The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2021-12-01
issued: 1934-09-27
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note: British Press Rides Poor Yacht Sportsmanship — Page Seven (■lit' MiiARuS rHOVIMCIAL LI8RAB VICTORIA I C kM Wholesale Market Prices on Upgrade in Nelson —Pa&e Nine VOLUME it NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA—THURSDAY MORNINO. SEPT, 27, 1934 flVE CENTS A COPY NUMBER 131 300 PAY Te We BINGAY HONOR IN TRAIL Man Overheard the Kidnapping Flans Discussed in Speakeasy ELLENSBURG IS SHAKEN BYA QUAKE SERIES Plaster Falls From the Walls of Buildings; People Rush Out SIX SHOCKS FELT WITHIN 5 HOURS Local Shocks; Form Puzzle for Science to Figure Out BLLENSHl'RGH, Huh., Sept. IB (API—Less than lire hours after tour sharp earth shocks sent People running Into the streets ■ate today, and broke plaster In a number of bulldlnts, two more shocks were felt at 0:ls p.m., tonlfht. No property damage occurred either time. The first one was the most severe, about as sharp as the first three of the shocks which began at 4:45 p.m. An after-shock w*as Hfhter. windows were again rattled, chandeliers swung back and forth and other objects In homes. I LOCAL SHOCKS The shocks are local ln character, geologists point out, and hare been occurring for the past 18 days, with more than 20 In all having been talt in that time. The; have not baen reported at any great distance from hen or over the state and have not been recorded on the university of Washington seismograph at Seattle. However, they are getting on I people's nerves. Although they were shsrp, rattling iglaas windows, swinging chandeliers back and forth and knocking canned goods from grocers' shelves, no losses were reported. The first of the four shocks occurred at 4:45 pm. The shocks were not recorded on [ the seismograph at the university I ot Waahlngton, at Seattle. Like the previous ones, they were apparently of a local nature. One ot the buildings ln which plaster waa broken wss tha Washington National bank. OET ON THE NERVES Despite the lack of damage, the aho-cks hare begun to "get on the nerves" of the residents, most of them havin…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0405126
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https://touchstonesnelson.ca
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text