The Placer herald., 1868-11-07
The Earthquake at San Francisco.
CUSTOM HOUSE.

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the north end Of the building fell at the frs,
wave, injuripg lady and gentleman who
were passing. The chimney on the west
side is twisted in direction opposite to that
Of its original one. The earth walks gene
rally 80 solid and firm became SO loose by
the vibration, that a stick could be pushed
down several feet without difficulty. The
building, Of course, is closed. The business
Of the Department being temporarily re-
moved TO the Internal Revenue offices.
POST OFFICE.
The general delivery of the Post Office is
temporarily suspended, although few at
tacbes remain a. their posts making up the
mails for the interior.
EFFECT ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CLOCKS.
Several Of the public clocks stopped. The
one on fuckers new building stopped at S
minutes before o'clock. and the hour and
minute hand have silently pointed out the
time Of the shock during the forenoon. The
large pendelum clocks in private houses also
stopped from to minutes before 8.
EFFECT UPON THE HILLS.
Upon Russian and Telegraph Hills the
shocks does not appear to have been so Sc
versy felt as in other parts of the city. In
some houses ornaments were not displaced
from the mantle.piece, and the inmates did
not come to the door. In Others books and
ornaments fell down, and marble manlles
were started from their places. The oscila
tions on Russian Hill were more sensbly
felt. There was a pretty general stopping
Of clocks, some cracking of pIaslering and
throwing down Of light articles. Houses
upon the fiat between Howard street and
Mission Bay we're moro severely shaken,
but the damage, save to chimneys and pas'
te'pg, is slight.
MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS.
A chimney was thrown down on the cor
ner Of Stockton and O'Farrel streets.
A workman building side walks on Stock.
ton street, near Market says be saw the
ground undualing like the waves Of the sea
A man sitting in job wagon in the yard
of the Gold Refinery says he felt himself
percepiibly lifted up and swayed backward
and forward with motion almost violent
enough to throw him off bis seat.
A report prevailed that the United States
Mint building was injured, but we have the
best Authority for saying that such is not
the fact. The ouly damage done was the
cracking OF the top of some of the cbimneys.
There were great many panics during
the forenoon, some Of them having their
origin 10 fresh shocks, and others being
quite causeless. DuriGg one of these two
women we're tumbled down by the crowd,
on Clay street, below Montgomery, but for
tunaJely neither was injured.
DR.. Wadswortb's new church, corner Of
Powell and Geary streets-Top Of the wall
in several places thrown down; main walls
apparently uninjured.
Jewish Synagogue. on Suffer street, one
small pinacle thrown down, and several more
well shaken.
Geary street Unitarian church, uninjured.
MARE ISLAND.
Mare Island Navy Yard experienced two
severe shocks Of earthquake this morning.
Several chmneys were thrown down, and
some Of The buildings considerably shaken.
but no serious damage was done, and no per
son was Injured. Capt Mitchell of the navy
informs US tha: the ground shook so violent
" as almost to throw him off his feet, the
shock beiug accompanied by frigh,fuI rum.
bling sound. Several people took to the
ater, considering the stream much more
safe than terra .Jfrma-&bicb was terra .tirma
no longer.
The earthquake was quite severely felt at
Vallejo, many cbimneys topping down, but
90 serious injury occurring.
SAN LEANDRo.
A dispatch dated San Lsaudro, October
2lsl. SAYS: our Court House is all down, and
Deputy Clerk Josselyn is killed. Al the
prisoners are still iu their cells, and locked
up, The key being in safe which cannot be
got at. The other adobe houses are down;
also the warehouse and mill at Haywards
are down. The ground opened at Ssn
Lorenzo, and water came up.
OAKLAND.
The earthquake al Oakland was very Sc
we're. A gentleman who LETT there this fore
noon communicates the following: Hun
dreds Of chimneys were thrown down, and
many houses more or less damaged Brick
buildings were more or lesa damaged, but
fortunately none fell. No lives were lost,
but a few persons were injured by the falling
of chimney, but not seriously.
The draw of the railroad bridge was
thrown twelve inches out Of line, SO That the
cars cannot cross.
ScbimsIfenuipg's new brick building at
Brooklyn was thrown down, but no lives
lost. The glass is badly shaken on broad
way.
At Alameda the Asylum was badly dam.
aged, all the cbmneys being thrown down.
Wederspoons house is considerably damaged
by falling chimney.
Three distinct shocks bave been felt since
the first one. After the first shock strong
sulpburious smell was percep,ibIe.
Our Oakland correspondent says:
The cbimoeys Of very large number OF
frame buildings we're thrown down, bro
ken of above the roof. The Prevails of one
or Two brick buildings were thrown down.
The rear wall Of Sbaltuck's building, corner Of
Broadway and Eighth streets, was so badly