"232 THE EARTHQUAKE OF MARCH 21, 1904, 



(Weekly Monitor, Bridgetown, Mch. 28). " The earthquake 

 shock felt here on Monday morning .... The time 

 varies from 1.05 a. m. in parts of Maine to 2.05, the time it 

 occurred here." Mention is made also of a shock at Belledale, 

 "between two and three o'clock," severe enough to wake up 

 many. 



A teacher reports the shock at Paradise West, and another 

 at North Williamstown in the same county. 



Annapolis. — (Halifax Chronicle, Mch. 22). " About two 

 o'clock this morning (the 21st), a shock of earthquake was dis- 

 tinctly felt, shaking the furniture and arousing many from their 

 slumbers. The vibrations lasted several seconds." 



GornwalUs, Kings Co. — (1) Center of Cornwallis valley, 

 equidistant from North and South Mountains. 



(2) In a house, second story ; awakened from sleep by 



shock. 



(3) About 2.00 a. m. 



(4) Three distinct shocks. 



(5) About twenty seconds. 



(6) Pictures were displaced on the wall. Some doors were 



opened. 



(7) Rumbling sounds. [Miss Bessie Cochran, Church St., 



Cornwallis.] 



At Middleton and surrounding villages, including Nictaux 

 Falls, a few miles south, the shock was severe, friglitening 

 women and children. Here a bed shook violently sideways, 

 but the occupants were too agitated to tell the direction of 

 motion. No upward motion was felt. Total duration of dis- 

 turbance may have been five minutes. There were two prin- 

 cipal periods of vibration, with maxima only a few seconds 

 apart. 



It was reported from North Kingston, Kings Co., by a 

 teacher, as also from Wolfville. No report was received from 

 Windsor, within a few miles of the latter place, however. 



