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ROCKS AREA; DAMAGE HIGH
By Jennie Christensen
Cache Valley received the brunt of a damaging earthquake which rolled through three western states this morning, leaving crumpled walls, shattered glass and twisted foundations on buildings in several communities.
Total damage estimates ranged from $100,000 to $500,000.
Although there were no reported injuries resulting directly from the tremor, an employee of IGA Foodliner in Logan received a back injury when he slipped on the floor while cleaning up earthquake debris. He is Douglas Gleed, 18, who was treated and released at Logan LDS Hospital this morning.
Mrs. Charles Burbank of Richmond was taken to a neighbor's home in "nervous shock" after the walls on her older brick house completely collapsed.
The temblor, which was recorded at a magnitude of 6.1 on seismographs at Caltech Seismological laboratory at Pasadena, California, and University of California at Berkeley, hit hardest at older business establishments, schools and church buildings in Logan and surrounding towns.
By noon today all Logan and Cache County Schools had closed as a precautionary measure because of the possibility of a follow-up tremor. All expect to re-open again Friday morning except Logan Junior High, where a complete inspection must first be completed, and North Cache High School, which is tentatively scheduled for re-opening on Tuesday, September 4.
In Cache's schools damage has been basically confined to cracks in plaster. At North Cache, however, some concrete blocks on top of the building have been thrown off and will have to be removed. After inspections, the architect stated that all buildings are structurally safe.
Perhaps the most pitiable sights were in Richmond where bewildered families were sitting out on lawns with their belongings close by, not knowing quite what course of action to take.
Typical of the damaged dwellings was that of Lorenzo Bullen where the adobe of his brick and adobe home "completely broke loose" and a wall caved into the bedroom where his daughter Corliss was sleeping. "It was just a miracle she wasn't killed," Mr. Bullen contended. He pointed out that his chimney was ripped off violently, all the walls are badly twisted, "and its just not safe to be in."
At least four other Richmond homes were badly damaged by the quake, with many other chimneys appearing to viewers "as though they have been wrung like a dish cloth."
Damage is estimated at $25,000 at the Amalgamated Sugar Company in Lewiston, according to Mr. K. E. Bailey, who pointed out that some ornamental brick work (cement copings) went completely through the roof, causing extensive brick and concrete loss.
At Lewiston, the parapet wall of the City Drug Store crashed into the roof of an adjacent cafe. All of the plate glass windows were broken in one of the quake's most noticeable targets. A ruptured water line was also reported in Lewiston, as were falling chimneys and bricks on business houses and family dwellings.
Fire Chief Ivo Borg of the Logan-Cache Fire Department and City Engineer Ray Hugie were making thorough checks of Logan buildings where structural damage had been reported. Most of the establishments visited had suffered cracked walls, while many also had shattered glass and scattered merchandise.
Hardest-hit buildings in Logan were the Model Billiards and the Logan 4th Ward Church (described elsewhere in this newspaper) although actual loss to others could not be ascertained at this time.
Inspectors from Salt Lake City were to tour the LDS Temple, while Utah State University officials were in the process of inspecting buildings on the entire campus.
The rattle of dishes in their cabinets was about the extent of the tremor's effect in Tremonton although A. J. Rytting, publisher of the Bear River Valley Leader, said his entire valley felt a "great shock."
Charles Claybaugh, managing editor of the Box Elder News Journal said only minor damages had been reported in Brigham City and vicinity.
Two distinct after-shocks were felt in Preston, Idaho, where bricks were tumbling off the tops of some of the older buildings.
[Herald Journal; August 30, 1962]
By Val Hess
Damage in this morning's earthquake mounted throughout the day as reports came in of havoc raised throughout Cache Valley.
Extensive damage was reported at several locations but many homes and business houses received cracks and loss of plaster.
However, the damage was limited to property as no injuries were reported. An 18-year old Logan youth was injured a few hours after the quake and as an aftermath of the jolt.
Douglas Gleed, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell T. Gleed, 426 S. 2nd W., was cleaning debris caused by the quake at the IGA Foodliner, when he slipped and fell, injuring his back.
He was x-rayed at the Logan LDS hospital and treated and then released.
One of the most badly damaged buildings in the Logan area was the Logan Fourth-16th ward chapel. Brick and timbers on a gable at the west end gave way and crashed into the interior of the chapel. Bricks, timber and plaster were scattered through the chapel and the ceiling was badly damaged.
The building also received big cracks and plaster loss throughout the whole structure.
Grocery stores, as well as other types of stores, were heavily damaged as plate glass windows crumbled, and merchandise tumbled into the aisles. Many bottles of food broke in grocery stores and many Logan businesses were closed for part of the day to clean up the mess caused by the quake.
A number of other buildings lost a quantity of brick off the facing as the shaking tore them loose from the mortar.
The Lundberg building on Third North was damaged, as was the west side of the Pack Motor Building. Baum Motor, Cleve's Foodland and many other stores suffered broken plate glass windows. Pepsi Cola company plant also lost brick from the side of the building.
Crystal Furniture had bricks plunge from the top and badly damage a car that was parked in a used car lot at the side of the building. Many other instances of broken bricks and tumbled chimneys were also reported.
The quake caused a power loss in Logan City that lasted for a varying length of time in different parts of the city. All power was restored about three hours after the 6:36 a.m. quake.
The tremor apparently caused a switch on the Utah Power & Light Company circuit to come loose and this interrupted all power going into Logan City. City crews searched for the source of trouble and it was some time before the exact cause was located and service was restored to normal.
The power failure interrupted the working day in several businesses and caused such places as the Logan Police station and Logan LDS hospital to use their auxiliary power units. The hospital reported a few cracked walls but damage was termed rather minor.
Several of the older buildings along Main Street in Logan suffered bad cracks and police officers barricaded the sidewalks in the most dangerous areas so that if any of the damaged walls tumbled that no one would be hurt.
Officers also requested persons who had to be in the business district to walk along the sidewalk as close to the curb as possible in case one of the walls should crumble.
The quake caused a land slide in Logan canyon that took out a section of the Utah Power & Light company water flume and also filled in a canal. The slide was located about one-half mile up the canyon and blocked US Highway 89 for a short time. Highway crews quickly opened the road to one-way traffic and then began to clear away the debris that covered the other half of the road.
A Herald Journal telephone call to Sheriff Sherman Lutz in Garden City revealed that the quake was plainly felt in the Bear Lake area, but there was no reported damage from that area.
Union Pacific railroad stopped rail traffic through northern Utah and southern Idaho until railroad maintenance crews could check all the tracks but the regular service was resumed very shortly.
Logan City schools were relatively untouched although the Junior High School suffered extensive damage and the Logan High School received some damage.
About noon the Board of Education in Logan City closed all schools but indicated that classes will resume in all schools, except the Logan Junior High School, Friday morning.
