Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-22
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q halt minutes before eiBut vSASsN
morning San Francisco was visited oy tne
s~cverest earthquake it has ever YET KNOWN
The general direction Of the shock was sou.n'
east and northwest. The shock lasted ioi.y,
two seconds, and gathered IN VIOLENCE az !;
tho second shock was 9:23 o'clock, and its
duration 1--WE seconds. The direction was
the same as before. Lighter and briefer ire
mors occurred at intervals Of about half an
hour, until Is minutes past IL. Int more
pronounced Of these caused fresh stampsoes
to the street Of those who were attempting. 70
conduct business or trying to work. Int IN
itial shock was most severely felt along the
eastern side Of the city and within the limits
of the made land between Montgomery street
and the water. On the solid land outside the
thickly built business portion Of the city no
material damage was done to any well con-
structed house. Within the limits OF the
made land ut least = score Of brick buildings
were SO badly strained or cracked that bust
ness cannot be resumed in them, and they
may have to be pulled down. Owing to the
excitement, business was generally suspend
ed. In every case but one the fatal casual
ties resulted from the falling Of cornices or
fire walls on the sidewalks beneath. Had
the shock occurred half an hour later, when
a large number Of persons would have been
on their way to business and labor many
would have been killed and wounded. The
greatest damage has been in a belt extend
ing several hundred feet wide and running
about northwest and southeast, commencing
near the Custom.house and ending at Folsom
street wharf, injuring and demolishing in its
course the following buildings:
Graves Wire Works, on Chy street ;
Towards building, on Clay and Sansome /:
A. S. Rosenbaum & Co., corner Clay and
Battery /; S. P. Taylor & Co., ]. Frank 4 Co.,
California street; NJ. Rsese's building, Cali
fornia street, near Sansome /; the old one
story brick building opposite the Now Or
leans Warehouse ; Coifey 4 Risdon's new
building, corner Bush and Market streets /;
Booth & Co., Mission and First; Gas Com
pany's building, Howard and Fremont
streets, and the Folsom street wharf.
The Custom-house is terribly damaged,
and il is questioned whether it will admit Of
repairs. The building is closed, the business
ofthe department being temporarily removed
to the Internal Revenue Office.
Cofey & Risdon's buildings, the walls Of
which were very thin, 10 completely demol:
ished. Bcnchley's building, the Oriental
Block, and Murphy & Grants building, all
adjoining Cofey & Risdon's, were not in
lurcu IN the sllRntest ucSree.
The roof Of the old Mechanics Mill, Mis-.
sion street, at the corner Of Fremont, was
Frustrated and the walls Of the building top
pied over into the street.
In several places the Mechanics Co.ope-
rative Mill, on Mission street, was badly
damaged, and the machinery thrown out Of
place. The floor was sunk down in places
and raised in others several feet, and the fire
wall in the mill sunk down. The planking
in the centre of Mission street, in front OF
the mill, exposes an opening Of eight to ten
inches in diameter, and openings Of the
ground arc also plainly to be seen on Fremont
street, in the same vicinity.
The floor Of the Pacific Foundry was raised
about TWO feet in places, and In the Union
Foundry on First street, corner Of Mission,
most of the machinery was displaced.
The San Francisco Gas Works suffered Sc
verely. The tall chimney fell through the
roof, and the main walls were badly cracked
on Fremont street. The destruction here
was still greater because Of the great guam
tity OF coal which was stored in the building
and the pressure Of the mass forced the wall
out on the Fremont street side from the roof
to the foundation, for the space Of about hfty
feet.
The City Hall is in a bad condition, and
the only persons permitted to enter 1t at
present are the officers Of the Fire Depart
ment. The Courts have all adjourned,
the prisoners taken from the station house to
the county Jail, and u line has been stretched
across in front Of the City Hall to keep peo-
pic away.
Church, corner Of Powell and Geary streets,
fell down.
About 100 feet Of the merchandise shed on
the south side OF Folsom street wharf, was
completely wrecked.
AT the corner Of Market and First streets
the ground opened in a assure several inches
wide and forty or fifty feet in length. and in
other places the ground opened md water
was forced above the surface.
At No. 1873 Natoma street Charles Money
pcnuy's brick boarding house was made n
total wreck, and most OF it thrown down.
At No. IA, same street, John Farmers
house was badly injured, and most Of his fur
niturc destroyed.
All the patients in the U. S. Marine Hos
pital were removed, the structure having been
declared unsafe.
At Towards building, on Battery street,
between Clay and Commercial, the cornice
and portions Of the fire wall fell in and de-
molished the wooden awning and lower cor
nice.
The New Orleans Warehouse, corner Of
California and Davis streets: the fire wall on
California street was demolished.
Hooker & Co., on California street: the
east fire wall on their building was demolished,
Thurnauer < Zinn's building, occupied by
them, was badly cracked on Sacramento
street.
The chimney of the Mint building was so
badly damaged that 1t became necessary to
close the building for repairs.
The walls Of Kimball & Co.'s carriage fac
tory, corner Of Brighton and Fourth streets,
were considerably cracked, and the workmen
left the building. Fourth street, in the vicin-
ity, opened in places, and at the crossing OF
Harrison and Fourth streets the railroad
track settled about eight inches, the planks
between the rails rising about ten inches.
The walls Of the Brevoort House, on the
Mission street side, were badly shattered.
On California street. below Sansome, a
large one story brick building, formerly oc.
cupicd by Hyneman 4 Co., is wholly ruined,
and the adjoining one, occupied by the Pa
cifc Pump Factory, is thrown partly down
house owned by Michael Reese was badly
wrecked, and the walls have sunk down and
are broken in places.
Some of the ornamental stone work on the
Bank of California building was marred.
Nearly all the windows Of stores on Third
street, between Mission and Market, were
broken.
The Lincoln School-house was badly
damaged, most Of the chimncys being broken
off.
Many of the chimneys N houses in the
southern part of the city were thrown down,
but no one was seriously injured by them
much Of the furniture was destroyed in many
Of them.
The only serious injury on Kearny stree,
was between Suffer and Vermehr streets.
The building was an old one.
At the Mission the Wooden Mills arc
damaged to a considerable extent. The
brick engine house is cracked and the build
ing generally thrown out Of line. The Pa
cifc Knitting Mill is slightly damaged, and
numerous chimneys thrown down outside the
line Of Fifth street; but there are no serious
damages or injuries.
The large chimney or the Sugar Refinery,
on Eighth street, was badly cracked, and
about six to ten feet Of the top thrown
through the roof.
CASUALTIES.
The following casualties are reported: W.
Strong, native Of Iowa, aged 26, killed on
Clay street; William Best, native Of Ireland,
aged 40, killed at the Occidental Hotel
Mansfield A. Turner, reported killed on Sac
ramento street; a dead Chinaman was taken
out from under fallen bricks on Clay street
a Chinaman was reported at the County Hos.
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