At Mountain Park, four miles this side, T. R. Gibson says the wave from the upheaval was only 20 minutes in reaching there. The steamer Dexter, which came down Tuesday and assisted in raising the Kitten, reports that the wave was very noticeable at Moore's Point and the head.
Judge I. A. Navarre, who came down from 10
miles up 25-mile creek on Tuesday, is said
to have been told by some prospectors up
there that the creek--one of the largesli--
tributaries of the lake--went dry for aboul@
three hours on Sunday afternoon, and then
resumed its natural flow, which, if true,
would indicate a disturbance of some
nature--probably volcanic--in the moun-
tains. It was certainly a strange and
unusual occurrence, and only for the
credibility of our informants, we should be
inclined to think it a great big sell.
CHILLIWACK, B. C.
Chilliwack Progress
August 19, 1915
Chilliwack, B. C.
CHILLIWACK, B. C.
CHILLIWACK, Dec. 15--At 9:25 last night the inhabitants were startled by a violent shock of earthquake. The houses commenced to oscillate; the earth rose like waves of the sea; the rivers spashed their banks; horses neighed and cattle lowed. No loss has been sustained save the displacing of some fencing.
Chilliwack Valley Experiences Shake
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Late Sleepers Rudely Awakened by a General
Shaking Up of Surroundings - No Damage.
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Chilliwack city and valley experienced a
real shake yesterday morning a few minutes
after six o'clock, which lasted several
seconds. The tremor was the most pronounced
experienced since 1871, and was sufficient
to arouse late sleepers, by the shaking of
houses and rattling of windows. Whether
the shake was caused by a real earthquake
or the fall of a massive glacier in the
mountains caused by a long season of dry
weather is a matter of conjecture. The
latter view is accepted by many from that
the disturbance appears to have been con-
fined to the valley, including the Agassiz
district. In 1871 it was discovered after
the shock of that time, that a big slice
of Mount Cheam peak had dropped about one
thousand feet.
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Thornes Creek, B.C.: Additional accounts from Coombs et. al, Appendix B
Thornes Creek, B.C.
Daily British Colonist
March 14th, 1864 p. 3, c. 5
Victoria, B.C.
The shock of an earthquake -- We have received the following from a
rural correspondent: - The shock of an earthquake was felt on Thorne's Creek
three miles east of Fort Langley on Sunday the 28th of February last at 7
and one half in the evening. It was accompanied by a hoarse thundering
rumble, it lasted for about 30 seconds. The sky was at the time clear and
brilliant and the atmosphere calm and mild. So frightful was the commotion
of its quick and awful rockings as to make it a moment of great
suspense as to whether the beholder would be buried with the log
shanty, which cracked, rolled, and tottered around him a
congolmerated mass of heterogeneous ruin. Its course was
across the Creek, from north to south - lb