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BULLETIN OP THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 
1904 February 28 ; 8.37 a. ra. 
This earthquake was of considerable violence, and was felt in parts of 
northern New Brunswick, more particularly in the region about 
Bathurst Dr, G. M. Duncan wrote me thus about it: “This shcck 
was preceded by, or announced by, a noise like a gunshot, lOud and 
sharp, giving the impression of rending a large rock. It was followed 
at once by the sound that seems to introduce all quakes — a sound 
like the blowing of a high wind. Then came the noise of a grinding 
and the sound of grinding with the tremor of the earth and build 
ings. Rev, IMr. Read thought the sound was a gunshot on the roof 
of the manse.” 
1904. 31arch 21; 2.04 a.m. 
This earthquake was markedly felt in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and 
New England, and naturally excited much interest throughout the 
region where it was felt. The daily newspapers gave very full 
accounts of the shock as felt in New Brunswick, and I have also 
secured some additional facts by correspondence with observers out- 
side of St. John. The shock was undoubtedly one of the most 
violent felt here, but was not quite so severe as that of October 22, 
1869. At the time of writing I have not seen any careful accounts 
of the shock observed outside of this province. From what evidence 
I have been able to get, it would appear that the shock was more 
violent in and about St. Stephen than elsewhere. I gather also that 
the motion was from southwest to northeast. There is very consider- 
able difference of opinion as to the interval between the two shocks. 
Some observers say two minutes, some three, some four. IMr. H. E. 
Gould, of Sussex, who was awake reading at the time, tells me that 
the first shock took place at 2.04 a. m., lasting about fifteen seconds, 
and that after an interval of four seconds a second shock was felt 
lasting about ten seconds. Mr. C. F. Tilley made a like estimate of 
the time. I was not awake at the time, and so knew nothing of the 
matter till this morning. I will now give a few notes on the effe 4 
experienced at different places in the province. 
St. John. — Many people were aroused by the shaking of houses and 
beds. In some parts of the city dishes and doors rattled. The shock 
was felt most severely in buildings erected on clay and gravel areas. 
The most marked result of the shock was a crack sixteen feet long 
in wall in Jones’ brewery. This building is built on a deposit' of 
gravel, sand and clay. Plaster was cracked in a house on the corner 
of Broad and Carmarthen streets. Mr. Charles F. Tilley, of the 
customs, informs me that at his house on the west side of the harbor, 
at the corner of Ludlow and Water streets, the shock wrs very pro- 
nounced, throwing a large silver dish from a marble top sideboard 
