New-York tribune., 1868-11-07
THE EAR rHQUAKES.

shock lasting twelve seconos and creating consdeapo
alarm among the people. No damage was done to prop
erty. The earthquake was heavy mt San Jose
Che Sacramento Union OF the 23d ut, contains thrcc
columns Of details OF disasters and incidents OF tho hrst
terrible earthquake shocks which occurred on INC zo'
nit We select the following:
NOTEWORTHY DAMAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Tho Mechanics Bill Gormerly Brokaw,sl. on Misnop ,o
ond Fremontsts., was injured TO cOlsdcllplo cA'ou.
large quantity Of the machinery stopped. ana was
thrown out of place In several places tne noOr n a
ncr and one tho rewalls sunk down. In front oi inc
mill ia the center OF the street. there IL an oPSnlhg u
ON Fremons several places can be seen with opening,
in ground The Mol9g mill on the opposite sI ,ss %,
side. which must I've n slightly chaotic US dGr"THh
the irving ordeal without injury seems that the guests
have become panicsrcken, partly fIo1 what iey h nao
would be shocks at such and such hours during the ar
noon and night, and tho consequence was ths most .,
the deserted the rstcas. houses last night ana
", I'm wooden houses on the hillsides. At the Paifc
Fonndery OF hot came NJ through hole IN
e hOgr from cast to west In the Fulton Foundry
crack the ground extended from north TO south tns
iron safe moved forward aud the steam engine wss
twisted OF place. hot water also came UP through tue
earth here AT the once or the nfoiew new snr
paper, on sacramentOet nearly the whole OF the Ype
va pied" and everything In the Office was thrown Into
confusion The German Atcnd Posi- newspaper was not
issued Yesterday evening owing TO their forms Deihg
pied by tho earthquake. Tue floor OF their composing
room settled about ak inches The wOrkmen feared to
them for money to set up tho Extra" The paper has
been damaged 10 the extent OF Ins n scr
mento- IT. between Lodcrsdorf and sansome-sts SUNK
several feet While the sar,hquaEe was s gUfa aoor o Of
which raised NJ on one side. closing , tnJ uo1i oD
;"mnr Una, h hS Sainng was enTcSiSd with great DIM
Guilty from his dangerous aud ehphatlc"Y ulS.sIeaoo
sopsis 4. sid 10 have swayed NJ least two feet aud
rghted again without inurng the building III lhe lcs,
Syewitness i'm The vicinity OF T. H. Benchley's building
junction Of Market aud front.sts, the snna sr",inn
that tho tide had risen In the adjoining let at tho
same time. for pond Of water collected l, anl Io
Stockton-st between Pacific and Broadway, twostory
brick building badly wrecked, tho front wall being
Ropes were placed around 1t to prevent accldents, TO
pedestrians On Mlssonst opposite the Neohancs Aii
corner uf Fremoust, tho north side OF the street s
settled drawing away the panks Of that side from the
crown Of tho street, leaving 'sure VI TWO OF throo
1ns DAMAGE EIsEwHEEE.
At Alamo IN CoLra Costa county the only brick house
in tbe place is now u pie Of bricks.
At IInywards in number Of places the ground opened
from inches to two feet through which water aud
ourksand considerable quantities, was forced 10
height from 10 three feet Just north oi the village
n ridge Of ground about trce feet wdo has been raised
To the height Of about two feet. evidently showing that
the ground oponcd such extent 10 make rather
unpi,asaIt for one ST nding Immediate vicinity
correspondent Of The San Ffdnoisoo 7iDies writing
from linyward's. oct p. says An open crack runs
through the town. apd It f. said to be nine miles In cx
tent H. course by compass f. south, ' east. During the
earthquake along this ne IN spots. water and sand was
have heoi 20 heavy aud glt shocks. Nearly all OF our
Inhabitants have slept out ot doors. me ioiloNhg IL
rough estimate of damage done; Edmondson warehouse.
complete ruin. sl5OoG Morse lleslcps m'll complete
rnn. .2cco; Washington Hotel, complete r1ln' ; st;"5
Castro homestead. damage $50; Lee hIhnd
Hotel damage $500; Charles sPoores damage si~0'
William Hayward. damage $3.50; George Brown, prop
CIV damaged 500; e. ard A. Railroad Co: property
dafia 500 \. z lockwood house upset 500; liol-
str.ton livery eiablo damaged Sl.oOo Louis BarOla.