Utah State University earlier reported no damage as a result of the temblor but then later investigation showed some damage, although it was termed as not too serious.
Although the damage is going to skyrocket as full reports filter in, Cache residents began mop-up operations and began to feel very fortunate that the damage and inconvenience was not more serious.
[Herald Journal; August 30, 1962]
By Ray Nelson
The announcement that Northern Utah and Southern Idaho can "almost certainly" expect a follow-up tremor to this morning's "potentially destructive" earthquake caused some consternation throughout the valley.
Especially among mothers whose children went to school today.
Several phone calls to The Herald Journal asked about Dr. Charles F. Richter's forecast that more temblors were yet to come. Such a prediction had been broadcast over the radio.
One mother said: "I want to get the straight of it, so I'll know whether or not to call my child home from school. I don't want him in a classroom if more earthquakes are expected."
Here's what Dr. Richter, seismological expert at Caltech in Pasadena, Calif., said:
He expected "another quake of a magnitude of about 5 in the wake of this morning's 6.1 magnitude tremor. He could not predict when the follow-up shake would hit, explaining, "it could be immediately, it could be several days, or weeks."
Dr. Richter, who invented the Richter magnitude scale for measuring intensity of quakes, pointed out that a major earthquake of the type that jolted parts of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming have follow-up tremors.
"Actually," he added, "there probably are plenty of small tremors going on right now. Eventually there should be one around 5 or so. Nevertheless, all of those follow-ups will be what we regard as being considered small."
In Salt Lake City, a scientist said that the main shock from the earthquake was centered somewhere in Cache Valley.
Dr. Kenneth Cook of the University of Utah geology department said there were four aftershocks over a space of about 15 minutes. The tremor hit first at 6:36 a.m.; there were aftershocks until about 6:55 a.m. His reading of 6.1 on the Richter scale coincided with the report from Pasadena.
Dr. Cook said the epicenter of the earthquake was in the East Cache fault, and most of the damage was there.
Dr. J. Stewart Williams, head of the geology department at Utah State University, made an inspection tour of Central and North Cache areas, and confirmed that the quake was in the East Cache fault. Most damage was in the Lewiston, Richmond, Smithfield and Logan areas.
"However, I don't give too much credence to the aftershock theory," he stated. "We could get a follow shock, of course, but I rather doubt it.
Utah had had 261 recorded earth quakes since 1850, but in recent times the average has been about one a year.
The first motion of the rolling quake was recorded at 6:37 a.m. Mountain time, with the second and main wave from the same shock following at 6:39 a.m.
It was strong enough to have been destructive if it had hit in a heavily populated area, the good Doctor said. The business firms whose stores were damaged, the school districts where many buildings were weakened, and the residential areas where bricks were flung and walls were cracked, contend that the quake was plenty destructive.
The Richter scale, incidentally, is based on the logarithm of the distance a seismograph needle is deflected by the shock, adjusted from the distance the instrument is from the quake center.
A quake with a magnitude of 2, for example, is 10 times greater than a magnitude 1.
The strongest quakes ever recorded were less than 9 on the Richter scale. So Cache Valley's "little 6.1" this morning was of substantial proportions.
Cache Sheriff Wesley Malmberg reported his conversation with an official in Los Angeles, who repeated Dr. Richter's warning.
"We feel concerned with the possibilities of follow-up quakes," the Sheriff stated. "Since many buildings have been 'shaken loose' by the initial quake of 6.1 intensity, another shake of 5 magnitude could be very damaging.
"Everyone should take extra precautions, where necessary."
Sheriff Malmberg noted that he had recommended evacuation of the courthouse personnel for the duration of today--at least for 24 hours, and until a more thorough inspection of building damage could be made.
Other reports that reached the Sheriff's office by midday:
The old Smithfield tabernacle is badly damaged, and probably should be condemned.
North Cache high school's parapet wall will have to come down, along with the chimney.
At Park School in Richmond, the chimney will have to be rebuilt and corners repaired.
Hotel Logan is reported as much as five inches "out" on the wall.
It was the opinion of Architect Gene Haycock, incidentally, that Richmond bore the brunt of damage throughout the valley. He and various officials inspected public and church buildings throughout the north part of the valley.
[Herald Journal; August 30, 1962]
Long deep cracks on each of the walls of the newspaper office this morning were solemn evidence that our typewriters would touch history before the day was finished.
Since our job is to transmit the news to others accurately and completely, there was no time for tension when an earthquake rocked the valley at 6:36 a.m.
Knowing of the overwhelming task before us, many employees got to work early and immediately began a round of contacts attempting to discover what had happened and where and to whom.
Obliging community leaders soon advised us as to a badly damaged church house, a wall cave-in at a billiards hall, a ruined home in Richmond, and trouble at the Lewiston sugar factory.
For a while we worked in a lightless office, not knowing whether or not the power would return in time to publish a paper.
There was a generous invitation from the publisher of a Box Elder County paper to use his equipment, if necessary, for publication late this afternoon.
Until almost 10 o'clock our incoming calls were blocked (due to the power failure) which undoubtedly accounts for many not being able to reach the office by telephone this morning.
And for at least an hour after the return of power, metal pots for use in the electric linotype machines were having to reheat.
In the meantime there were photography visits down Logan's business section where [ ? ] marks in the form of cracked walls, shattered windows, broken plaster, and occasionally, some damage of a much more serious nature.
There were photos to take and identify, damage estimates to receive from the most reliable sources and stories to transmit to the national wire services.
In the meantime there were anxious calls from parents and many visits from those who had something special to report concerning the effects of the quake.
The schools needed to report their closing, adding that most of the buildings would be open again tomorrow.
Students were jubilantly invading the streets, while many adults were staying close to home.
Politics, space shots, marriages and meetings were almost forgotten when the first earthquake since 1934 rampaged through Cache Valley.
[Herald Journal; August 30, 1962]
Bishop Heber Sharp of Logan 4th ward, and Bishop Burton Harris of the 16th, announced this afternoon that no meetings of any kind will be held in the quake-damaged chapel. "We urge ward members to attend other churches in the stake," they said. "Our building has been condemned, until the Church General Building Committee's structural engineers can go over the entire chapel and recreation hall."
[Herald Journal; August 30, 1962]
DRAPER, Utah (UPI)--Even the nightcrawlers were disturbed by the earthquake that shook the Intermountain West this morning.
A Draper woman, Mrs. G. R. Savage, was watering her lawn before the heat of the day. She said the ground suddenly started swaying and then "all the fish bait in the world came crawling up out of the ground."
[Herald Journal; August 30, 1962]
Thoughts And Things
By Ray Nelson
Miscellaneous observations during and after the earthquake, which visited Cache Valley at 6:36 a.m., August 30, 1962 A.D.--
The damage to many buildings is considerable, according to officials who made cursory surveys during the day. But as more careful inspection is conducted, the damage may turn out to be more serious.
