Tuesday, September 3, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 3

September 3, 1917 – “Residents of five central Minnesota counties believed they experienced earth tremors” lasting for six to eight seconds around 3:30 p.m. “A distinct rumbling sound [much like] an engine running on a railroad track was heard simultaneously in” Benton, Crow Wing, Stearns, Todd and Wadena counties.

The Duluth News-Tribune; “State Has First Earth Tremors, Five Central Minnesota Counties Jarred by ‘Shocks’ Monday Afternoon“; September 4, 1917; p. 1.

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