EARTHQUAKE IN U.S. AND CANADA
VANCOUVER BUILDINGS SHAKEN (Rec. 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 23. a moderately severe “swav tvne" earthquake rocked western Waihington aad B £ tlsh Columbia. It tasted from 30 to 90 seconds. J" Vancouver business buildings, hotels, and flats swayed for 30 seconds startling the residents, and cracks anneth= ■ ln “ v « a l large buildings, there was little damage The earthquake took heavy toll of Courtenay, a lumber centre on Vancouver Island. where walls collapsed and fell into the streets. The epicentre was about 25 miles from Victoria. Buildings at Port Alberni were damaged and some families were forced to leave their homes Seattle says that a hill 300 ft high 'walked" 35ft closer to the sea at Campbell river, as a result of the earthquake. A man. aged 69, to®d 7 heart failure when Seattle’s down-town buildings swayed above him as he walked to church.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24910, 25 June 1946, Page 5
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149EARTHQUAKE IN U.S. AND CANADA Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24910, 25 June 1946, Page 5
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