Cracked walls, damaged chimneys, broken windows are just the obvious results. When you get down to the fundamentals--entire walls knocked out of plumb, or partially off foundations; weakened roofs and rafters, you may discover deep-seated troubles.
One of the most-frequently-heard complaints along Main Street until power was restored: "Truble is, the coffe percolutors won't work, either."
One of the office ladies who lives in Providence described her reaction:
"When the walls began to wave, and the floor buck, I fled right out into the pasture with the cows and horses. They were prancing, and so was I."
The Model Billiards appeared to be one of the worst-hit buildings in the business section. The entire roof is straggling from the walls onto the pool tables, with shafts of light piercing the rubble.
The couple of patrons were seated at the bar, drinking a bottle of beer. They left tout de suite, leaving their bottles standing on the bar.
As the crowds circled the front door later in the day, trying to peek a glimpse, a lady toward the rear of the circle asked excitedly:
"Oh, what does it look like in there?"
A man on the front row replied sardonically: "Just like a pool hall, hit by an earthquake, lady."
The Hotel Eccles building was the scene of some excitement during and immediately following the temblor. Some water lines or vessels had been fractured on the top floor, and water subsequently seeped down through the stories, dripping into the hotel lobby and the First Security Bank offices.
Prof. Dell Gardner noticed a crack along the wall--a jagged, graph-like break something like a rise-and-fall-of-business indicator. He read from the graph something like this:
The quake was from east to west, with a sudden and quite large initial shock, then a couple smaller ones, then finally a heavy lurch.
He could be right.
"Despite some damage in the Hotel, the Democratic headquarters (in a second-floor hotel room) remain unscathed and intact," Dr. W. W. Merrill informed us, with some humor and considerable satisfaction.
(Dr. Merrill, as many citizens know, is one of the County's Demo party bellweathers.)
There are as many interesting stories as to personal situations and reactions as there are inhabitants in Cache Valley. In retrospect, some are amusing. At the time, all were pretty fearsome.
One Logan woman phoned The Herald Journal (after the power finally returned and the incoming phone calls could be detected) and related something like this:
"I was standing by the stove when it began, and it practically shifted away from me. Then I noticed my cat was fear-stricken: he arched his back, and his fur stood out electrically, and he let out a cry. Just then, the quake rumbled the goldfish out from his bowl of water.
"And that cat, which for months has wanted to get at the fish, paid no attention to it as it lay practically at his feet."
A fine Swiss couple who lives in the Tenth ward reacted differently:
The man was outside, working in his garden.
His wife rushed out with considerable excitement: "Papa, that vas an earthqvake!"
"Vell?" he responded. And went back to his hoeing.
At the Claude Robbins home, 192 East 1st North in Logan, there was lamenting at the damage in the living room. The large mirror over the mantel was cracked to pieces; some bricks were scattered about, and a beautiful clock had been thrown into the center of the room.
Claude unhappily surveyed the damage and muttered: "And the clock was a most prized gift."
So far as Herald Journal surveys can determine, Richmond was one of the hardest-hit communities.
The Park School was closed immediately; North Cache high soon after. Several homes were badly damaged, some reportedly beyond repair.
One woman was in a state of shock, and was taken to the home of a neighbor.
Such results as this are tragic, and despite the fact that no deaths have been traced directly to the quake, and effects will long be felt.
We recall the strong quake of March 17, 1934. We were in a classroom, on the top floor of the Utah State University library building. The class was French; the teacher was the late Prof. Frank R. Arnold.
As the floors began to rock and the walls crack as the students began to stir, preparing to stampede, Prof. Arnold held up his hand and said:
"My young friends, if we are to die let us die with French on our lips!"
[Herald Journal; August 30, 1962]
Church, Public Structures Are Inspected
By Jennie Christensen
Fifty-eight years after the cornerstone was laid by Apostle Marriner W. Merrill, an earthquake's violent force demolished one of Cache Valley's most historic landmarks, the LDS Benson Stake Tabernacle in Richmond.
The loss will be immediately felt by the stake's nine wards and by Richmond Ward, which has used the building exclusively for its various functions.
Stake President T. R. Holt of Lewiston stated today that the general church building committee has completely condemned the building. "It will have to be torn down and plans are to begin work on another structure as soon as possible," he stated.
In describing the demolition, stake officials pointed out that a wall on the west has moved in five or six inches "and could topple off any time." The chimney is off center and badly cracked, the east side is badly damaged and has been moved off its perpendicular course.
Until permanent arrangements can be made, Richmond Ward members will be meeting in other wards of the stake--wherever accommodations are found to be most adequate.
In the meantime, Logan 4th and 16th ward bishoprics have announced that no meetings of any kind will be held in their chapel until further notice. "We urge members to attend meetings of other wards in the stake," Bishop Burton H. Harris of the 16th Ward and Bishop Heber Sharp of Logan 4th Ward, declared.
The building's steeple collapsed and both the east and west walls were severely damaged in the Thursday quake.
The only tremor trouble at the Logan LDS Temple was listed as "superficial damage to plaster," according to Wendell B. Mendenhall, chairman of the LDS Church building committee and Temple President A. George Raymond.
Repair work on the plaster is already underway and there is no major structural damage to the temple.
Slight damage also occurred at the Lewiston LDS Ward. There were only minor cracks at the Logan LDS Tabernacle.
While experts agree that some aftershocks can be expected, there is absolutely no way of predicting their intensity.
Tremors of a minor nature were reported by several Cache residents in Thursday late afternoon, while aftershocks which "rattled windows and produced a distinct vibration" were felt in Logan at 6 p.m. Thursday and again at 3:30 this morning.
Meanwhile, the epicenter of the Thursday morning earthquake that gave northern Utah and southern Idaho a violent shaking, was placed at a point approximately 10 miles northwest of Logan by members of the University of Utah's department of geophysics.
The area of the sub-surface slippage that sent shock waves through the earth in all directions for hundreds of miles was determined by calculations from seismograph records, obtained in Salt Lake City, Price and Dugway Proving Grounds.
Experts have pointed out that major earthquakes are the result of slippage along fault lines miles below the earth, followed by readjustments of deep lying rock strata. They say the Cache quake may have originated anywhere from 5 to 10 miles under the earth's surface.
The rearrangements of such deep rock layers, extending upward, is shown in the case of the Cache quake by the fact that the volume of water from Logan municipal spring has increased, and farmers north of Logan have reported dry wells are starting to flow.
[Herald Journal; August 31, 1962]
By Val Hess
Students in two schools remained on vacation today but one of the schools will open its doors again Tuesday while the other may remain closed a few days longer.
