IN NOVA SCOTIA. — WOODMAN. 2H1 



by Mr. John MacAloney. His house is at Fairview, immediately 

 north of tlie Halifax city limits. " I was in bed at the time ; 

 know it was after midnight, as I heard the clock strike twelve 

 before going to sleep. Was aw^akened by feeling the house jar, 

 at the same time hearing a faint sound that I took to be distant 

 thunder. I attached so little importance to it that, had I not 

 seen the notice of an earthquake in the papers, I would not 

 have thought of the matter again." He explained verbally that 

 the house felt the jar of every train, and he was \ery familiar 

 with that sensation. Neither the trembling nor the sound could 

 have been produced by a train. The house is bedded on solid 

 rock. 



To date, no note of the occurrence has been received from the 

 countr}^ covered by the gold-bearing rocks, east of Halifax. 



The most western locality on the north, from which data 

 come, is Dighy. — (Halifax Herald, Mch. 21). "A slight shock 

 of earthquake was felt here, and all through the country, about 

 two o'clock this morning, quickly followed by another of short 

 duration. No damage whatever resulted beyond the alarm 

 occasioned some people. In some instances in the country dis- 

 tricts, people fled from the houses for fear they w^ould fall." 



At Bear River, a few miles south of Digby, and on the edge 

 of the old rocks, the shock was distinct and heavy, sufficient to 

 twist a bed perceptibly in at least one instance. The occupant, 

 a wakeful invalid, knew it was tight against both end and side 

 walls when he first went to sleep ; and it was more than an inch 

 away from the side wall, but still against the end wall, after the 

 shock. Two periods of vibration were felt, and the attitude of 

 the bed suggested west to east motion, which suggestion was 

 emphasized by the sensation caused by the trembling. 



Bridgetown, Annapolis Co. — (Halifax Herald, Mch. 21). 

 " There was a very distinct shock of an earthquake felt here at 

 just two o'clock this morning. Several persons were awakened 

 by the trembling motion of the earth, which lasted probably 

 about ten seconds. No damage is reported." 



