The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-06
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY g. lsea-TRIPLE

On Sacramento street. just below Montgomery. the
roof OF building fell In on clothing store under
MEATH
The back part Of Smith 4 Beasson's carpet store
on Washington street, is all down.
street Is badly damaged. The front wall is very
much cracked and e likely to fall o. any moment.
street is somewhat damaged. Brick and mortar
cover the sidewalks.
The new building on Bush street near Battery,
fronting on Market In process OF erection, fe and
covered up, 1t is supposed, three persons. Jasper
shawl has been taken out badly cut about the head
The store on the corner Of Front and California
streets Is badly damaged.
1S MI haVs to Se orn ns are stretched
across the street TO keep pedestrians from going
&c J. q. Noonan. tho porter Of the Lick House. was
asleep, and hearing the noise jumped out OF tne
window, about ten feet from the ground, and broke
II 3 rumored that the porter Of the Bank of Cali
From Avsrsdo ana Hayvard's It is reported that hat
all Is In ruins. Not q chimney Ia standing Inc
large storehouse In Alvarado Is destroyed
a man on the Preside road was thrown out Of his
buggy. The chimneys In that neighborhood are
The ire wali Of the new building corner OF Califor-
i John tannie head COOK at the Empire restaurant,
Andrew Foley had his right arm broken at the
Pacific Lodging House In jumping from second
No SIS California street, brick building, occupied
by California Powder Works, &C., front wall consld-
erably cracked.
Wooden building, south, occupied by o. F. Wiley,
badly settled on south side, by Reeses building ad-
Reese buildings, seven two story brick, extending
to Battery street. very badly injured; the west end,
notices store underneath occupied by s. Reinstein,
considerable injury to goods; end Of store settled
buildings Of the row more or less cracked, and cor
nice on southeast end thrown down.
Building southwest corner OF Halleck and Battery,
eouth wall badly cracked and leaning OH from
balance Of the building on Haleck street; front wall
may have to come down; occupied BY Enesten
Brothers. Front wall OF Newhal CO.'S warehouse
badly cracked at southeast corner Haleck street.
The building on the corner OF Battery and Merchant
Streets used az earrage Is Dady sas
The earth at the corner Of Battery and Commercial
grade.
The building at the e Clay ana
Buckley 1 Co., is considerably shattered.
A. MeIss Gawley's lumber yard, on Stewart
| to gain the outside when the shock was felt this
morning had his ankle and arm broken by the fall
ing Of lumber He was removed to the house Of Mr..
All the lumber piles on Stewart street have been
more or less shaken by the earthquake. No damage
Inc Empire Mills its Femens stpee were also
damaged. The nouf settled In some places nearly
two feet while IN Others the panks were thrown up
nine inches and the water sushed through the
| assures. The damage cannot be determined yet
xt No. liz Sacramento STREET the inside of the win
dows fell In and Chnaman in the second story fell
At the New Orleans Warehouse the top Of the wall
fe and one man was injured by being struck on the
At Mrs. JQhnson,s, corner Of Third and Market
streets all Of the plastering was thrown down.
The building belonging to Stern, on Powell be-
CRACKED. The statues in front and the pillars fell
AT Badger y Lindenberger,s store, on Battery
AT O, 2. Ranks old store, on Sacramento street,
The Railroad House on Commercial street is badly
cracked.
State.
MARTINEZ.
| private despatch from Martinez states that a
very heavy earthquake was experienced there this
only damage reported Is to the Court House, both oil
the ends Of which had fallen, leaving the building
| q wreck Nobody is known to be hurt.
ALAMEDA AND SOUTHWARK.
Edmonst0ns warehouse. new brick building at
the depot q WOO 70 nov -four feet
| brick buildings are injured and cbimneys thrown
| down. The Vallejo Mills are also said to be down.
Of the Court House there is considerable damage
The Estudillo Hotel and webber House severely
Dr.. Kellogg and VI. II. Davies, Some Of Mr. Davies
| family are said to be slightly injured by falling
Al Alvarado, i've miles above HAYWOOD, q brick
grain warehouse fell. The old mill, Horners, is de-
Near San Lorenzo the chimneys Of many dwellings
fell, among them those Of Judge Crockett's and Mr.
Cohens houses The house q Mr. Durbec, in the
AT Alameda the asylum was badly damaged als the
| chimneys being thrown down.
Jabez Clements sends US the following:-I was on
/ the Almeda wharf when the shock occurred this
morning, and as everything was quiet around had
larry. The motion seemed to be crosswse the wharf
and was SO severe that II was difficult to stand-im
/ possible to stand STILL No sound accompanied the
motion, except that occasi0ned by the vibration OIL
the timbers OF the wharf. few seconds after the
motion ceased loud olse was heard in the direc
ton OF Oakland-such as might be occasioned by the
falling OF building
/ MARE ISLAND.
| Mare Island Navy Yard experienced two severe
| neys were thrown down, and some OF the buildings
considerably shaken but no serious damage wa:
| done and no persons injured. Captain Mitchell, o.
| the navy, informs that the ground shook so vio
lently almost to throw him OF his feet, the shoch
| Several people took to the water considering the
| stream much more safe than terra Jt,1ad-which
was terra d'7ad no longer:
The earthquake was quite severely felt at Vallejo
many chimneys toppling down. but no serious injurl
AT SAN LEANDRo-couRT HOUSE THROWN DOWN AM
DEPUTY CLERK KILLED.
despatch dated San Lcandro, october 81, says
Our court house Is all down, and Deputy Clerk Jos
lyn s killed. All the prisoners sill In their cell
and locked up, the key being In safe which canno
he got at. The other adobe houses are down, also thu
warehouse and mill at Haywood are down. Tn,
ground opened at san Lorenzo and water came up
| REDWOOD CITY.
From q citizen OF that town. who came In on Tho
morning train. we learn that the shock was very
severe at that place. The large brick court house /:
little better than complete wreck. 1t was deemed
so unsafe that the county Officers had moved out
OF It. The building was considerably shattered by the
earthquake three years ago, the walls having then
i spread several inches. Hog chains were then put
In and the gaps closed up, so that 1t was deemed
toerably safe; but the ground IL adobe, not more
than two feet above the tide water OF the creek and
the foundations were not suitable for such o struc
| tnre The building will probably have to come
down. On the other side OF the creek about half Of
i the front Of Merrs new block OF brick stores fell
| out. The chimneys OF the public schoohouse We're
| thrown down. Some other brick buildings were
more or less injured Ia the town, The chimpoys on