North Cache High school remained closed today as crews worked to repair damage suffered in Thursday's earthquake but Superintendent Oral L. Ballam of the Cache County School District indicated that the school will be back in operation Tuesday.
Logan Junior High school remained closed Friday and Logan City School Superintendent Sherman Eyre indicated it may be several days before students can be accommodated there.
An architect has studied the junior high school and has estimated that cost of repairs will be $19,000.
Most of this is to strip the broken parapet walls that were badly damaged and to cast a bond beam around the top of the walls at roof level.
A section of roof about 18 x 60 feet will have to be replaced as a portion of the wall fell through the roof and the smoke stack on the heating plant will have to be shortened about 12 or 15 feet. It will then be recapped at the lower height.
The Board of Education has approved the work and Ace Raymond Construction Company has been hired and will begin repair work Saturday morning.
Eugene Haycock, the architect, has indicated that the parapet walls should be stripped by the first of next week and it may be possible at that time to determine just when the building can be opened for use.
However, safety will guide the decision but the school will be opened as soon as safely possible.
Superintendent Eyre has indicated that there is no definite plan at the present for the operation of the school, but as the situation now exists, the school will be opened as soon as possible and any time lost will probably have to be made up by Saturday classes, or perhaps a later closing time this spring.
The Logan Senior High school is being operated as usual, although two areas will be closed for an estimated two weeks. Plaster in the library and the Nibley Hall auditorium has fallen and the Logan High school library ceiling will be covered by acoustic tile and the sections of the auditorium ceiling will be re plastered.
It is estimated that it will take about two weeks for the work to be finished and the two areas will be closed to students during that time.
Logan City elementary schools escaped serious injury, with most reporting only a few broken windows and cracked plaster.
All other Cache County schools are open and classes are progressing as usual.
Three businesses, Smith's Clothing, S. E. Needham Jewelers and The Sportsman, had front doors closed Friday and Saturday and the front entrance of the Hotel Logan has also been closed.
This is because the front wall of the building has been pulled out and will have to be demolished and rebuilt. Work has already began and the sidewalk in front has been barricaded. Main Street in front has been closed to one lane of traffic for southbound vehicles.
City engineer Ray Hugie has been studying the various buildings and reports that work will start Saturday or Sunday on the front wall of the building directly across the street from the Hotel Logan.
Work on the back and side walls of Smith Printing was started today and the front of the building running north from Hotel Logan to the American Food is also damaged and studies are being made to determine what should be done.
Hotel Eccles and the First Security Bank suffered heavy plaster and ornamental damage, according to Mr. Hugie, but the structural parts seem unharmed.
Pepsi Cola company will have to replace one whole corner of its building and the Model Billiards has begun rebuilding work after its ceiling crashed down Thursday morning.
Many other buildings and businesses reported plaster damage but nothing very serious or anything that would interfere with safety or business.
The Cache County Courthouse suffered large cracks along the west wall and was closed Thursday afternoon in dread of a second major shock. But the building and offices are open for business as usual today.
With reports that a second tremor is likely, the Logan-Cache fire department moved all equipment from its building so that a second quake cannot trap the equipment in the structure.
Thus the apparatus will be available for any emergency that should arise in case of a second quake.
A dollars and cents value has not yet been placed on the damage because of the investigation and study that is still being carried out.
He stated further that a temporary disaster area office will be established in Logan within the immediate future.
[Herald Journal; August 31, 1962]
Visible evidence of Thursday's forceful earthquake will confront Utah State University students when they return to the campus for Fall Quarter registration later next month.
Although final investigations have not been completed and damage has not been evaluated in dollars and cents, Utah State University officials and members of the State Building board have reported damage in many of the USU buildings.
No building is damaged, however, to the point where it is not being used now and all buildings will be in use at the opening of school, Dee A. Broadbent, vice president for business at the University, reported.
The Student Union Building has extensive damage in the skyroom and there are cracks and broken plaster throughout the structure.
There is a crack in the main tower on the north wall of the university's Old Main and the firewall in the attic has been damaged to the extent that it will have to be replaced. One wall in the entomology lab is severely damaged and there are numerous cracks scattered throughout the building.
The south and west walls of the Mechanics Arts building suffered serious cracks and the two engineering labs will require major repair. There are other minor cracks throughout this building also.
In the Education Building (old Engineering Building), an excessive glass breakage is noted, with more than 100 windows having been completely shattered.
Plaster is down and there are extensive cracks in the west area of the Plant Industry Building's second floor, while the Smart Gymnasium received cracks and broken plaster on the second floor and stairwell areas. Director H. B. Hunsaker's office was described as "a shambles," with pictures and trophies having been thrown "every which way."
The old Forestry Building has new splits and cracks and the Lyric downtown had a firewall fall from the roof but there was no damage to the USU Library as was previously reported.
The maintenance crew at the University has already begun to repair the damage to buildings but it is anticipated that all work will not be complete until later in the school year.
[Herald Journal; August 31, 1962]
The American Red Cross has established a disaster headquarters in Richmond City Offices and Cache Red Cross office in Logan, according to Orin Wedgewood, chapter chairman.
All citizens wishing to apply for Red Cross disaster assistance, such as loans or grants, may phone Richmond CH 8-2092, or Logan SK 2-1125. Offices are open until 5 p.m. each day until the emergency is declared over.
There is a case worker enroute from San Francisco, and should arrive in Logan this evening.
"The Red Cross was on a 'ready alert' from 7 a.m. Thursday, and is standing by with its organization ready to meet any need that arises," Mr. Wedgewood stated. "Our first aid stations and workers, for instance, are prepared in case they are needed."
[Herald Journal; August 31, 1962]
The earthquake may not have had anything to do with the sudden increase in the bovine population at the Dee Israelsen farm in North Logan.
Then again, it may have.
Dee reported today that his herd had grown by six new calves in the past 24 hours. A seventh calving appears imminent today.
"The calves had not been expected all at once, and not for a week or so," he remarked. Dee has a herd of 80 Holsteins and Jerseys. The newcomers include 3 bulls and 3 heifers.
The quake had an upsetting effect on farm livestock and wildlife, according to numerous reports. For instance, within a few minutes after the shock, cock pheasants came forth with lusty and nervous crowing.
The bulls at Cache Valley Breeding set up long and-loud bellowing.
Horses snorted and pranced.
They, too, knew that something went awry with Nature.
[Herald Journal; August 31, 1962]
The Public Pulse
This has been an historic week in Cache Valley; it brought what is probably the most vigorous earthquake during the Valley's era of modern settlement, which was in 1856.
Thursday morning's brief temblor--measured from 5.5 to 6.1 in intensity on the Richter scale--caused considerable damage in Richmond, Logan and Lewiston. Current estimates already are exceeding $5,000, but the real extent will not be known for some time yet.
