, 1870-01-04
PARTICULARS.


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EARTHQUAKES.
Severe Shocks ON tpe Pacific Coast.
From. the CD uiu ts<rafa, Strs, Dee ".
LIST hight Eef,es OF ealtn1uake shocks OF
greater or lefs force and dutaton Visited this rec.
lion, commencing VI O'Clock N the eyeniay ard
coniu nR NJ 1ttervns antsl lille past o'clock
lh1R wofnlrR. There were ten perceps1ble shocks
IN sl, std some people think theg d!ss.sgu,snsd
even HoIa. They came IN serss OF three 81
tiEe within lev esc1pds OF tnluuses Of each
okher, ard, accoEdn 70 1ne hett OF our kuo zledge
AID cen~l, cccursed successfully about as fallows
A. O'Clock. three shccks; at ten minutes Of TO-
THREE shocts: at IEenty niootes OF ., three
TIE yIbralicIs OF the nrtt appeareu to &c IN q
LtrtLe1sy sid soatherly Direction, hut the 1atter
o. es St. med 10 be u.ore eat and Wese.
The ntht euock orcar1ed 1t last about q o CLOCK
toHn time, snd Kss tie n:oat seEera Jet expert
enced III ce the land o! Nasnoe has belonged 10
GeId LII ald vIrptp:a aid it i dlfiicat 10 say 81
which place Il actually Vas the heaviest, although
at fEG'nia there was the uost alarm and dauaRe.
IN both towEs tie population sought the streets In
q great burr, AID The end Of all thlnR4 vas
1Lorght to 0e close BY. Some became Suddenly
elo Unusually deFout Others hllaaous, some tsint,
o1n,ssDs Of br1ck boe and ds@ilInss. Tae least M
1f:ghtered we're good merha3ics within wooden
bnha1rss, s Or Islto ons rs Walking ne streets
twenty ttcobtt, and Zone OF the others much, II
aty, EXCEEDED that length Ct time. Each shock
aLssr,any eeased lust shen people na'i ]ust gnt
Alsfm WIS gtrerhl and the streets were al.ye
Win ea!eiJ seekers-EeD, women, aud cadreu-
Even re hnIses io The s'sbles we're almost shasen
lrrn,eLeo. Tbs fix horses attached to the Golt
I'LL! 'buP, staudlrg In front OF Ve+eyA Exchange,
mnels IN is nnes I ns fFaIa
the mt sbock very senslh'y, and gen
eInl bury 70 the surface was The result
thee or four Of lady boarders tainted aud the
Fee6e u described as hearsrend,ug aud seFio-
ionic u the e11fenf. Many rers ms IN that city
irighieIed. aas Lad 10 stand ii. Door oels We1e
rug snd mary cloeEs a;opped running. 49,.
crYcled and Damaged, 81, for ins.acce, the front
ana rear ~as ol the God IlIl' Exchange building,
The rear Wall Of the .Se@s o!nce, and others. Tie
ues TAYLOR street, Virginia, fronting on j street,
TO the extent OF IL or Is 'feef, was thrown down
upon the tide Ralk, fortunately. to~e1sr, tnjartng
that city. was badly CRACKED and saatrered IN
most Of the grocery, drug or liquor storest more OF
IN Two Of smee instances from SO to 81 damsses
thus teirg cone. Pretty nuch all Ihe damage
sustained was from the rsst shocE. The second
ioict, ~ xas a. poweifal enough to .n1es ~ bai
ui bullion, weghtcg twenty pounds, out OF q
p'gto hole d6Hn Dlon tue noof !n " e1ls, Fargo
the piles Of coin In the boxea were also shaken
anl thrown east md Nesr, showing the vbEatlnee
0l 1hst khGck 10 have been 10 thai direction In
lamPn we1e tnIoSn I'd ard ema.hed, hut ior:u.
patel, 70 lanrs aere hroten, other aisc . conra.
grafton n lRat have ensued. None Of the mines
TIE ebstbqcake was Beukihly felt at Sacramento,
f8rscp. KeI d AID elsewhere, as may be Been VI
tpr scleE1ains III aCothtr colnHn. Consider able
ttu1e IT DaJtou, and Chandelier thrown .town
cane 1taT cIeattpE big nre, but 1t i. was
1neLchtd 1n tfme. The stage driver from Reno,
this morning, reports Steamboat Greek rs no Ing
full 10 the bapks and l,l1icnlt to fort, aud the
sssgc between Carson and Reno was detained
tNI an hour on acconnt Of i. but whether this is
or neltlpg arov4 We are not exactly prepared to
esy. The Steamboat Springs arc rero!ten TO bt
so o1 teen se or faIther eaFhanaSe pap
tieulars gee oteer ltens in thtg paper
Fora the Sacramento Cnfof, Die 81.
