to sway back and forth,
 T thought was getting high blood pressure" he said, "I felt a little dizzy, The desks in the station house began to move and the building shook"
 The quake was the first for the eastern states since Dec, 2A, l9%0, when shock rocked New England and southern Canada, That one was eentered at ossipee, N, II,
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 weston, Mass, Sept 5-tUP)- T4aa Rev, Clarence Alais, s, Jo Wes- ton college seiSmologist said he be- lleved heavy earth shocks felt in the eastern states early today were centered in New England,
 Fathar Blais said the shocks were severe that tho seiSmograph at Weston was damned and the photo- electric recording device failed to function,
 Meanwhile, Dr. Don L, Leet of the Harvard observatory At Harvard, Mass. reported that he computed the tremors to be about 235 miles north or northwest of his station, He said 1t would be several hours before the center of disturbance could be located,
 The last serious earth shock rec corded in New England was in l940 and was traced to Ossipee, N, H.
 Tn Canada, property damage was reported at Cornwall. ontario. Sev- eral frame houses were cracked and 6 number of signboards torn down. One man was injured when the ceil- ing of his room fell on him.
 The tremors were felt from the Canadian Atlantic coast as far west as London, Ont, approximately 50 miles, east of Detroit.
 Hartford, Conn, Sept. 5 -- (U.P0 Earth tremors, variously reported as lasting from IS seconds to several minutes, shook Connecticut at l2:30 q. m., today, awakening residents ia the central and western sections of the state.
 No serious damage was reported, although there were reports of dishes and glasses being knocked from shelves and of persons falling @mt of bed.
 Called Police
 one Hartford woman called police to say someone was attempting to break into her home, and two de- tectives finally persuaded her that the disturbance was caused by the temblor.
 A North Haven farmer reported that the tremors had knocked his chickens of their roost.
 Persons awakened by the rocking of their beds flooded newspaper rfIlces and police stations with tele- phone calls asking if there had been an earthquake.
 Professor Chester R. Longwell, Yale geologist, who was not awak.. aned by the earth shock, said that such slight earthquakes were not uncommon although they are not soInakhing that happens every day In this part Of the country"
 m the Middletown, Cromwell and Portland section there were reports khas whole families were nauseated after the disturbance.
 shocks were also reported felt in sesn Milford. stratford, New Haven, and Waterbury.
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