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Overview of Newspaper Article Summaries Billings Gazette – Billings, MT: Summary and Articles from 08/18/1959 to 08/28/1959 Bozeman Daily Chronicle – Bozeman, MT: Summary and Articles from 08/18/1959 to 10/24/1935 Summary and Articles from 10/21/1964 to 10/23/1964 Deseret News – Salt Lake City, UT: Summary and Articles from 08/18/1959 to 08/24/1959 Montana Standard – Butte, MT: Summary and Articles from 08/18/1959 to 08/25/1959 Salt Lake Tribune – Salt Lake City, UT: Summary and Articles from 08/18/1959 to 08/23/1959 Summary of Newspaper Articles Back to Overview Billings Gazette – Billings, MT (last date searched 08/28/1959) Headline: Billings Rocked By Sharp Quake; Entire Northwest Area Is Reported Jolted Date: 08/18/1959 Info Categories: E, H, N, P Headline: West Yellowstone Entrance, Norris Cutoff Road Closed Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: B, G, I, L, P Headline: Park's Heaviest Quake Damage At Old Faithful Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: B, G, H, I, L, P Headline: Billings Matron Victim Of Quake Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A, E, I, L, N, P Headline: Local Photographer Reports Temblor Cracked Mountains Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A, G, I, L, P Headline: Billings Father Sights Son, Friends Safe In Quake Area Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A, B, G, L, N, P Headline: Flies Over Area Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A, G, L, P Headline: Anacondan Tells Of Discovering Woman Who Survived Slide Horror Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A, G, P Headline: Citadel Aid Goes To Stricken Area Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A Headline: Offers Help Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A, I Headline: Too Much For Machine Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: E, I, N Headline: Staff Studies Quakes Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: P Headline: Followed By Quake? Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: H, P Headline: Old Reliable Recorder Knocked Out By Quake Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: E, I, N Headline: Local Radio Hams Assist With Traffic Relays In Earthquake Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A, I, P Headline: Dams Reported Undamaged Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: L Headline: USGS Requests Quake Reports Date: 08/19/1959 Info Categories: A, B, G, L, P Headline: Mild Tremor Reported Here Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A, E, P Headline: Evacuees From Madison Valley Being Housed In Gallatin City Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A, P Headline: Bans Private Planes Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A Headline: Ready To Help Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A Headline: West Yellowstone Motel Man Fears Park Season Now At An End Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A, G, I, L, N, P, R Headline: Believed Alone Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A, P Headline: Laurel Resident Tells Of Quake Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A, B, G, L, N, R Headline: Work Delayed Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A, B, E, G, I, P, R Headline: Major Earth Tremors Bring Disaster To Montana Date: 08/20/1959 Info Categories: A, B, E, G, I, L, P, R, S Headline: Yellowstone Park Workers Back On Job; Tourist Influx Holds Up Date: 08/21/1959 Info Categories: A, G, H, I, P, R Headline: List Of Quake Evacuees Given Date: 08/21/1959 Info Categories: A, P Headline: Center Reports On Local Families Date: 08/21/1959 Info Categories: A, P Headline: SA Unit Serves Earthquake Area Date: 08/21/1959 Info Categories: A Headline: Earthquake Victim In Good Condition Date: 08/21/1959 Info Categories: P Headline: Quake Blamed For New Crevices In Courthouse Date: 08/21/1959 Info Categories: B, N Headline: Governor Is Promised Aid For Quake-Torn Territory Date: 08/23/1959 Info Categories: A, E, I, P, R Headline: Slide Victims Have Infection Date: 08/24/1959 Info Categories: A, I, P Headline: W & L Geologist Explains Quake That Rocked Southwest Montana Date: 08/26/1959 Info Categories: A, B, E, G, P, R, S Headline: Hunt For Couple Is Of No Avail Date: 08/27/1959 Info Categories: A, P Headline: Experts Hopeful Madison River Is Not Doomed As Trout Stream Date: 08/27/1959 Info Categories: G, I Headline: School At Butte Declared Unsafe Date: 08/28/1959 Info Categories: B, I Headline: Survivor Tells Of Quake Horror Date: 08/28/1959 Info Categories: A, G, P Headline: Services Held For Quake Dead Date: 08/28/1959 Info Categories: A, I, L, P Information Categories A -- Aid: provide medical services, shelter, donations, loans, advice, encouragement, implement safety measures B -- Building Damage: structure itself plus windows and chimneys (typically