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Slight Earthquake Shock
Special Correspondence.
Beaver City, Beaver Co., April 15--Two slight shocks of earthquake were felt in this place last night about half past 8 o'clock.
[Deseret Evening News; April 16, 1908]
Lorin Morrison, a mining man of Beaver county, came to Salt Lake City today from Milford, where he felt the earthquake shocks yesterday.
"The tremors were so severe that bureau drawers were opened," said Mr. Morrison. "People ran into the streets when the houses began to shake and tremble and windows rattled so. The shocks caused a very peculiar sensation and made many persons sick at the stomach as is they were on a ship in a heavy sea.
"Gas is oozing out of old Mt. Baldy and the big monster trembled and shook like a giant with a chill.
"I'll tell you I was a little uneasy for a while and many inhabitants of Milford were frightened worse than I was."
Dr. Fred J. Pack, who has charge of the seismograph instrument at the Utah university, reiterated his statement today that the delicate recorder of earth disturbances quivered and was unsteady three hours yesterday, undoubtedly the cause of the shocks at Milford and other points in Utah.
This statement was published yesterday in THE TELEGRAM, but a morning paper today made the erroneous statement that the seismograph was not affected by the quake yesterday.
To show the morning paper's error THE TELEGRAM secured a confirmation today of its own story yesterday saying that the seismograph was unsteady three hours.
[Salt Lake Evening Telegram; April 16, 1908]
People Of Beaver County Seat Wrought Up By Seismic Disturbance
Passengers from the South arriving in Salt Lake City Wednesday morning were full of the earthquake news from Milford. Milford is not a tenderfoot when it comes to earthquakes, but it is seldom that the little metropolis of Beaver county is treated to the shaking it got Tuesday night. About 8:20 the citizens were greatly alarmed by a roaring sound. At first they thought a tremendous wind storm was brewing, but in a moment or two the ground began to reach up and pat the citizens on their backs, and the alarm became general.
There were five severe shocks, and it is said that there were many more of less violence. The streets soon were filled with excited people. There were no fatalities but glassware was thrown from shelves, and the damage in homes was universal. Passengers were told at Milford that large bureaus were overturned. It is likely on a more thorough investigation that considerable damage was done to the houses of Milford and surrounding points.
The earthquake shock, however, was only local. No trace of it was recorded on the delicate instrument at the University of Utah.
The explanation offered of the earthquake is that it was due to a readjustment of the earth blocks in the basin ranges to the west.
[Salt Lake Tribune; April 16, 1908]
A heavy shock of earthquake was felt here last Tuesday evening at 8:25. There were two distinct tremors felt which were strong enough to make the buildings rattle. There was no damage done here with the exception of some of the women folk doing a faint. In Milford and Newhouse the shaking was more severe, and caused considerable uneasiness. Aside from the alarm there were no casualties.
[The Weekly Press; April 17, 1908]
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