The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-26
California Observation-Disclosures
Details.

1 SAN EAANC1SCOt OGLs Z1s
The details of the destruction of pro.
perry IN the Interior of the State by
earthquakes on the 2Ist. inst received.
Alameda county suffered most, the
damage to property extending in all
directions back from San I.eRndo.
Numerous assures opened in the earth
from of which came clouds of dust,
others threw mt volumes of water.
Sen I3andro creek which for months has
been dry, isnow running arapid stream
OF water, in some places hot water and
steam gushed forth. The villages of
San Ieandro and Haywards are almost
in ruins, brick buildings being all
thrown down. Hundreds of inhabi-
tanta are houseless. Numerous wooden
structures are considerably damaged.
At Haywards only one building re-
mains uniDjured. At Alameda. Brook
lYn and Oakland also suffered severely.
1he destruction of property in San Jose
and Redwood city Is very great. The
ranch and abode house belonging to the
misslontnt San Jose Is a mass OF ruins.
AT Sacramento, Stockton and MaysYtlle
the injury to buildings is slight and
loss small. Petaluma, Healtesburg,
Santa Rosa, Vallejo and Martinez felt
the tull force of the shock, chimneys
and. hre walls were thrown down and
the damage to property was considera-
blea at Los angelo and VIsalia the
Santa Crnez, Monterey and Waslonville
suffered little loss. In the State
OF Nevada the earthquake was
scarcely felt. "A San Francisco
committee of architects, appoint
ed by the Board of Supervisors, re-
port the City Hall as an unsafe build
ing and recommend that 1t be taken
down. Meanwhile the city officials and
courts will find other city buildings
which are not injured to any great ex-
tent for temporary quarters. The
damage to the School House was tEi-
ding. The school opens as usual on
Monday next. The U. s. hospital
building having been condemned by
proper authorities will be demolished.
The patients at present encamped ON
the grounds adjoining the hospital have
no proper Recommendations yet provid-
ed them. The Custom House is
wrecked to such an extent as probably
not to be occupied again. The custom
officials have removed temporarily to
Hayward's building on California
street. An army OF labOrers are at
work to-day on the shattered build
ings, removing debris from the streets.
The merchants are showing no disp0-
sition to abandon the location. Some
structures are being taken down and
others repaired; the vicinity of the
wrecked buildings is busy scene. a
shock this morning did more damage
to the injured buildings. Some Chim-l
neys of different manufactures which
suffered considerably from the first
shock now have to be demolished and
rebuilt. No definite estimate of the
damage to properly can be made until
a proper survey Of the entire city Is
made. Some place the loss at $500, 900
aud others at 81 600, 600, but the latter
figure is probably nearest to the true
loss as quite a number of fbuildiDEs have
been torn down and recOnstrucied.
sstea-s NEW York, October "a.
A private dispatch from San Fran
cisco states that the entire loss In that
city from the recent earthquake will
exceed fve million dollars.
A dispatch TO the Herald says the
damage will exceed three million dol
lars, and that there is hardly struct-
ure or building in San Francisco but
Is more or less strained.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. q.
No more quakes since yesterday
morning. The excitement has entirely
subsided. The value of real estate is
apparently unaffected by the disaster.
Work on the new buildings is being
pushed forward with redoubled energy.
Business seems promising, and men
enter into contracts with as little hesi-
tatiOn as ever.
The U. S. Sub Treasury shipped
secretly hRlT million of gold coin to
Washington yesterday, making total
of eight millions shipped since Jan. lst.