restaurant damaged $50; Woticr'u Co. bakery dam
store store u'%astr W . damaged sioo Win.
io,s lg ed
aged $40: Lyon & Co. brewery damaged s2Sg New
YITk Hrcwcry, damaged s5oo schonI.house. damaged
bacismifh shop damaged ssOJ j. S Byen, blacksmith
shop d'"SSTS sntaSr MAJ aPeesrnacc The hocs aro
All down from iher foundations What families remain
IA them run out oSofy few minute, on account OF sh9,1s
dozen are erected ln different PORTIONS OF mo
ins ali done outside Of house,; beds and bedding scat
tered around every hnysack--anothcr rnsh ior the
chimney standing. All along tie line faiulcs are en-
camped the yards. AFRAID TO stay In tieir house,,
s q %"sr S hTn @ qs S4S for nov msa gaTs IT,
l. row running large Thc old adobe church ut
knocked down. Also tho hotel of Banba Myres OF
tcnicrylllc
At san Jos tho rre.byteran Church cbrek has bcen
su much injured tnot II wii -, ho1os'lry :" tear u down
The rear vail o Moodcys 4tl fell out Icons store, on
The corner 81 III Dorado and Marketss lost the cOrnice
The rev back bubng opposite tho Auzcr1S HOUSE VAS
cracked extensively. und. n iact almost OH hc buildings
Will require rrpaiTn io restore them 70 Their former
condition. Paegass windows and glass Of all kinds
strcWcd tnc sidewalks
are more or Injured. Many chnnrys were thrown |
down Tic Court House sustained moro damage than |
Correspondent Mountain View sends the following
Ind yon an rem OF tho earthquake At 7:5J o'clock
a. n Oct a. 1863 experienced the seyerest earthquake
! ever fei IN California have iycd IN tbs vicinity Tor
niteen years far ahead of the earthquake OF Oct
r. l9f IN the N tossed the wares around consider
by son,e gesl were thruwn from the shelves. Alti-
cc- hanging up denoted the course rom northwest 10
southeast. W. hnd three distinct motions hp Ia noon Az
Ecnroras Landing two warehouses; were DANA ged 10
considerable extent ono bld to bo bracod u-te other
oue throw from tho undcrpnmine. one end broke
had his dwelling thrown from the undcrpil ming
COUNTY and whose house dcmoi he'd by the earth,
quake Wednesday morning. -ys that tho wOrki1en on
his frm the tno the shock occurred observed that
the ground disturbed and thrown about with rapid
and violent rutay motion which continued several
onds. A creek running through the tlrm. and which
was nearly dry instantly 10 tho depth of about three
feet and sovenl deep guchgs formed in the pLla
His mouse WAS literally twisted IN pieces and prOstratod
60 The ground. but the family escaped as IL bY miracle
Mrs IA vi, was caught In ruins. She badly but
dangerously bruised about the head aud face. and Is
recovering from her injuries
me Sacramento Usi0n ~ the 2ith says:
Hundreds ~ people living In brick buildings were 50
frghencd the shock of earthquake THIS morning at
o'clock, they left their houses aud lodging places
nl hurried through the streets 20 the Plaza. Tho iron
gates the fence surrounding o spot we're locked ana
the peC5 could not IN ct IN entrance tl captain Doug
las OF the police picked the lock on one o The gat aud
~ few minutes tc grassy sward was covered with mon,
women nnd children, many "f wh0m were shppled win
blankets TO protect them from the cold damp mr. St the
night. There recurrence o the dreaded Shocks
aud short ,no most OF the people returned to their
dwelling places.
The Stockton independent says:
Buldngs cracked Ike ships In storm ndow glass Ia
places broken, clocks stopped chandeliers rat
tied. bottles shelves fell and there was general
shaking up such before been known In this
of the country. AZ soon the vibration ceased
tho people began Ia examine budmgs expecting 10 ni
that much damage had been DONE bur fortunately htte
Injury worth naming resulted The shock was felt
I'm different places In tho valcy-n some quite heavily
At the firm of Il. g. Sergent. several miles from Wood
hridgc i was quite ms severe as n this city, aud IN
doors Many experienced sudden sickness. Tho shock