And certainly, if one were to figure the cost of building replacements, the total damage would be far above current quotations.
For instance, the selling price of the 58-year-old Benson Stake Tabernacle in Richmond may not exceed $50,000 or so. But to replace it will cost possibly $400,000.
In the Public Pulse column today, The Herald Journal is presenting the comments of some of our Cache folks as they looked back upon the August 30 quake:
MAYOR ROSS PLANT of Richmond--
"Although the catastrophe that occurred in our town this past week has been an extreme shock, I feel the people are reacting very well. Cooperation and neighborliness are some of the greatest assets of a small town and they have certainly been manifest here.
"I think we will perhaps emerge from this more united and with a greater respect for people and the Supreme Being than we have had before. Our townspeople have appreciated the many offers of assistance outside of town. Red Cross officials have produced a steadying effect here where we have been confused and hesitant about just what course of action to take."
RICHARD A. CHAMBERS, Logan City Commissioner--"When something like this happens it really 'cuts a person down to size.' I have marveled, however, at the calm and practical reaction of our people, in spite of the fact that there has been some apprehension over the possibility of another tremor.
"Our city engineer and fire department officials should be commended for their promptness in entering damaged buildings and helping remove hazards at their own risk. Those who have suffered damage to their buildings have responded quickly in getting their structures repaired. I feel that before this is over we will find that our damage is much higher than was originally estimated."
ORRIN W. WEDGWOOD, new County Red Cross Chairman--"As our disaster relief continues, it appears that there is more need than was realized immediately after the earthquake. This is usually the case for victims of damage are at first in a minor state of shock and after conducting a more accurate survey, oftentimes find damage which was earlier overlooked. Our disaster team is in action, however, and those with major damage will be given Red Cross grants, with no repayment at all expected. Our organization is appreciative of the cooperation of the various civic services and communication media."
MARCUS SORENSON, Superintendent, Buildings and Grounds, Logan City School District--"The extensive earthquake damage to our junior high school has really put our district 'in the hole.' Whereas, we were trying to get money to put into a new junior high, we are forced to pour money into the old one. At first plans were to abandon this building after the new one is built but it may be used now to take care of the elementary growth problems. At the present time crews are working hard at the task of repairing damage to the building and it will be at least one more week, perhaps three, before it is ready for use."
DEE A. BROADBENT, Business Vice President at Utah State University--"With so much more serious damage from the quake occurring throughout Cache Valley, we feel very fortunate that our buildings received only minor damages. There are cracks, shattered windows, and broken plaster but we are happy to report that none of the buildings are unusable, even now."
PRESIDENT T. R. HOLT of Benson LDS Stake--"It was a tremendous shock to find that our historic Benson Stake Tabernacle was damaged beyond repair. Although it was an older structure, it had been well maintained and was in fine shape. However, there is only one thing to do now and that is to proceed as quickly as possible with plans for a new building. The practical reaction of our stake people has been most rewarding."
GLENN BAUGH, Logan realtor--"When it first hit, my reaction was that it wasn't going to be too serious. However, after being in some of our buildings and looking at the damage, you realize the real intensity of the earthquake, and how much worse it could have been under different conditions."
CLEVE HANSEN, Logan Grocer--"We were quite heavily damaged by the quake but the thing that stands out in my mind about the whole affair is the friendliness and cooperation the people of the area have shown. The day of the quake we had many friends, acquaintances and even some we barely knew call and offer assistance. Many came to the store and pitched in and helped us clean up the mess. This was the case all over town and I think it really speaks well for our people and I really appreciate the help that was extended to me."
ROBERT DAHLE, North Cache High School Principal--"Damage to the high school will be repaired enough by Tuesday to start school but it will be several weeks before all the damage is repaired. As people examine their homes, more and more damage is being found as most of the homes suffered some damage. The plaster in most of the homes in the Richmond area was cracked by the shock."
F. P. CHAMP, prominent business leader: "I well remember the Wasatch Fault quake of 1934, and it is my opinion that the 1962 tremor was much more severe. At least, it was sufficiently strong to plunge some bricks and a heavy cover from our home--which the other one did not. Nor was the interior of the home so badly disturbed in '34 as it was this week."
J. STEWART WILLIAMS, head of the geology department at Utah State University: "It was quite a quake--the only one strong enough to activate the large seismograph at the University since its installation in 1939.
"I've noticed there have been predictions of follow-up temblors. I'm not strong on this point of view. There may be after-quakes; there may not be. I prefer to think not."
EMMANUEL SKABELUND, who was having a snack at Model Billiards: "I thought the furnace had exploded at first. Then when part of the roof started to cave in, I thought it was time to get out. Then the clerk came out, looking like a snowman."
[Herald Journal; September 2, 1962]
WASHINGTON--The Small Business Administration has designated Cache County a disaster area as a result of an earthquake which hit the section Thursday this week.
Those qualifying will be able to obtain loans at an interest rate of three per cent, with the period for repayment of the principal extending up to 20 years. They will be required to pledge whatever collateral they can.
A representative of the branch office will be at the Logan Chamber of Commerce Tuesday to accept applications.
A committee of Cache County citizens will be appointed by the SBA Washington office to investigate loan requests and make recommendations to the branch office, which has authority to approve loans up to $50,000 each.
Those eligible for borrowing are individuals, business concerns, and non-profit organizations, such as churches and charitable institutions, provided they have suffered tangible property loss as a result of the earthquake.
In the case of individuals, loans may be used to repair or replace damaged furniture and other household belongings as well as homes and appurtenant structures.
Loans will not be made to repair or replace summer or winter cottages, camps or lodges used purely for recreational purposes.
Business loans may be used to repair or replace buildings, fixtures, machinery equipment and merchandise, but not for debt repayment except in cases where it has been necessary to borrow for temporary repairs of quake damage.
The purpose of the federal loan program is to restore homes and businesses as nearly as possible to pre-disaster condition.
[Herald Journal; September 2, 1962]
In a report to city commissioners this morning, Logan City Engineer Ray Hugie pointed out that complete investigation of earthquake-damage buildings is still underway.
"A preliminary check, however, indicates that loss will undoubtedly total much more than was originally anticipated," Mr. Hugie declared.
Because there are still buildings to be inspected, a financial estimate could not be made at this time, but most commercial establishments and a few residential dwellings have received complete safety checks.
Buildings which have brought the most concern are the Logan Junior High School, First Security Bank, Townhouse Hotel, Hotel Logan and Cleve's Foodland. There is also considerable work to do on the front of the American Food Store and Wilkinsons, front wall of Superior Cleaners, and at the Court House and Post Office buildings.
"The hardest hit public building was the junior high school and school board officials are contemplating spending some $20,000 to $25,000 for repairs," Engineer Hugie said. He added, however, that it would probably cost at least this amount to run two shifts at Logan High School or transfer the students to other buildings in Logan.
