The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-07
EARTHQUAKES.


The earthquake VIII ch was ie't 10 thIs ci y yes
trday morning, at 7'69 O'Clock, with sufficient
severity TO excite alarm bat not terror. was
much more star ling at San francisco and iu
the Bay counl,s. Oar Vn hrst de>pa ches,
received two hours ter the shock, show that 1t
was tevcrest in Alameda county, ABOUT twenty
TO thirty niles south OF San Francisco. In San
Franc SEQ, tboueh the dam ages property were
at brst roughly estimated at "SeVeTa mllllons,"
the result was not so telrfut nor so dPslrucaVe
OF life as was apprehente Tue casual les re-
ported sum up twelve pereons killed and seven
pretty badly injured. Toe list OF oun1nY5
thrown down or damaged ioots up large
number-large en0peh TO jus lty fear tuat
ihe first reports OF losses may not have been
exaggerated. That par Of th- CITY between
MoutgOm, ry street ano the bay, built N ,stly ou
'made" grouu0," Jared wort, as IN the shock o.
October, 1865, and bat liule Damage was sls
tanned IN the upper part OF the ~, where the
fouhJsto ons ae lald ON solid ground. 10 Oak
land, San Leandto, san LoreuzI, Alvtrado,
Red u ood City, San Mateo, San Jos.. Pet luna,
aud Vallejo the snocS was quite as se:ete N, in
The l"eer part OF SAC Frdncl-co. lt was also
telt In Stockton with PoI1 deal OF severity. IN
Sonoma, Souord, III Marvsville lightly, aut
m,re heavily in G'sss Valley. The mot,on
MAS horizontal, an0 contnnei from ten 10
twelve SCI onds. increasing Ia violence 10 the
last. 1t was preceded Dy rumblpg noise,
which may, however, have bPeu Gu lscd by
the rattng OF buildings, and not by anything
going on under ground. Here in Sacranento
those who OBJ ervet Its elect out In ihs
streets say flag statfs and trees vibraed ten feet,
and that the ~a.er OF tne river rose AMI Tell
loot and q hall. The clocks IN many 10 lSes we're
stopped. and The cbrouom-trr clocks Ia several
estsOl bments being s'opood show toe exa u
time OF the occnrrtn"e 10 have been just one
n mute before A. NJ. In san Fraoc, CD there
we've five slighter shocks telt between the urst
and $40 P. NJ. Each OF tnese was tet Gere as
well, but they prooucei no alarm. Toe weather
could not nave been n ore delightful than on
this occasion. Here there was perectly clear
tk7, with temperature at about &C drgreeS. No
Wind rercepthle. IL continued clear, cal u, and
warm all through the daV, and vas almost sul'rV
az last night. This c"ntInon is rably that
III which nearly AL our great eprtbq lakes ON
this coast occur. Just before aud a ter tOat OF
October g. 1865, tne same Weaiher phenomena
were Observes; and sIch a haY "a ypsLer lay at
this season of the wear nearly al ways rniugles
with Its delights a lurking Suspicion that mss
cb ct is bre wing below.
This Las undOubtedly been the heaviest earth
quake experienced on the coat since the ne,
ncan occupation, tho ugh nearlytRo nupdred
sbo1ks ave been note1 down irJm 1850 10 1868.
or all these there were but tour or ave o. an
exciting cnaracter-one May Is, 1851; another
February Is, 1856, winch ,hre " down a hiding
on Battery street; ano her in December 1888
and the most noted OF all (prior ito the one Of
which we sre now wIiting) taat OF 0ctooar 8,
1866, of which the first I.OOIts estma ed the
damages at $3.50 900 bat which clused no loss
OF lit. the reco'd OF III" earthquake OF Oc,o.
bel, 1865, on hle in the Union OF thas mon h,
shows that 1t, too, was ieit wItn consider ole
severity here, at Stock on. Petaiima San jose,
San LeandIO, ana Ssn'a Graz, but uot at ali felt
as far south on the coast as Los Angeles or the
San Joaquin Valley as Visalia, or IN the mo IN
| tam regions TO the east. Tue hraVlest earth
| quake OF which we have any record III this State
| preceding this one, occurred IN the southern
| counties on Sunday, Sep ember, 1872. 1t was
| marked by the same weather condl IONS OF this
one and OF that OF 1866, and more VioieI tthan
| eIlher II destroyed tue Mission bnlding OF 5 IN
Juan CaDls.ranN. L s Augeles coun'v, and OF
| Purissima, in Santa Barbara county. The shock
cane from the sonthPa-t aud so did this
| and the one OF October, 1865. II Was noted in
that one hat dizziness AN I nausea seized upon
| the pPople, as was the ca-e yesterdaV, and also
| on The sbaSy Sunday oi October, 1863. On the
| same day, with the severe earlhq Iske OF May
| l6 1861, there occurre o remark ah'e eruQtion
| OF Mauna Los, in lhe Sand wich Isl snds; aud 1t
| may sugpest profitable rehecunDs 70 mention
| that ior several weeks PRIOR to the earruq Iake
| 5esleIuaV, VolcaI ic Phenomena we're observed
| and commenled VI ou bV perso Is residing IN
| the regions OF Alpine ard IDyo Iuntes. These
| were generally Oreceded bV earthquakes, an
| during ope part OF this local disturbance
| Ovens Lake To e a good many leet higher than
| lis OrdlrarV water-mark ut 10 3 season. 1t Is
| poss BILE hat there may b. some connec ion be-
| twi en- these volcanic disturbances In the Sierra
| NeVaca ard the earthq AXE we have just expe-
| TienCeo. What tut, occurrence tearbes San
| FTanch cans rs thaC their iniu'e welfare in q
| great easure depends uton their exten ling the
| city upon me solid gTounOs among the hIlls aud
| stopping their advance upon The waters of the
/ hAV.