The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-11-05
EARTHQUAKES.
Furth OftheRecent
Earthquake Shocks i'm CalifOr-
nia-The damage ill the interi-

1868.
Some details OF the obstruction of
property in theinterior of the State
by the earthquake of the 21st inst.
have been received.
Alameda county suffered most.
{ (A1ameda county lies on the east
sidesof the Bay of San Francisco,
and directly opositc of the Peninsula
which includes the County and City
Of San Franeisco.) The damage to
property in Alameda extended in all
directions, Back Of the town of
San Leandro Gn the Northern part
Of Alameda county there are nu-
merous fissures in the earth, from
some which issued clouds Of dust,
and from others volumes of water
San Leandro, creek, which has been
dry for months, as is usual at this
season of the year, is now rapid
ly running stream.
In some places hot water and
steam gushed from the ground. The
villages of San Leandro and Hay
wards are almost in ruins. (These
villages are fifteen Or twenty miles
apart. The brick buildings were
all thrown down, and a hundred ten
ements have been rendered uninhab-
table. Numerous wooden struc-
lures were much damaged.
At Haywards there is only one
building remaining uninjured. The
towns of Alameda, Brooklyn and
Oakland all suffered severely. The
obstruction of property in the towns
San Jose and Redwood city was very
great. (San Jose, the old capital of
the State, is in Santa Clara County
which adjoins Alameda on the South
and Redwood City is in San Mateo
County, which joins San Francisco,
on the South. The brick and
adobe buildings in the cold Mission
San Jose," which is some miles east
Of the town of San Jose, are a mass
of ruins
At Sacramento city, Stockton and
Marysville the injuries to the build
ing are slight and the losses small.
In the towns of Peteluma, Healds
I.burg Santa Rosl, Vallejo and Mar
tinez the full force Of the shock was
felt. chimneys} and fire walls were
Thrown down, and the damage was
considerable, the localities Of some
ofthe towns here mentioned may be
described as on a line ranging gen
orally north from the north side OF
the entrance to the bay San Francis
leo, extending through counties Of
Marin and Sonora for 100 miles OIL
! thereabouts.
At Los Angeles (say $50 or 800
in direct line, little east of south
from San Francisco and st Visalia
(say $50 miles southeast of Sar
Francisco,) the shock was slight
and no damage was done.
The towns ofSanta Cruz, Monte
rey, and Watsonville, on the coas'
South Of San Francisco, suffered
very little damage.
In the State Of Nevada: the sllocF
was scarcely felt.
The Architects. appointed by tht
Board Of Supervisors, have reported
that the City Hall building is unsaf'
and will have to be talked down
| Meanwhile the courts and city off
cials will have to find temporary
quarters elsewhere. The other cit,
buildings were not injured to any
great extent. The damages to th'
school Houses prove trifiing. Th
schools will be open as usual OF
Monday next.
The l,rge hail1ing on Recol
Point, occupied by the Uuited State
Marine Hospital, has been condemn
ed by the proper authorities. Th
stability of the foundations Of thi
building were long ago considers
injured by excavations in the hill O.
which it is situated. The hospita
patients are at present encamped O.
! the grounds adjoining the institutio
nozproper accommodation have, a
!, yet, been provided for them.
The Custom house is wrecked t
si.such an extent that it will probabl
: 4not be occupied again.
i The officers have removed tempo
: rarily to- Haywood's building, 0
: California street An army of la
borers are at work to day on tn
Il |shattered buildings and removin
: Ethe debris from the buildings.
The merchants exhibit no dispo
) sition to- abandon their property @
t their locations. Some structure
!, are being taken down entirely, an
others are under going repairs. !
busy scene is presented in the neig
/ borhood of the wrecked building:
5 Some further damage waa don
= by the shock at 2 Is O'Clock thi
morning. Several buildings an
< some lofty chimneys of the sever;
manufactures that suffered cons dc
ably by the first shock, will no'
have to be entirely demolished an
J rebuilt.
No definite estimate can be mad
t Of the damage to the property unit
proper survey Of the entire cit
$ has been made Some estimate
/ place the loss at $500, 900, Other
at $4,000, 900; the latter figures pre-
badly nearest to the truth, as quit
a number of costly buildings wi
have to be torn down and recor
> structed, and extensive repairs mad
to many more.
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San FranciscO-Wrec OF TIN
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, SAN Francisco, Sunday G IT 2!