Louis areas, residents ran into the streets,Įxchanging reports with neighbors. "The houses around ours were shaking, it was a Miss Lillie Jones, 3419 Marcus avenue, told the Post-Dispatch that plaster fell That it was impossible to make outgoing calls. The main switchboard at Washington University was affected by the tremor so Most, of the city offices are closed on Saturday, and MayorĪlfonso J. In the 3400 block of Blair avenue, reported that the car "bounced up and down".Ĭox escaped possible serious injury when a falling chimney narrowly missed him.Ĭrystal light fixtures in the Mayor's office at City Hall swayed with the Patrolman Billie Cox, Penrose District, who momentarily left his police cruiser
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Bricks and plaster fell when a large crack opened in the vault-typeīuilt in 1857 as a powder magazine the building now contains artifacts of theĬivil War, a history of Jefferson Barracks and other material. county, ordered aĬivil War museum at Jefferson Barracks Park closed, because of earthquakeĭamage. Wayne Kennedy, commissioner of parks and recreation in St. The cinder block Crosby home, on a farm, was split in Brandon, 8730 Trumbell avenue, Bel Ridge, called her mother Mrs.Ĭarroll Crosby, after the earthquake. Glen Arrowsmith, operator of an electronics repair service at 1395 Hamilton avenue, reported the tremor was so violent that testing equipment was knocked off work benches in the three-story, concrete and steel building. Alain Gouray, told Cordeal that he had heard about the earthquake on a radio broadcast. Tremor occurred from a physician friend in Nantes, France, who inquired about earthquake damage in the area. Said that he received a telephone call two hours after the Roos was Hearnes' opponent in last week's gubernatorial race.Ĭharles Cordeal, 421 Woodlawn avenue, Webster Groves, Weren't over, I would have thought Roos might have instigated it". Receptions in many parts of Missouri, but nothing like this. He quoted the Govener as saying, "I've had many types of Hearnes was sipping coffee with friends in an East Prairie, Mo., A cityīuilding inspector was to examine the apartment structure.ĭamage to chimneys, cornices and walls was reported in other areas of the cityġ2 houses in the 33 blocks of Blair avenue the Senior Citizens Home,Ĥ315 Lindell boulevard 5025 Lindenwood avenue and structures in the area ofĭelmar boulevard, Page boulevard and Semple avenue, and Marcus avenue and Street, after the five-story building was deemed in dangerous condition. Police blocked off the immediate area at the Funston Apartments, 4461 Olive The cornice and part of a wall collapsed at 4199 Chippewa street, damaging an Hickory street, part of the roof collapsed when a chimney fell two chimneysįell on a dwelling at Ann avenue and South Seventh street 913 Emmet street, Louis was reported by police as follows: 3142 He was admitted to City Hospital with a head injury. In the yard, where be had been playing, by his mother, Mrs. Thommie Dobbins, 11 years old, was knocked unconscious when debris from theĬhimney at his home, 2410 South Eleventh street, fell on him. Walsh dispatched seven radio-equippedĬars to check reported damage in the city. Tremors are registered on theĭeputy Building Commissioner Martin J. Louis University seismograph was 8.5 on the scale. The remaining ground motion came after the original quake.īy way of intensity comparison, the strongest quake ever recorded by the St. However, Father Stauder explained, the actual earthquake was of only secondsĭuration. Tremors were registered on the university seismograph for 20 minutes. The New Madrid fault is a recognized tremor spawning bed. Nuttli said the center, in Illinois was near the New Madrid fault area.
Magnitude of 5.5 or over on the Richter scale. Charles Richter said preliminary study indicated the quake had a To Mississippi and Alabama, northward to Toronto, Canada, and westward toĪt the California Institute of Technology seismology laboratory in Pasadena,Ĭalif., Dr. It was felt in 22 states eastward to Pennsylvania and West Virginia, southward
Slightly south of St Louis near the Illinois-Indiana border, the National The earthquake was centered in southern Illinois about 120 miles east and Scale, which measures the magnitude of tremors. Louis University, reported, the tremor was 5.5 on the Richter Otto Nuttli, of the Geophysicsĭepartment at St. More frightening than destructive, the tremor caused only one serious injuryĪnd relatively minor local property damage. yesterday spread overĪ wide area from Oklahoma to the Carolinas and from Wisconsin to Mississippi. QUAKE DAMAGE MINOR FELT OVER WIDE AREA IN MIDWEST AND EAST 1968 Earthquake Reprinted with permission of the St.
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