damage visible from outside the building) E -- Earthquake Description: where, when, duration, direction, sound, motion, number and timing of aftershocks G -- Geologic Effects: changes at the Earth's surface, fault scarps, rockfalls, landslides, ground cracks, ground subsidence, sand boils, water spouts; effects on springs, lakes, wells H -- Humor: I -- Impact: changes in daily routine; rumors; influx of reporters, politicians, cost in dollars L -- Lifelines: effects on transportation: roads, bridges, railroads, airports effects on communications: telephone, telegraph effects on power, gas, water, and sewer lines effects on dams N -- Nonstructural Effects: effects on plaster, furnishings (typically damage or rearrangement of furnishings visible inside a building) P -- People: effects on and responses to, during and after; deaths, injuries, near misses R -- Recovery: clean up, rebuild S -- Scientific: explanation of the day Back to Summary: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 BILLINGS ROCKED BY SHARP QUAKE; ENTIRE NORTHWEST AREA IS REPORTED JOLTED No Damage Reported; Montanans Awakened By Rolling Temblor Which Averages 30 Seconds In Duration; Washington, Wyoming Also Hit Downtown Billings swayed and houses shook sharply throughout the Billings area at 11:40 p.m. Monday when a moderate earthquake swept through the area. There were no immediate reports of damage. A second tremor of less intensity rolled through this section of the state at 11:47 p.m. There were tremors in Columbus, Helena and as far as Basin, Powell, Shell and Greybull, Wyo., according to early reports. Residents throughout this area notified the Gazette of trembling doors, rolling beds, rattling dishes and jumping furniture. Lew Barton, 2511 Arvin Rd., said "my house shook like a leaf." The quake was believed to have taken a north to south course. Two minutes after the tremor was felt at the U.S. Weather Bureau at Logan Field, it was felt in the 220 block on Ave. B. Hundreds of residents of this area were awakened by the first sharp tremor at 11:40. Light fixtures in the Gazette newsroom swung as in a strong August wind and the entire building shook perceptibly. The weather bureau reported there was no seismograph or other recording instruments in the Billings area. The first tremor, according to the weather bureau, lasted "from 30 to 45 seconds," and the second was of shorter duration. Ralph Gumpf, chief weather bureau forecaster, was awakened at his home by the tremor. He said he believed the last such quake struck Billings about 10 years ago. Gumpf said that special forms showing duration and intensity of the tremor would be forwarded to offices in Bozeman. Epicenter of the last previous quake was at Dillon, he reported. Sheriff Roy Stewart's office said no reports of damage had been received. Deputies patrolled the rimrocks and found numerous rocks had been loosened and rolled down but said there were none on the road to the airport. Billings hotels were in confusion following the tremor. Guests at the Northern, especially in rooms on the upper floors, sought refuge in the lobby. One man emerged dressed only in trousers and shoes. Several women appeared in nightgowns. On the ninth floor, two women were in a state of near hysteria, as they paced the hall and sought advice as to where they could find safety. "I came all the way from California to have this happen to me," one woman said. At the Custer Hotel a number of guests fled to the street. The Motor-Vu Drive-In theater saw an exit of customers when the quake hit. A dozen frightened car owners drove away at once. Others got out of their cars to see if their tires were flat. "It hit so hard out there that the rocks in the gravel drive jumped up and down," said Greg Kemp, 619 Avenue F. Dick Koch, 1105 Central Ave., was another witness of the excitement at the theater. He hurried to the Gazette office to report the phenomenon. Taverns, the busiest places in town at that hour of the night, accepted the shake with mixed emotions. A tipsy customer weaved his way out of one on Montana Ave., and announced: "That's the last time I'll ever touch the stuff." He was brushed aside by a man hurrying back in who commanded the bartender: "Quick! Give me another one." Ray Wittmer, 610 S. 31st St., reported "my whole house shook and the doors were swinging. I think it lasted about a minute or longer." A draftsman working on plans at the Billings Sash and Door Co. reported the desk on which he was working vibrated through the "big shake." Ishmael Yost said that his house shook, and doors and dishes rattled. He resides seven miles west of Billings on the Laurel Rd. On Beck Drive, a resident reported the swimming pool "completely overflowed onto the patio." At 932 Ave. B, a woman said, "Our house sure shook like the dickens." City Librarian Ann Whitmack, who said "I've been in 'em before, said, "I don't know when I've been in one as prolonged.