The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-11

tncir way home. They Immediately pave
the alarm. Sheriff Sprague has offered a
large reward, and is eXcrting every effort for
the recovery Of the escaped prisoner. He
Is th'rty-two years old, five feet seven inches
nigh, Of light complexion and brown hair
and weighs about one hundred and eighty
five pounds.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ConyuI-
sions of Nature I'm Inyo County--The
Town in Lone Pine Reduced TO
Ruins.
specially telegraphed TO San Francisco Chronicle
FIsALiA, March 30.-By the arrival at . p.
NJ. OF Colonel Charles Whipple by the stage
direct from Lone Pine | am enabled TO for.
ward the particulars of what is undoubtedly
TIE most destructive earthquake, considering
the theatre of the damage, which has ever
been experienced in the United States and
probably for great number of wears any
where on this continent. The shock or.
Cured at 2:25 A. NJ. of Tuesday the Goth.
ana so far rs l can learn Lone Pine was
pretty near
THE INITIAL POINT
OF the disturbance. I Judge so. at Ie,st
from its being the point where the agitation
was most violent and the greatest d1none
DONE ' '''''''''ee
A SURVIVORS, EXPERIENCE.
colonel Whipple is the only person who
nv yet arrived here from the Owens River
valley since it occurred, and he has been in
erVicWed ever since. lie was sleeping in !,
l"o,story adobe house, W stairs, when the
earthquake occurred. He sprany out Of bed
caught his pants, and had proceeded about
ten lect into the hall when he was thrown
upon his back, the walls and the roof coming
right down upon him, and he was knocked
molnentarlly insensible. AS he went down
with the crash of the building, he saws II
Thought OF my wife and children, and then
tiiiS l. ueltl." AS soon as he came to and
was able to '''''
DIG OUT FROM THE RUINS,
nc went down the street to tile centre Of the
town, Where the most appalling sight awaited
him. tiity-tWo houses were thrown down
and Htty-lour persons, or more than onr-,iytb
OF the population of the town, were buried
beneath the ruins. The cries OF those who
were
CRUSHED IN THE FALLEN BUILDINGS
were borne out upon the clear mountain air
with terrible diStinctncss, and struck terror
and dismay to the hearts Of the relatives aud
friends who were more fortunate and had ci-
capped. The most terrible tphcavals were
still going on, threatening every second to
destroy the few houses that were still stand
ing. The citizens Immediately commenced
the work Of removing the shattered and
wrecked structures 10 libc,:ltc those who
were only wounded and find the dead. il i,
horrible TO have to say that at this fearful
time, when the mir was rent with shricks o
the suffering and dying, there were some Sc
base rs to carry on the work Of
ROBBERY AND PIILAGE.
Yet such is the case. \ man who was sleep
ing. fbacito, 4 butcher, escaped with his lite
while his companion was killed at his side
and he stole all the money and yaluablcs on
his dead friend before he left him. Th'
effect OF
THE HEAIT-RENriNG CALLS or SURVIVORS,
"Oh, where is my wife," "Oll, where is NJ!
Erothcr." "uh. where are my children
"IlcIp ne to find my children l"--may b.
better imagined than described. Every MAJ
Who WAS able to stand worked at diggn.
them out wherever there were cries for hell
until long after daylight.
FIRE BROKE OrT
! III GIr. ICGniis's store, bcuc;ith which t.. err
| waS known to be powder stored, bt;i hir
| Coyington, Mr.. Lyman, and others. at iInni
n.Nt Ilcri Of their lives. worked at the irt
| until it was subducd and the danger Of al
explosion WAS ;iycrtcd. The work Of rescue
went on till O'Clock, at which hour
TwENTY-TnEEE coFFISS
! had been -twcnty-thrCc dca(
| bodies were prepared for their final rest il
the troubled earth. Thirty Of the wolndct
lrd been extracted and cared for, of whom i
is feared that five may yet die. Colonc
| Whipplc says Mr.. Goldman told him aiu;l
6 \. NJ. that he had counted three hundred
and siNty-onc separate and distinct shocks
| There were
| FOUR DISTINCT KINDS OF SHOCKS.
The effect Of one he describes as if an cnor
nous monster, situated exactly beneath tn,
town. had been exploded and came upulmnS
| to their feet with dull tllud and rs it reached
the surface produced Il terrific vibration
Another was quick, violent, oscillation .
the earth, without any noise CT sign but il;
motion. The third Wits preceded iy Il Soun(
like the
| LOSG.ROLL WHICH DRUMS BEAT BEFORE BATTLE
Then the noise died out and the chill cam,
on. The fourth was like a 200-poundcr Par
rott fired from mountain side. Tie noise
seeming to scale the mountains to their base
and when this passed over
4 TERRIFIC TREMBLING
commenced. The profOundcSt sympathy i,
| felt here for the sufferers. A meeting OF nul
| citizens is now being held at the Graham
| House. and about $50 have already beer
subscribed, and provisions, blankets, etc.
will he at once forwarded.
EVERYTHING IN THE TOWN WAS DESTROYED
that was perishabe, such as food and all thC
goods in the stores. 1scnd you Il list of The
killed and wounded, and also the proceeding.
| of a meeting held by the citizens of tie la>
town. Exaggerated accounts had preceded
Colonel Whipple's arrival here about III
enormous aperture being opened i'll tho
| earth,
VOLCANOES BURSTING OUT,
and kindred reports. We had Il story that ::
gulf was opened two hundred feet wide. Il
is not twenty. 4 crack is made through tho
valley some thirty miles long northward from
Lone Pine. hut it is not very extensive
There has been no volcanic demonstration.
INDEPENDENCE SUFFERED SEvEEFLY,
but no one was killed there. The Inyo In
dependent office was badly pied. the pres
being cnpsizcd. No town was seriously dam
aged except Lone Pine.