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quent in this part of the world, but we can not be certain that 



the late disturbance represents the greatest intensity of future 



earthquakes. 



♦NOTE. 



The following observations were collected from daily and weekly 

 newspapers published in the disturbed area, and from various per- 

 sonal communications. They are arranged by localities, in alpha- 

 betical order: 



Aurora, 111. — Chimneys fell, causing several fires. — A stove was 

 overturned and started a fire. — Many chimneys fell. — Gas mains had 

 connections loosened. — Some fires started the report "Aurora is burn- 

 ing." — Men were excited, women and children frightened. — People 

 filled the streets. — The schools were closed. 



Batavia, 111. — A horse ran away, and the driver's leg broken. 

 Beloit, Wis. — Buildings were violently rocked. — Houses were jostled 

 out of plumb. — People had difficulty in staying on their feet. 

 Benton Harbor, Mich. — Chinaware was broken. 



Berwyn, 111. — A vase with flowers was thrown from a mantle. — 

 Dishes were broken. — A book was thrown down from a radiator. — 

 Book cases were shaken. — A building swayed. 



Bloomington, 111. — ^Cracks were made in the brick walls of the 

 jail. These were as wide as a man's hand. 

 Braidwood, 111. — Vibrations were noted. 



Burlington, la. — The taller buildings were shaken. — plates (dishes) 

 were thrown down. — The shock was felt most in the upper stories of 

 tall buildings. — Rumors of the shock caused people in neighboring 

 towns to inquire about friends in the city over the telephone. — The 

 shock frightened people who were in the upper stories of buildings. — 

 There were perceptible tremors. 



Cabery, 111. — The earthquake was felt by everybody. 

 Cedar Rapids, la. — There was a slight shock. — The earthquake was 

 felt by hundreds of people. — Buildings were slightly jarred. — Doors and 

 dishes rattled. — There was a slight tremor. — Students in the Coe 

 College building rushed down from the fourth floor. — The shock was 

 by some attributed to explosions in a quarry. — Doors rattled in the 

 Masonic library. — Many residents recognized the disturbance as an 

 earthquake. 



Chadwick, 111. — Dishes and tinware rattled. 

 Champaign, 111. — Buildings shook. 



Chicago, 111. — "Buildings standing on cassion foundations shook per- 

 ceptibly, structures on old style floating piles were observed to sway." 

 Benjamin H. Marshall, architect. — Western Union Gas and Electric 

 Company had pipes broken, entailing a loss of several thousand dol- 

 lars. — The balance of a rain gauge was displaced in the office of the 

 U. S. Weather Bureau. — The earthquake was not felt on the ground 

 floors of large buildings, but more generally in the upper stories. — Sev- 

 eral chimneys were shaken down in the suburbs of ('hicago. — Lighting 

 fixtures were violently shaken in the federal l)uil(ling. — OflTice tables 

 were moved in the federal building. — Ornaments were shaken from 

 mantle pieces. — Dishes were broken. — Telephone wires swayed. — A 



