SEVERE EARTH TREMORS
UNITED STATES AND CANADA. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received October 20. Id a.m.) NEW YORK. October 19. Earth tremors, described as a “major” earthquake, centring in the Western Atlantic, were felt on the entire north-eastern seaboard, as la’’ west as Ohio. Dishes rattled, pictures became crooked, automobiles swerved, and some houses rocked on their foundations, but. the damage was not important. _ j A message from Quebec states than j mi earthquake in the city and stepped clocks ar 6.54 a.m. Man. i peooic were frightened, and ran into the' streets. None was injured, and the- damage was negligible Minor tremors were felt in Mmiirn.nl.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 October 1939, Page 5
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