New-York tribune., 1868-11-06

nave bo worst Invariably comes frat in San francisco
earthggaks1s. S1s.,us sOd their ar' stores BY bust
msncea %as 'TsHf pretty generally suspended not because
apprehension ,Ssr wr' Int e because the 90
@reat that no business could wei pe S me
stock any business he streets were filed with
peopemen and children seeiIs n 'ne sra
cSaftSa and and running about generally q:
at show fair he m ne streets would be fs,
sa e pIeasurabe excitement had occurred certainly
there nothing the paa I te% or 70 hs.
their con1dence in the stability or san FRANCISCO had
been shaken M nenarv i0r panic occurred at twenty three
minutes past ten O'clock noticed several women who
fa n1 ors thSn ye minutes When the r
sssh he the
MED by many lndcrSs Az sops Of the soss als
Ss were een over which will angn for years
~ cnms The coolest man we was Chinanan at
70 corner OF jackson and stockonsts He
was engaged In carrying out pastering wnc nad tsen
from Sas hs the mater said we as passed him mat
ter; noting an Me gottee one house TO let was his
prO%pSt Ss IsIy c the did not
think there going 20 be much OF silIwer; IT.,
aons Judge provinces OF the Police Court discharged all
the drunk that had been ar,es'e1 e sy osoe ssd
county Jail Por.smouthsqnare was the resort selected
by hundreds of women ana sharen VINO % could De seen
,naining there during the day
RfsdOn'5 building ~ bt OF Market
and Ratterysts Il is built OF brick is three stories In
hight and Il unfinished. The wells are very SLIM and
ne nSr'T The wl, western hall Of tho bndng built on
foundation OF old backsmlths shop the Of whio
US rised for that purpose The walls Of this portion f
,ha strmctrre have fallen buryiug in their ruins -
shaw aged 30 years. When he taken out q hou
afterwaTd he was still alive though there were no ho
Of his recovery Tho rear wallet the building fell over
into the office OF Bencnsy & COS hardware sore.
Of which 1t forms part LhoSs ,os i ~ the oire .t
,i.,f, bt least. the
wall in 'front.' built six eight feet above the roof which
was cracked badly at each end s evushi .na nnt ior
the substantial manner ia which the BthcIhy building
IA srtcted IL must have been seriously dainaged IA
IT there is not crack 10 ths wa wa tbe "e ee@p
that bars OF steel reclining against the walls on tue INSIDE
violently , dGw consruetpd viii explain
it, safety, and at the same time tearn az W .u
mode Cf ereetins % .scaa StcS OF the city is al
made ground. In the first place. the foundatoh oi .n.
rose they were literally tied by iron rods aud anchors
addition the oiss all fastened TO eaeh other q, ts
ends BY bands o iron ThSs c crgs Oriental @ Sf and Other
large buildings in that vicinity, are Az e
r ssur beins Visible In any OF Nothing but rhs
fact that the rear wall OF the standing poru1,n o IGY
INC saved any portion OF damaged structure from Do
coming heap OF ruins Inc generai ,ui hOi,d,n,
expression OF surprise at the disaster 10 ihls pihs
among the lookerson this morning was noteworthy Ing
portion mostly damaged had but one hnehor LOT ~ ~ & &
port and the wonder is that there is One D'' " "''
another. -, ,..os and 4, Ia o,ies
The Custom House is terribly damaged, anu ~ -.
tioaabe whether it viii admit Of rePars 20
the destruction appear at first sight me % ann 10Y
at The north en- end e i, west side Is twisted in direction
opposite to that OF its original one ne ,I'
srs deIiyory OF the Postoee Is temporarily sus
pended although few attaches REMAIN ~ 'Ne' P''''
Several Of the private clocks stopped The one on
fuckers new building stopped at nye minutes Drio,s
pented out the OF the shock during the forenoon
The large pendulum clocks IN houses also s'0ppe'
on Rnssian and Telegraph Hills the shock does not sp
pear have been so severely fet as III ohsa t ,o
tho manelpeces, and the inmates ala 10, cos " ,ns
door. I'm others book. and ornaneh1s ie u az
Eussan Hin senstby felt Ihere was ptstV
sn iSroW Wing down OF light articles Houses the nAs
between Howardst aud Mission Bay were more ses.isV
shaken but the damage save to enimheys anu Pasc'
Mare Island Navy Yard experienced two severe shocks
OF earthquake this morning Several chimneys were
tbrown down and some of the buildings considerably
shaken bat serious damage was done ana 10 psrus
was injured Capt Mitchell Of the navy informs US thas
the ground shook violently almost 10 throw him on
his feet the shock being accompanied by ghtnl Iunn
ling sound. several people took 10 the water CONSIDER.
ing the stream much more safe than terra fTna-whieg
% ,arthon"kS was quite severely felt Vallejo. many
chmneys topping d"Sn but no SERIOUS injury ,
conStDHonse IS ali down and Deputy Clerk Josselyn
killed All the prisoners are stu III ther ces ahd ocnea
mp the Key being IN ss % STca also iIe wsgehsn.s and
mill al Haywood down. The ground opened at Sah
Lorenzo, and water came up. p.,,- =.
thrown down but no lives lost Tue glass is badly broker
on Broadway ,, -, IN a..
At Alameda the Asylum badly damaged. oil ina
chmneys being thrown d018. Three Distinct SHOCKS
haue felt since the first one AFTER the hrst SHOCK
strong sulpherous smell was perceptble.
frame dweIncs were thrown down, broken on above the
roof The nrowas Of one or two brick bnildngs were
thrown down The rear wall Of shattuck's building
corner OF Broadway ana Eghthsts, was 40 badly crack
ed that during tho forenoon II was deemed un
safe to enter the Ccuncilroom or the Police
Court Holmes building. ON the opposite sds
of Eighthst, was badly DAMAGED a low orcA
was badly shattered, perhaps ruined. Many shoH.win
dows destroyed At Rachie's grocery one OF TIE largest
I'm the civ the shelves aud gocsis tumbed together
in one mass aud considerable damages must have oeen
sustained Wcoxs building the only three story edince
In the city, sustained scarcely damage the walls ap
pearing To perfectly sound. II Is reported that inc
elegant private sdence OF Wederspoon WAS very paY
damaged At the time of the earthquake the locomotive
and nearly all the OF the san Francisco and Oakland
Railroad wero at San Antonio. The drawbridge le
tween Oakland and that place damaged az To De
impassabe, and all communication with San trahci'o"
has been by way of the creek route.