Although no gas line breakages were noted, city officials plan to meet with representatives of Mountain Fuel Supply Company to discuss investigations which have been and are being made.
Several Logan citizens residing in the area where the Central Milling Company operates complained to city commissioners about the "excessive and unnecessary" noise coming from the building at night, making it almost impossible for those in the neighborhood to sleep.
Those appearing were Lavon Nielsen, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Clark, Ida Marie Logan and Fred H. Thompson. They claim that new machinery which has been added at the firm during the past few months has resulted in "intolerable noises, annoying fumes and screeching whistles at all hours of the night, with doors and windows of the plant left open."
It was explained by Mayor Theral V. Bishop and City Attorney Preston Thomas that it is a legitimate business and to decide whether the noise is unnecessary and unreasonable, citizens would have to file a complaint and take the matter to court.
Approval of the city's participation in the proposed new renovation project at Logan-Cache Airport was given Floyd Hansen, manager. Federal participation will be 62.3 percent, with the state furnishing half of the balance and the city and county dividing the rest. Logan and Cache County will be participating to the extent of approximately $11,705.40 each, which is less than the amount previously budgeted for.
Bids for a pickup truck for the city's engineering department were opened in city commission meeting and it appeared that either Axtell Chevrolet or Wilson Motor Company would be low bidder, depending on the model decided upon.
Aubrey Parker reported that he feels the building just north of his business at 244 South Main had been vacant for some time and presenting a real fire hazard. He pointed out that the place is falling to pieces, glass is knocked out, kids are going in and a fire has been started in one corner.
A meeting of the city's Condemnation Board has been called for Wednesday and a check of some of the earthquake damaged buildings as well as other reported as hazards will be made. The building referred to by Mr. Parker will be studied at that time by the committee which includes Fire Chief Ivo Borg, Health Officer Roger Stephens, the city engineer and the city building inspector.
[Herald Journal; September 4, 1962]
The repairs in progress at the Logan Junior High School will make the building safer than it was before the recent earthquake. So concluded a report to the Board of Education from Watkins, Cordon and Rich, engineering consultants.
Prepared by Reynold K. Watkins and Elliot Rich the report agreed with the findings of and recommendations of G. Eugene Haycock of Schaub and Haycock Associates who made an independent examination of the building.
"On the basis of the examination and recommendations made by these men the Board of Education decided to proceed with the necessary repairs to make the building safe for use. This course of action in the judgment of the Board is much better than any possible alternative," stated Superintendent Sherman Eyre.
Under the direction of the engineers and the architect, the Ace S. Raymond Construction Company moved on to the job Saturday morning and by working over the weekend has the project well advanced. Main repairs recommended include removing the parapet walls, casting a reinforced concrete bond beam around the walls at the roof line, and installing steel tie rods in some sections of the building. In addition the top part of the main smokestack which suffered some damage will be removed and a new concrete cap cast at a lower elevation.
"Since several parents have expressed concern about the safety of the building, the entire report of the engineers appears later in this article. Apparently some reports circulating in the community have overstated the extent of the damage to the building," Supt. Eyre said.
Probable date for reopening the school is Monday, September 10. Junior high school students should watch the newspaper for the definite announcement that will be made later this week.
The text of the report follows:
"According to your request we have personally inspected damage to the Logan Junior High School Building by the earthquake of 30 August 1962. We submit the following report of damage and recommendation for repair:
"1. Fragments of plaster were shaken from the walls and ceilings. This caused no structural damage and can be repaired by patching.
"2. Some parapet walls, abandoned chimneys and masonry air intake boxes on the roof were loosened. This poses the danger of human accident or further damage to the building by falling masonry, but does not detract from the structural safety of the building. In the history of earthquakes the greatest destruction has been caused by falling masonry parapet walls. Since parapets are adornments and contribute no structural strength they are seldom tied to the building or reinforced with steel.
"It is recommended that all loosened parapet walls and chimneys be removed and not replaced. A reinforced concrete cap should be cast as a bond beam just above the roof line. This will make the building much safer than it was before the earthquake.
"3. About 20 ft. of roof over the east end of the auditorium failed when a section of parapet wall fell on it. This can easily be repaired since the steel trusses or columns were not damaged. The impact from the falling parapet accounts for most of the cracks and fallen plaster fragments in the halls and auditorium. The auditorium ceiling sustained no structural damage.
"4. The east wall of the building shifted outward about an inch at the top-center over the main entrance. This causes no structural hazard since the east wall is merely a curtain wall and supports no floors or roof. No shifting occurred at the corners of the building. It is recommended that the east wall be anchored by steel tie rods through the building. With the bond beam at the top and with intermediate tie rods, the east curtain wall will not present a hazard.
"5. Diagonal tension cracking occurred near the east end of the east-west interior walls. This cracking does not reduce the structural strength of the building since the walls are not intended to resist tension.
"6. The old smokestack sustained cracking and loosened some masonry. To prevent damage by falling fragments and to increase the factor of safety against future damage, the smokestack should be cut in height by at least 15 ft. With the present heating system the original height is unnecessary.
"We find no reason for the Logan Junior High School building to be condemned because of earthquake damage if the above recommendations are adequately followed. Structurally as soon as the imminent danger of falling fragments has been corrected, the building can be safely inhabited while repair work continues. The above recommended repairs will make the building safer than it was before the earthquake of August 30."
[Herald Journal; September 4, 1962]
Statistical and photographic records from the seismograph nearest to the center of last Thursday's earthquake were reported today by Dr. J. Stewart Williams, collaborator for Utah for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and B. J. Morrill, San Francisco, of the USCGS's Seismological Field Survey.
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey's Strong Motion Seismograph located at Utah State University was activated by the quake--the first shock strong enough to activate the instrument since it was installed in 1939.
Mr. Morrill, coming to Logan to assist Dr. Williams in interpreting data from the Strong Motion Seismograph, said that Cache Valley "fared pretty well considering the accelerations of the earth in the quake."
The record obtained by the USCGS seismograph shows that the east-west acceleration of the earth was .13g (13 hundredths the force of gravity), north-south acceleration was .10g, and vertical acceleration was .06g.
Felt motion lasted approximately 35 seconds and a second small quake started approximately 55 seconds after the start of the first quake, the record showed.
The Strong Motion seismograph should not be confused, the men pointed out, with the sensitive teleseismic instruments used to record distant earthquakes. These are shocked so badly by a nearby earthquake that they do not record and may even be damaged by the shock. Last week's quake shocked the teleseismic instrument at the University of Utah so that it stopped recording, and Mr. Morrill said that highly sensitive one maintained by USCGS at Eureka, Nev., recorded one pip and then was out of action.
