Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1902 — QUAKE SHAKES UTAH. [ARTICLE]

QUAKE SHAKES UTAH.

Great Damage Done in Southern Part of the State. An earthquake shook the State of Utah shortly after noon Monday, doing damage all over the State. The shocks were comparatively light in Salt Lake, but in the southern part of-the State buildings were ruined and other serious damage was done. In St. George, a place of 15,000 population in the southwestern part of the State, nine distinct shocks were felt, beginning at 12:47 o'clock and lasting until IThe school building was shukeu so violently that the ceilings were shattered. The falling plaster caused a panic and the children rushed from the building, the teachers losing all control. The tower of the Mormon temple at St. George oscillated ten inches at its top. and the spire of the tabernacle was shaken out of perpendicular. In Fine Valley a spring near the center of the town which always furnished a steady supply of clear cold water spouted up like a geyser. First it rose only a dozen feet in tbe air. Then came another shock, and a hissing, steaming column of water rose to n height of fully one hundred feet. After the shocks subsided the flow remained strong, although there was no more spouting. In Salt Lake the shocks were felt on the upper floors of the high buildings. In the office of the United States weather bureau on the top floor of the Dooly block, the clock was stopped by the shock.