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5 Duration of the Shock in seconds, not including that of the accompany- 

 ing sound. 



6- Intensity of the Shock. — Was it strong enough : {a) To make windows, 

 doors, fire-irons, etc., rattle .'' {b) To cause the chair or bed on which 

 the observer was resting to be perceptibly raised or moved ? {c) To 

 make chandeliers, pictures, etc., swing, or to stop clocks? {({) To 

 overthrow ornaments, vases, etc, or cause plaster to fall from the 

 ceilings.' {e) To throw down chimneys, or make cracks in the walls 

 of buildings ? 



7. Sound Phenomena.— {a) Was any unusual rumbling sound heard at the 



time of the shock, and, if so, what did it resemble ? {d) Did the 

 beginning of the sound precede, coincide with, Or follow, the begin- 

 ning of the shock, and by how many seconds? {c) Did the end of 

 the sound precede, coincide with, or follow, the end of the shock, 

 and by how many seconds ? {d) Did the sound become gradually 

 louder and then die away ? {e) Did the instant when the sound was 

 loudest precede, coincide with, or follow, the mstant when the dis- 

 turbance was strongest, and by how many seconds? (/) Did the 

 sound change in character at or about the time when the disturbance 

 was strongest ? 



8. Misce//iineous.—Koie any other phenomena which may be related to 



the earthquake, such as effects on animals, on sprmgs or streams, 

 any change in the wind, (if so, to what direction), permanent dis- 

 placements of the soil, etc. If the observer was on a boat or wharf 

 state especially the intensity, apparent direction, etc., of shocks and 

 noises. 

 g. Name and address of observer. 



Please answer as many questions as possible ; number and letter the 

 answers to correspond with the questions and forward to : 

 Dr. J. Edmund Woodman, 



Dalhousie University, 



Halifax, N. S. 



Observ^ations on the earthquake follow. For convenience, 

 one or two are given from New Brunswick. 



Moiicton, N. B. — (Halifax Herald, Mch. 21). "A severe 

 shock of earthquake was felt here ten minutes after two this 

 morning. Houses trembled and furniture rocked, awakening 

 many people from sleep. The vibration continued ten or fifteen 

 seconds, but no damage was done." 