T3o very revere shocks OF earthquake we're
tet ID ,is c,ty iass evening, shout seven mln1tea
ore shock followed 1hs other at Az interval ol
wss, IA near a. could re Ascerta'ned from nortt
TO t0aih. They were Of sufficient force 70 cauae
people to ruD from their houses into the street.
The ijme failed to observe anything unusual.
Dtor-ltlls were trng, and chandeliers and every
tb:t elas that could DO 20 swung to and fro. TIE
bells Oh No, IS nose carriage rang loud1y, and the
w+1e several "Iakeys '3n tic house az the tine
wEu ran ont With coutmG3psbe alacz1ty uhen t1f
pE.pa.ehe. 10 Tie San Francisco Aua-
;S a os venag Ms5s re
apps ar to hare limited tltr acope TO line east c.
the Cost RarEe. TelegIaHs rep2ft Il ielt q: s,o
shock occurred at Il minutes and - seconds pas
oclfcF. III sfaa the aharpest eTer felt here. W.
tear Of the 6loppl1g Of three .pendulnn clocks Ii
1nc hbcck VAS asce,taiaed by one Of tie time
nit eee. TIE vibrator appeared 10 ne pe1psndtcu
lar, got horizontal, and The second snecs was ths
IOWA us11, Cal, Dec. 2a-Th1es Of the &1sartes
khccis Of ear,taHake eger hroan here were ftis a
sen ?. n. to da,. .-...
EEyere eD0cka ii earthquake were experienced a
this placc. The Kase xas from east to west
SrccE1oS, Cal, Dec edt-A e.g1t minutes to q
o'clock this P. u. two distinct shocks OF earth
quake Wele experienced III iEis city, The mo:.o7
vas tIoua northwest 10 southeast Gasllgnta In {
kCCond stcry brick building sNayed to aHd lrt
RENO, New. Dec. 20 This c.eniDe, a. fo1rtce1
Eiuutes to O'Clock. q heavy anock oil enrtnqoase
occurred, alarming lhe Inhabitants OF ons qnse
town for gone time, tue ehork lasting nearly ,wt
sound ~ II heavy trAtn WERE app1oachtnE4 tnel
q Eesete Ehake came, ending viii swayipg no
ton, f1otn eonthea.i to northwest The SHOCK
WEE 20 heavy that dthes on labteg ratified, clock!
! were s10rMd, and bull l.Dgs were perseptibl1
! Lhaker.
At0nt elpht t1lnrtes hefcrc O'Clock the earn
quake was felt ut Hot SPRINGS and inteemeuat.
places on the Central Fac:nc Railroad
1te lhclrc ezple.s tfxp, tound rest, left haf'
! at 1914: ?. Nifty n:nn!es late-.detlle'i on u
earth ard lsrcc rccEs aiding On the track csDte
| bv the ea{ttauakc u2s eytn,ug. Tha locoMot.v
| Eas sl'Etll, lau aged,
I Virginia CJ1Y, Ner,, Dec. 9G-A rerv snFer
! cpe1ing II VS. in.,ch hsar,sr shoct than Il, RI
tne We lad here ear a9o last JaIe- The vlbsa
! scsofTs FlrsWa;is EeIe fhro m dawn. oo4 hen
rnsu sHd ncsT,s eli; the nen,tnIum ctocxs hanc,l
0n eas1 az 70 ~ scIe oppss; tae n III
W. ass ~ WA .uu an1 - hnr.
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hnItsa hsaste, a.e1 s,capn 'a1a sn''A' LINZ
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saIlsr stn'e'entli 'oud 10 A"aAe people, No aa's
vlsslsi4, Nes.. Dec. s,:-A. The A.nposa Nj
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| RENO, Nevada, 1>eccnber 7I-At lt1aaser'
| Station, oE the road hetH cen Relo ara s!tglI'l
Ie s,,:cte ad e1,,,.tnr M rha rror IL
isnt1,a ~ sses *ar.Iv IN 1ha rnad cla,i IN h.
| e,aht cIrnen.s - 49, N'
hsta hnE1 ~ ~ wins nm, VIRGINIA. m the srsr
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cs ne ~ - as ennnree1,d IA RS 4ocfs n their Ent
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