LIST OF RECORDED EARTHQUAKES IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 21 



shocks from an earthquake were felt here on the night of loth of May 

 about 11 o'clock. I was in bed at the time and felt the bed shake and 

 tremble. One gentleman was about retiring when he heard what he 

 thought were horses running around the house, but when he reached the 

 door the noise was repeated and he saw at once that it was the shock of an 

 earthquake. It was heard at Three Brooks on the Tobique River some 

 twenty miles distant about the same hour." 



1897. January 26; in the morning. 



Felt at Campobello and Deer Island. Light. 



1897. January 28; 9 p. m. 



A sharp shock felt at Southern Head, Grand Manan. Duration about two 

 seconds. Mr. W. B. McLaughlan, the light-keeper, in writing, says : 

 "It shook us up so violently that it set my dogs barking and the horse 

 and cattle in the stable tried to break loose. I made a record of it in my 

 journal." 



1897. February 14; 9 p. ni. 



Mr. McLaughlan goes on to say : " On the evening of the 14th inst. , about 

 the same hour, we felt another sharp shock, but not so violent as that of 

 January 28th. 



" I am of the opinion that these shocks are of frequent occurrence in the Bay 

 of Fundy, and arc generally thought to be the reports of cannon. I 

 recollect that about twelve years ago the middle of next June, at 10 o'clock 

 a. m., we felt a violent shock at this station and at Seal Cove, but the only 

 place on the mainland that I noticed it reported was at Rothesay, Kings 

 Co. That shock was so violent that several tons of rock fell from the clift 

 near the lighthouse." 



1897. September 25 ; 1.30 p. m. 



Parts of Charlotte and York counties in this Province, and in some parts of 

 Eastern Maine. Light. Felt distinctly at Canterbury, McAdam and 

 St. Stephen. At St. Stephen it rattled dishes, etc., and at McAdam the 

 earth trembled as from the passing of a heavy railway train. It lasted 

 fifteen seconds. 



Not felt at St. Andrews, Eastport, or Woodstock. 



1897. October 12; 10.35 p. m. 



South West Head, Grand Manan. Light. "Duration about five seconds. 

 Wind due south, strong gale and hazy weather, about two hours to high 

 tide. Shock from southeast with a roar like a waggon over a frozen road. 

 It shook the buildings sufficiently to alarm my watch dog." (Letter 

 from W. B. McLaughlan), 