The Strong Motion Seismograph requires a nearby shock of about 4.5 to 5 magnitude on the Richter Scale to activate it. It records for about 90 seconds and shuts itself off if the strong motion subsides. It then resets itself and waits for the next strong shock. There was only one 90 second period recorded by the instrument last Thursday. Dr. Williams said the instrument provided a perfect record of the quake.
The instrument is designed to record data useful to engineers in designing buildings and structures to resist earthquakes. Hence it records only strong quakes likely to do damage to structures. Engineers use .10g as a threshold at which damage to structures may be expected, so the .10 and .13 readings from the Logan instrument are indicative of expected damage in Cache Valley.
The Seismological Field Survey of USCGS, of which William K. Cloud is chief, maintains about 100 Strong Motion Seismographs in the western United States. Included are instruments at Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon Dams.
[Herald Journal; September 5, 1962]
As experts were evaluating the intensity of an earthquake that shook the Salt Lake Valley this morning, Red Cross officials were receiving numerous applications for financial assistance following last Thursday's costly Northern Utah tremor.
One of the developments in Cache County Tuesday was the visit of Senator Wallace Bennett (R Utah) and other officials to Red Cross Disaster Headquarters at Richmond, where the number of persons applying for assistance is increasing daily.
So far, some 42 families from Richmond, Lewiston, Smithfield and Logan have been interviewed according to Mayor Ross H. Plant of Richmond, who pointed out that "we really didn't realize the magnitude of the earthquake during the first couple of days."
According to Miss Schilling, a considerable amount of financial assistance will be given to disaster victims in this area. "Red Cross disaster aid is given free--no loans are made and no repayment is expected," she stressed.
Some experts from San Francisco are expected imminently to evaluate damages of the applications being filed. "These people are receiving our people courteously and sympathetically," Mayor Plant reported.
He explained that local contractors have been helping fire department crews inspect chimneys and assess other damage to buildings.
Orrin W. Wedgwood, Cache County Red Cross Chapter Chairman, urges all persons in need of disaster aid to apply immediately at Richmond City offices.
At the same time he invited the people of Cache County to contribute generously to the Disaster Relief Fund, Cache County Chapter, 151 North Main Street in Logan.
[Herald Journal; September 5, 1962]
Representatives of the L D S Church building committee inspected the Logan Fourth-16th ward chapel Wednesday and confirmed the hopes of the officials of the two wards that the building could be repaired.
The entire east wall, along the side of the recreation hall, will have to be replaced, as well as the west wall in front of the chapel.
Bad cracks and falling debris have made these two areas dangerous and they will not be used. The organ in the chapel will also have to be replaced.
All cracks in the plaster of the building will also be patched.
The building committee has approved use of the chapel and the classrooms, but has closed the recreation hall and the choir area in the western part of the chapel.
Ace Raymond Construction company will install a partition in the chapel to divide the unsafe part of the chapel from the area that can be used.
After the inspection, the building representative officially placed the estimate of cost of repairs at $40,000.
Bishops Burton H. Harris of the 16th ward and Heber Sharp of the Fourth ward met together and outlined schedules for the two wards.
Regular fast day activities will be held Sunday, September 9 as follows:
4th Ward: Priesthood Meeting, 8 a.m.; Sunday School, 9 a.m. and Fast Meeting, 10 a.m.
[Herald Journal; September 6, 1962]
A request for information from people who felt recent earthquakes in Utah and surrounding area was issued today by the Seismological Field Survey of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The Seismological Field Survey collects data of felt earthquakes particularly to obtain information useful to engineers in designing buildings and other structures that will resist earthquake damage, explained Dr. J. Stewart Williams, collaborator in seismology for the survey and head of the geology department at Utah State University.
A form published here, asks information about felt motion, effects of the motion on buildings, trees, and other objects, noise, damage and other items.
The Seismological Field Survey of USCGS asks that people fill out portions of the card which apply to their locality and drop the form in the mail. If the shock was not felt this should be marked on the form and the information mailed in.
Object of the questionnaire program is to supplement instrumental data and to promote public safety through a better understanding of earthquakes. Those who respond will perform a service for themselves and others, Mr. Williams said.
He asked that the accompanying form be mailed to:
J. Stewart Williams
Geology Department
Utah State University
Logan, Utah
Date of shock. August 30, 1962 Time. 6:34 a.m.
Place
Please return form even if shock was not felt as such information is essential.
Please underline words below which best describe shock at your location as given above.
Motion: rapid, slow Shook how long
Direction of motion: felt outdoors: N...NE...E...
etc. ........
Your location: Your home: in community, or ........
In building: Wood, brick ........
strongly, weakly built: on 1, 2 floor:
lying down, sitting, active
Outdoors: By you, by others: quiet, active
Ground underneath locality: Rock, sod, loose, compact, marshy, filled in level, sloping, steep.
Felt by you, several, many, all: (in your home) (in your community)
Awakened no one, few, many, all: (in your home) (in community)
Frightened no one, few, many, all: (in your home) (in community)
Earth noises: Faint, moderate, loud
from N...NE...E... etc. ........
Pendulum clocks: did stop: faced N...NE... etc. ........
Did not stop: faced N...NE...etc. ........
Trees, bushes: shaken slightly, moderately, strongly ........
Shifted small objects, furnishings ........
Overturned vases, etc., small objects, furniture ........
Cracked plaster, windows, walls, chimneys, ground ........
Fall of knickknacks, books, pictures, plaster, walls ........
Broke dishes, windows, furniture
Twisting, fall, of chimneys, columns, monuments
Damage: none, slight, considerable, great: total in wood, brick, masonry, concrete
Address
Remarks: Any additional information will be appreciated.
Reports from other places, preferably on separate forms, are also desirable.
[Herald Journal; September 7, 1962]
Logan Junior high school will reopen for students at the regular hour Monday, Sept. 10, it was announced today by Superintendent Sherman Eyre.
Classwork begins at 8:40 a.m.
The repairs recommended by consulting engineers to make the building safe will be essentially completed by that time, the Superintendent stated.
There will be some work continuing throughout the week, in areas that will be barricaded, but such restricted spots will not interfere with normal school activity.
"The engineers, Ellliot Rich and Reynold K. Watkins, have assured us that the structure will be safer than it was prior to the earthquake," Mr. Eyre said.
"Reinforced concrete bond beams have been installed at the roofline of the building, and have strengthened the building appreciably. Also, steel tie rods are being installed at various places through the building, some of them immediately below the ceiling heights."
[Herald Journal; September 7, 1962]
Orrin W. Wedgewood, Cache County Red Cross chapter chairman, announced today the appointment of a local volunteer disaster advisory committee. This committee will work with the five person disaster staff now assisting victims of the Utah earthquake.
The advisory committee is made up of local citizens from throughout the disaster area. In addition to representing their own individual area, this committee represents the citizens of Cache Valley as a whole. They will become familiar with the entire disaster operations step by step.
