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14 EARTH SHOCK HITTOWN IN4HOURS Fairbanks, Alaska, Terroriz- ed by Successive Quakes. Damage Not Serious. By the Associated Press. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, January 22— Residents of Fairbanks and vicinity to- day were slowly recovering their com- posure after experiencing a terrifying four hours, during which the city was shaken by 14 earthquakes. ‘The damage was slight. ‘The shocks began at 12:30 a.m. yes- terday and kept the clty shaking until after 4:20 a. Quakes also were felt m Anchorlge Codovn Nenana and hut were slight in those places. clocks were stopped by the flrst umblor which continued for sev- eral minutes, A heavy rumbl(nz {n the earth adaed to the terror of resi most of whom rushed into ‘The initial ahock awal everybody in town, and vulsions of the earth caused beds and other furniture to roll about. ‘The quakes seemed to be in the form of a southwesterly movement of the surface, causing an undulating motion, Damage was confined broken win- dows and displaced articles in homes and business places. ed practically ucceeding con- Great Lakes Wreck Mystery Is Cleared By Note in Bottle Message for Help From Woman Bares Tragic Fate of Kamloops® Crew. By the Assoclated Press. SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, Jan- uary 22—A veritable note from the dead today threw the first ray of light on the wreck of the Kamloops—one of the mysteries of the Great Lakes. ‘The Kamloops, with her crew of 21, was lost in a storm th.t swept the Lakes December 6, 1927, and no clue ever was | || found as to the fate of her crew or the manner and place of her sinking. Last month, just. about a yenr n(ter the trngedy a traj und signed “Alice” in a bottle Bt the mouth of the Agawa River, indicating the ship foundered on the rock is Isle Royale and that the writer was the sole survivor and was dying of cold and starvation. Louis Coutu, the trapper, after gusrd ing the contents of the note for some dents, | time, turned it o the streets. | B wrecknge plled hlgh on the beach and a case candy, broken pen He exp esud the belief that some members of the crew had reached shore and had died. The C: nmu loops, dlspatched an expedition to the nnd but reported nothing was found | = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, EARTHQUAKE KILLS MANY |lapsed, and railroad tracks wero de- to ;upport a nmm that any of the crew Capt. an who made public the note today, said the writing had been identified by the parents of Alice Bett- ridge, assistant stewardess of the ship, as that of their daughter. The writing was almost megible It is now believed that the body of the stewardess was one of several found on the shore of Isle Royale early last Summer. —_— Man Is Injured in Fall. Harry March, 33, of 1811 Monroe t, was treated at Emer- m h ome. I-lLs condmon is_undetermined. Sore Throat? Don’t Gargle | Q|ucker and Better Relief With Famous Prescription Don't suffer from the pain and soreness of sore throat—gargle | and salves are too slow—they re- lieve only temporarily. 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