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             ACCOUNTS EVALUATED
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               Colville, Wash.
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Data Source             Date               Code    Remarks
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John A. Simms Letter 	December 31, 1872  A	   Extracts appear in numerous                                                   newspapers.
Walla  Walla  Union     December 28, 1872  A
Puget  Sound  Daily
  Courier               January   2, 1873  A 
Walla  Walla  Union     January  11, 1873  A
Oregonian               January  15, 1873  B       Refer to Plate  III,
                                                   aftershocks 
*Puget Sound Daily
  Courier               January  20, 1872  C       Refer to  Simms'  letter
*Victoria Daily
  Standard              January  24, 1873  C       Refer to  Simms'  letter
*Cariboo   Sentinel     January  25, 1873  C
The Olympia Trans-      February  8, 1873  C       Brief extract from
  cript                                            Simms' letter
*New Northwest          February 22, 1873  C       Refer to  Simms'  letter
Walla  Walla  Union     March    15, 1873  A       Refer to Plate  III,
                                                   aftershocks
Walla  Walla  Union     June     14, 1873  A       Listed under Colville
                                                   Reports, locality un-
                                                   known.  Refer  to  Plate
                                                   III, aftershocks.
Spokesman Review        January   8, 1906  D       Some of the data
                                                   appears consistent with
                                                   period accounts.
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A. Period Account:   Primary source for evaluation  of  intensity  or
                     felt report.                                                                                                            
B. Period Account:   Insufficient data to evaluate intensity.
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C. Period Account:   Item appearing as dispatch, summary or brief des-
                     cription or duplicate data  with  more  complete
                     data available in other sources.
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D.    Later descriptive account identified with period sources.
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E.    Later descriptive account not confirmed in period documentary sources.
*Designates duplicate data not included in compilation.
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            Colville, Washington
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Walla Walla Union
December 28, 1872 - p. 3
Walla Walla, Washington
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     From Colville--Hon. W.P. Winans sends
us the following items under date of 16th
inst.:
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                 EARTHQUAKE.
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     Our valley was visited by an earthquake
at 10 1/2  o'clock P.M., on the 14th inst.  The
first shock lasted about three minutes,
toppled clocks, shook down crockery and bottles
from shelves, etc.  Several slighter shocks
occurred during the next five hours.
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     The weather is cold, and sleighing good.
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