Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08
THE EARTHQUAKE IN CALI
FORNIA.

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THE EARTHQUAKE IN CALI
FORNIA.
Interesting Partieulars-Tht'ty Persons
Killed and One Hundred Injured
Rumor Of a Volcano IN >Ictire E,up-
tt0n.
San Francisco, March 81. Dis
patches have been received here from the
volcanic district in 1nlo- oiintx.-4nn
miles south of the earthquake disaster
on Tuesday. Shocks still continue,
though with decreased violence 1t is
remarkable that only a slight shock was
felt in Central and Northern California.
Cerro Gordo was badly damaged, having
several buildings thrown down and one
man killed Lone Pine appears to have
been directly over the centre Of disturb
ance. Among the killed at the latter
place was Mr. Grey, aged AZ, native
of Texas. The remainder we're all Span
ish Americans The first shock is de-
scribed as resembling park Of artillery
fired directly beneath the town. Col.
Whipple, who was in the second story of
the Adalee House. states that he was
just in time to jump from bed and get to
the doorway when the house appeared to
crumble to pieces beneath him He was
buried among the ruins, but succeeded
in extricating himself from the debris,
having received several severe but not
dangerous wounds. The scene beggared
description. Nearly the whole populace
was buried beneath the ruins. Cries for
help and screams of pain from the wound
ed beneath the ruins filled the air, while
those who escaped were calling for aid
to rescue fathers and mothers, wives and
children. The first shock was followed
in quick succession by three others
Over three hundred distinct shocks were
felt between half-past , and sunrise In
fact, the earth was in a constant tremble
over three hours, 4 chas,u was opened
extending thirty FIVE miles down the val
ley, ranging from three inches to forty
feet in width Rocks were torn from
their places and rolled down into the
valley. At Swansea, Col. Fregallos Of
the smelling works, was killed. Great
desolation prevails AMONG the inhabis
tants of Lone Pine A dispatch to day
from Visalia says that several shocks
were felt in that city last night and were
still coming from the southeast. Per-
sons anticipate finding immense chasms
the snow melts enough to permit an in
vestigation. There are rumors of a vol
can't III active operation seen from the
summit of Green Hood Mountain, 60
miles south of Visalia The rumor is
considered at least dubious. The lndi-
ans in chat vicinity have all left fearing
a recurrence of the general convulsion of
nature which, according to tradition, oc-
Cured in that region some hundreds of
years ago and created what is known as
Owens River Valley, which was previ-
ously a chain of mountains. The section
affected by the earthquake was sparsely
inhabited, mainly by people engaged in
working silver bearing lead mines.
Additional advices from Inyo county,
place the number of killed by the earth
quake on Tuesday at 30, besides 100
wounded. In the desert country, stretch
ing from Owens Lake to the Mexican
line, are innumerable craters not long
extinct, besides several mud volcanoes,
and it is supposed that some of the old
volcanoes may be III eruption again. II
Kern and Owens rivers turned and ran
up stream several minutes, leaving their
beds dry, and finally returned with large
ly increased volume. There has been no
parallel to this earthquake since 1912,
when the missions of San Juan, Capis.
troyo and La Purissima, in Southern
California, were destroyed. The earth
quake is matter of common converse.
ton throughout California. but creates
no apprehension outside of the district
affected.
A gentleman from Independence as
serts that smoke and ashes from the vol.
eano were distinctly seen southwark
from that place. and word had beer
brought there thai lava Vas seen flowing
down the mountain, but the report wa;
not authenticated. The shocks continu
ed, decreasing in force, up to Thursday
morning, = zen over a thousand had beer
counted. - Tibbett's Rancho, ffteer
miles above Independence, forty acres o
ground sunk seven feet below the sur
face of the surrounding country. Biz
Owens Lake has risen four feet since tn,
first shocks and Owens river ran over it
banks, depositing schools of fish on th'
shore. Afterward it receded. For thre
or four miles through Lone Pine th
earth cracked and one side remained sta
tionary while the other sank seven o
eight feet, leaving wall of earth e1
tending over three miles in length, wher
formerly there was a level plain. limit
merable cracks were made through hou
the valley.
PAT AND HIS PIG.-This is not tn
first story that has been told of a pig
but it has what has been called '.the el
ement of unexpectedness" about it. Pig
gy got into large yard where he dl
not belong, and trying to get out again
, he stuck fast under high board fence
and there began to kick and squeal i
the good old way. His master, big ia
Irishman, hearing the hubbub, ran ou
of his house, near by, and caught his pi
< by the ears, endeavoring to pull hir
, through the hole before his trespass wa
: detected. But this treatment had no e1
5 feet but to make the pig yell the more
5 An old ram in the yard, hearing th
! noise, and seeing piggy's hind legs an
| tail fourishing away in a menacing maj
ner. accepted what he thought was
e challenge, and, lowering his head. charg
ed with all his might He struck fairl
: and squarcly, and the pig shot throug
the hole like pork cannon-ball, an
striking his master full in the breas
Y knocked him fat on his back. The onl