Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-01
The California Earthquake.
The Earth Rent Assunder for Miles,
Houses TOppIed Over, Volcanoes New
Iy Opened, Rivers Turned in Their
Courses, and the Killed and wounded
Numbered by Hundreds.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 81 Dispatches from
the volcanic district in Inyo county, four hun
dred miles south of the earthquake disaster on
Tuesday last, say that shocks still continue
though with decreased violence. Ii is remark
able that only slight was felt in central land
northern California. CerrO Gordo was badly
damaged, having several buildings thrown down
and one man killed. Lone Pine appears to have
Deen directly over the centre of the disturbance.
Among the killed at the latter place was a MIR.
Grey, aged toity-twO, a native OF Texas. The
remainder were all Spanish Americans. The
hrst shock is described as resembling artillery
fired directly beneath the town. Colonel Whip
pie, who was III the second story of an adobe
house, states that he had Just time TO jump from
bed and get to the doorway when the house APP
peared TO crumbe TO pieces beneath him. lie
was buried among the ruins; but succeeded in
eXtrlcatlng himself from the debris, having re-
ceived several severe but not dangerous wounds
The scene beggars description. Nearly the
whole popuace was buried beneath the ruins
Cries for help and screams of pain from the
wounded beneath the ruins filed the air, while
those who escaped were calling for aid to rescue
fathers, mothers, wives and children. The first.
shock was followed i'll quick succession by three
Others. over three hundred distinct shocks
were telt between half-past two and sunrise. In
tact, the earth was in Il constant tremble over
three hours, chasm was opened, extending
thirty-1ye miles down the valley, and ranging
were torn from Their places and rolled down
INTO the valley at SWanZea. Col IregallOS of
the smelling works, was killed. and great desc
lation prevails among the inhabitants of Lone
Pine.
dispatch to-day from Visalia saws that
several shocks were felt in that city last night
and are still coming from the southeast Per
sons anticipate finding immense chasms in the
mountains cast of u.s. as soon as the snow dis
appears enough to permit investigation. There
are rumOls OF a volcano in active operation,
seen from the summit of Green Hood mountain,
sixty miles south of Visaia. The rumOr is con-
sldered at least dubious. The Indians in that
vicinity have all left, fearing a recurrence of the
general CONFUSION OF nature, which, according
TO traditions, occurred in that region hundreds
of years ago, and created what is known as
Owens river valley, but which was before a
chain of mountains. The section affected by
the earthquake is sparSelY inhabited, mainly by
people engaged in working the silver bearing
lead mines.
Additional advices form Inyo county place the
number OF killed by the earthquake of Tuesday
at thirty, besides Il hundred wounded In the
desert country stretching from Owens Lake TO
the Mexican line, are innumerable craters, not
long extinct, besides several mud volcanoes and
1t is supposed that some Of these Old volcanoes
may be in eruption again. A gentleman from
independence asserts that smoke and ashes from
volcano were distinctly seen TO the southwark
from that place, and word has been brOug Int
there that lava was seen flowing down the noun
tam; but the report is not authenticated.
The shocks continued decreasing in force up
| TO Thursday morning, when over thousand
| had been counted at Tibbett's rancho, fifteen
miles above Independence. Forty acres Ofground
| were sunk seven feet @elOw the service of the
surrounding country. Bic Owens lake has risen
four feet since the first shock, and Owens river
ran over its banks, depOSiting shoals of fish on
the shore; afterwards it receded for three or four
mi I, Tn,o III