, 1865-10-20

Frightful Earthquake at San Francisco
Full Particulars.


Frightfll Earthquake at San francisco
Full Particulars.
San Francisco, Oct. s.-There was a light rain
last night and about daylight this morning quite
shower. The weather, this morning, was clear
and warm with fresh breeze. At precisely Is
minutes to P. N. the heaviest earth hqpake shock
which was ever felt in San Francisco occurred
The motion was undulatory from norlheast/to
southwest. Everybody rushed instantiS ~ gain
access to the streets Five seconds after anoth-
er and far heavier one occurred, and the nproar
caused by falling walls, glass coming down in
showers on the sidewalks, the frenzied STAN
pede of thousands of people, horses running
away, bells ringing, &C., was indescribable. Wo-
men tainted and men screamed, church congre-
| cations piled over each other in the excitement
to escape, and many people jumped from second
story windows, in some cases receiving severe
! injuries.
| The whole town is now in such a state of ex
citement that it is impossible to learn the extent
of the damage or the number Iof accidents.
| hear of only one man, q Chinaman, killed out
right. The chimneys falling from the rear of
the Lick House crushed the kitchen and injured
three servants, none ofthem fatally. Three men
injured by falling bricks at Cree Mills ware
house. One man jumped from the window
through skylight into the Metropolitan Market
dents occurred all over town. The congrega-
tion in the Catholic Church on Vallejo street
carried away the doors entirely in reaching the
street, and several women and children were Sc
| riously injured, though none fatally. The fire
wall of the New Orleans warehouse on Davis ard
California streets, six feet high and thirty-seYen
feet long, came down in body. A large Sec
ton of the cornice and fire wall ofthe Exchange
Building, opposite the Custom House, fell
NJ huil m hirda nd
will have to be pulled down entirely. The rear
of the store, No. lis California street, next TO
George F. Bragg & Co., fell out. The front of
the brick building on the northwest corner of
Sacramento and Battery streets, fell outs A one
story building on the corner of Market and Pine
streets was entirely destroyed. The City Hall
walls were cracked throughout, and the plaster
ing thrown down. The whole structure ought
to come down Tor safety.
The City Hall FIRE bell rang from the shock,
many hundreds of windows were broken into
pieces smaller than a mans hand, and three
fourths ofthe brick buildings on the underground
part ofthe city are more or less damaged Many
walls were thrown out of line, SO that doors can
not be opened or closed, and it will be days be-
fore the full extent of the damage can be
made known. As it now appears S250,000
would not repair the damages. The injury done
through the loss of confidence in the stability of
large brick and stone structures is incalcuable
Everybody is congratulating his neighbor on
their proyidential escape from death. In the !
present condition of the walls another shock of
equal violence would PROSTATE at least onethird
OF the buildings in the city. From nearly every |
store in the lower part of the city, people |
are sweeping out broken glass and fallen plaster
ing. Clocks were stopped, water jars upset, and |
in some cases people were thrown of their feet
from the violence of the shock There is n live |
ly talk on the immediate repeal of the Fire Or |
dinanee. The Occidental, Cosmopolitan ahdLick |
House, being on natural ground, suffered far |
less than the buildings north and east OF this |
point and on the fats south, of Market STREET
The fire wall for the whole length Of Grey's |
building on Sacramento street, between Mont |
gomery and Kearney also fell, and sections Of
similar walls all over town, came down on the
sidewalks rendering it almost incredible that so |
few accidents occurred. How the people on the |
sidewalks escaped so generally is past cOmpre-
hension In the vicinity OF Folsom, Mission, Beale
and Fremont streets, the made ground is dis
turbed in some places two feet throwing walls out
of line and moving buildings bodily four inches. |
Stoddard's warehouse settled eighteen inches,
and water is oozing in on the main floor. Mission |
wharfis reported damaged by the sliding of the
mudson the bottom in which piles were driven,
and/tbree frame buildings on Beale street, be-
tween Howard and Mission fell in. The gas works
are considerably damaged.
San Francisco, Oct. S.-The earthquake did |
some damage at San Jose and Santa Cruz, butup |
to this time we have not heard Of any one being |
injured. 1t was felt at Visalia or Los Angeles
Stockton, Oct s.-The heaviest shock Of an |
earthquake ever felt in this place was expert
enced at IL. AS P. N. to-day. The shock seemed |
to pass from north to south. There was no dam |
age done as far as we can learn.
Petaluma, Oct. 8.-Two severe shocks OF an |
earthquake quickly succeeding each other were
experienced here to-day at quarter past T. NJ |
producing the greatest CONSERVATION. Almost
every one rushed into the streets. The vi0ra-
tons were from northwest TO southeast
San Francisco, Oct 9.-The effect ofthe earth
quake yesterday is visible in every street aud
almost every place outside or inside the city
Although no building is entirely demolished, IT
is thought the aggregate cost OF repairs VIII
reach many thousands. The most serious dam
age done to any structure is to Peppers building |
corner of Third and Mission. This building is
brick, four stories high, and about half of the
front. from the foundation to the roof on Third |
street. and rear, has fell. The building was
slightly constructed. The City Hall has received
injuries which may necessitate the rebuilding OF
the front portion, and possibly the entire main
building The front wall has apparently been |
shaken free from the main building. The con-
uections being very slight and not extending
above the second story The brick block on
the southeast corner Of Battery and Washington
streets, is considered unsafe by many who have
examined it. The front of the block is nearly
separated from the building, and 1t would re-
ouire but slight shock TO level it with the
ground. The old Merchants Exchange struet-
1re, on the northeast corner Battery and Wash
ington streets, is completely ruined, and untt
for use large gap, four inches wide, is opened,