New-York tribune., 1872-04-09

This is considered unreliable here, but we give It for
Npmber a rad AZ less than go while the wounded will
probably foot mp hundred
The Vsaa Della Of March % says: Atabout q O'clock
on Tuesday morning people were frightened ont oI
bed and proprety by the occurrence OF one OF the most
extraordinary earthquakes we have ever OF
read Of at least III some of its particulars It's duat9n
was its most remarkable feature The waves OF trembe
seemed 70 come from the southwest ana they wefe 20
that one gentleman assures us that the first shock lasted
between Is and 90 minutes! And he is by no means
alone in this estimate. He says he counted 81 distinct
shocks before O'Clock. The motion unlike that OF
any other we have felt The great shakes OF and 1863
they visited San Francisco consisted OF sort ofrotaIy
motion as things under the surface were being grohd
sesd o S ~ w ~ % & g1 @ hn nroiected
against the house. the effect being like series OF bumps
was by great deal OF nose ts
shocks as tie flash OF cannon precedes the sound OF s
would be heard and not be followed by any shock. We
are most happy to say that far as we can earu no
either from @ the @ Violence Of the Vtaon or the panic
which always attends tremblement de terre Several
papabe quivers were noticed throughout Tuesday ana
Tuesday night IL the internal commoton had been
too severe TO admit Of perfect restoration at once
Dr. AtchisCn from Pottersye called on u.s. and thinks
the rocking was more severe about his home than here
He mentions that many places in the bed OF the Potters
so S IL SCag %eTe d 1e S
the air. and sufficient raised TO cover the bed OF te s0ug
deadwood chips were thrown to the surface from con-
siderable depths, and In the hard road seams were
opened for hundred yards or so.
series of very earthquake shocks took place
Tuesday morning, commencing with a heavy at q
O'clock which continued with remarkably sensible os
10 tree minutes IL sbsded, but thore were occasional
took place at a. in 6 morpn nd te motion was
noticed as In the first instance though not violent
as long continued Several second and hrdca shakes
occurred during the day and evening ollowiDgoDe at
p m, one at 0, and another after midnight Accounts
that the earth constant shiver for four or five
hours One said he counted 25 distinct shocks from
its commencement until sunrise; and another says
90 SO far heard from it was much more
severe than anything Of the kind which has ever
been violent in the mountains than the
plains From below there no news from any point be-
yond MeTced. That night at o'clock, left the train
at TurOck station and came through with Mr. Ingasbe,
in buggy arriving at Smelling az about y a. NJ The
town was nearly all up and about, and talking earth-
quake" II had awakened everybody rafting window
panes glasses and crockery at fearful rate The shock
Of 6t severe enough TO interrupt morning nap
minute or two Its duration perhaps 30 seconds AT
Merced it was not quite as heavy. At Horntos the
pasterng of some OF the buildings cracked At the
Bear Mountain Toll House, our Dutch friend Philip,
says: "The first thing knows, shust find myself on
broke in nit der house inside and shoost grab mine
sIx,shooter but pooty soon he comes again, and ne
and hold MYSELF He says there were not less than 70
shocks.
At twenty-five minutes past O'Clock, Tuesday morning,
says The CdldceraS ChrOnce of March 90 the slumber
ing people Mokelumne Hill we're shaken out of the
OF Morpheus by three shocks OF earthquake
The oscillations northeast and southwest, and
collectively were at least minute in duration. Inc
shocks followed each other in quick succession and
accompanied by low, rumbling sound-more like the
mutterings of distant thunder than anything else. Tie
shocks were heavier than any that have previously
visited this section OF the country and created consider
able alarm and consternaton. The most substantially
built stone buildings shaken TO their foundations
by the cOnvulsiOns while wooden structures rocked,
heaved, and cracked as II subjected to the fury of
tornado. Windows ratified in their castings as though
shaken by person in an ague t and door bells were
violently rung. In fact everything movable seemed TO
sympathize with mother earth IN her symptoms OF dis
tresi, and danced about If under diaboc influence
People were shaken, got out of bed in dOubequck
time ana n is safe to say that greater number OF our
citizens earlier Tuesday morning last than ever
before. Subsequently, about O'clock, another shock
experienced, slight however, that many did not
notice it, SO far as We can learn no particular dam
age was done by the shake-up.