The latest information showing the committee how extensive the damage was in portions of Cache Valley, is shown in the results of house to house surveys just completed by the cities of Richmond and Lewiston in cooperation with the Red Cross.
These surveys show a total of 202 homes damaged in the Richmond Area. They also show a total of 152 homes damaged in the Lewiston, Cornish, Cove and Trenton areas. The Red Cross is attempting to get similar information from the cities of Logan, Smithfield and Hyde Park.
The advisory committee will share with the disaster director and her staff the responsibility for determining the Red Cross assistance given. They will review facts concerning individuals and families; advise the director and her staff on community economic conditions and the pertinent community patterns and practices; participate in interpreting the Red Cross disaster relief program to individuals and community groups; and assist the director in the solution of problems encountered in the community during the course of the relief operation.
The advisory committee will meet regularly once each week to hear reports from each case worker who has completed working out a recovery plan with the individual family. The first meeting of the advisory will be held Monday, Sept. 10.
Red Cross Disaster Headquarters at the City office in Richmond is still accepting applications from individuals and families who suffered loss as a result of the earthquake and are in need of financial assistance. So far 72 families have made application for assistance.
"The Red Cross can and will assist you with your disaster-caused needs which you cannot meet yourself. Assistance is available to help with the rebuilding and repair of owner occupied homes. Applications should be made before Sept. 13," Mr. Wedgewood stated.
Because of the heavy damage many people have inquired about contributing funds to help their friends and neighbors. For those wishing to contribute funds, the Red Cross asks that contributions be sent to the Disaster Relief Fund, Cache County Chapter, 151 No. Main, Logan, Utah.
[Herald Journal; September 9, 1962]
A local architect, in viewing current rebuilding and restoration work following the earthquake, commented:
"We have found many buildings with old decorative parapet walls, without reinforcement and following many years of weathering, were hardest hit by the quake.
"If in repairing these structures we are content to just put brick upon brick--as was done in the first place, we will have gained nothing in the reconstruction endeavors. They will be just as vulnerable to quakes as before.
"But if we rebuild well, reinforcing walls with concrete and steel, doing a thorough job with professional consultation, then our structures will withstand jolts of even greater severity than that of Aug. 30, 1962."
His observations were sound. We are happy to report that church and school officials, as well as many business firms, are following that policy.
Logan Junior high, for instance, is being strengthened to the extent that it will be even more structurally sound than before the quake.
There never has been any question as to the validity of the admonition: "Build ye well!"
Bearing as much value is a companion message: "Rebuild ye well!"
[Herald Journal; September 9, 1962]
An aftershock which has been described as the strongest since the big August 30 earthquake was widely felt in Northern Cache Valley early Sunday morning as rattling dishes, vibrating windows and rumbling noises were reported.
The aftershock was recorded by the University of Utah seismograph at 7:38 a.m. Sunday. Dr. J. Stewart Williams, professor of Geology at Utah State University, reported that three smaller aftershocks were also recorded on Friday morning.
Two more were recorded just ten minutes apart this morning--at 8:56 and 9:06, Dr. Williams explained. However he pointed out that Sunday's aftershock carried much more amplitude than those occurring Friday or today.
Strangely enough, Sunday's aftershock was not felt immediately north of the Richmond Cemetery where Wayne Traveiller was examining some of his property.
His wife, however, felt a violent shaking at her home and "the cracks really popped as if it were real cold weather."
According to Mrs. June Budge of Smithfield, "it seemed to pass from east to west in this community." She noted that Sunday's aftershock aggravated damage which had already occurred, widening cracks and splitting cement in places.
Although it appears to have been felt in most parts of Logan, the city apparently suffered no further damage.
Measurements at the mouth of Logan Canyon by Grant Anderson indicate that there were 163 second feet on August 28, 165 on August 29 and 166 on August 30 (before the quake). Following the quake on Sept. 4, a measurement of 182 second feet was recorded.
Last year's comparative figures were 96 second feet on Aug. 28, 93 on Aug. 29 and 94 on Aug. 30. Measurements on Sept. 4 of 1961 was 97 second feet.
[Herald Journal; September 10, 1962]
Work is progressing at North Cache High School, Richmond Park Elementary School, and the Lewiston Junior High School to repair earthquake damage.
North Cache High School was dismissed for two days while safety measures were being taken. These two days will need to be made up at a later date, according to Superintendent Oral Ballam.
The following report was issued by the Cache County School District Board of Education at its last meeting:
"Immediately following the earthquake, all schools in the district were carefully inspected by principals and custodians; wherever structural damage was noted or suspected, schools were evacuated as a safety precaution. These were Hyde Park Elementary, Richmond Park Elementary, and the North Cache High School.
"Eugene Haycock, architect, of Schaub-Haycock, Architects, Logan, made an on-the-spot inspection of these schools and others in the area on the day of the initial quake. Hoffman Hughes, structural engineer from Salt Lake City, with Mr. Haycock inspected the Lewiston Elementary and Junior High Schools, Richmond Park Elementary School, North Cache High School, and the Smithfield Summit Elementary School on Saturday following the earthquake.
"They reported structural damage at the Lewiston Junior High School. They recommended that the north wall of the stage area be removed to the lowest point of failure and reconstructed with adequate bracing from roof system over the gym area. Also, the small masonry failure on the east wall of the gym will need to be removed and reconstructed, with adequate reinforcement in the new masonry. A tentative estimate of cost is $5,000.00.
"At the Richmond Park Elementary School there appears to be no structural damage even though the quake caused plaster cracking, window breakage, and opened up some existing cracks. The chimney, however, was weakened and will need to be rebuilt with reinforcement ties. Estimated cost is $1500.
"At the Smithfield Summit Elementary School, the quake had the general effect of opening existing cracks and opening new cracks between different wall masses. No points of extreme hazard were noted and the building appears to be structurally safe for continued use.
"At North Cache, the most serious damage was the structural failure of the brick masonry parapet walls. It is imperative that new reinforced concrete bond beam at the line of the roof joists and an anchorage between this beam and the roof structure be provided. The chimney will also need to be reconstructed with a concrete tie beam securely anchored to the new bond beam.
"LaVon Nielsen, mason, and Ace Raymond contractor are proceeding with this work while school is in session. Estimated cost is $15,000.
"Some chimney caps and reinforcements are recommended at the Providence and Clarkston elementary schools and will be done.
"These repairs will make the buildings safer and more structurally sound than they were originally. Principals and custodians will watch the buildings closely and report any apparent or suspected structural weakness. These will be inspected by engineers and architects and remedied.
"There appears to be no further damage due to after shocks. However, the district will continue to be vigilant and take every possible precautionary measure to maintain the building as safe as possible for occupancy."
[Herald Journal; September 12, 1962]
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