Earthquake Damages Nevada Town
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) RENO (Nevada), July 6. An earthquake injured several sailors early today, cracked walls in the town of Fallon, and warped a highway. The sailors at the Fallon Naval Auxiliary Station all escaped with minor injuries, mostly from flying glass. The earthquake, which was felt over a 50,000 square mile area of western Nevada and northern California, was centred in the farming community of Fallon, a town of about 3000, situated 60 miles east of Reno. Water mains were broken, power was temporarily cut off, and walls of buildings cracked. A 75ft strin of a main road sank five feet. “It was a miracle no-one was hurt badly,” Sheriff George Wilkins said. “Thank God it happened early in the morning.” Today’s earthquake was the biggest shock in the western United States since that of July, 1952, which killed 12 persons and virtually levelled the small southern California town of Tehachapi.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27397, 9 July 1954, Page 6
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