The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-02

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SAN FRAscrscu, March SO.-Dispatches
from the volcanic section, I'D yInyo county:
give additional details Of the earthatlake
disaster on Tuesday last. the shocks still
continue, though with decreased violence.
II Is remarkable that only slight shock ON
Tuesday was felt in Central and Northern
California; Cerro Gordo was badly damaged.
having several buildings tfir1wf down and
one man killed. Lone Pine appears to have
been directly over the centre of the disturb
ance. .5E1Ek :! ;. "a 'fltft -
Among the killed at tie latter place was
Dir. Grey, aged forty-two years, and n native
OF Texas. The remainder were all Spanish
americans. The first shock Is described as
resembling park of artillery fired directly
beneath the town. Colonel Whipp1e. who
was IN the second-story Of an adobe house.
sG.tes that he had just time to lump from
the pea ana get to the doorway, when the
house appeared to crumble to pieces, He
v. mas pulied among the ruins, but succeeded
my e S:g himself from the debris, hay.
wounds. ~, - ~ ''o' "'"se ious
The earthquake. in California on Tuesd,v,:
appears to have centred In Inyo county 4
dispatch from thence reports that Camn Tn
dependence was totally destroyed, and not.
single brick building Is standing for miles
around. Fisstlres miles in length and from
fifty to two hundred feet wide exist along
the EASTERN base of the Sierras, and at otheT
places the ground is haaved up in ridges.
springs have stopped running, new ones
broken out, heavy snow slides occurred, and
rocks rolled down the mountains, blocking
up the roads. Only one fatal accident is re.
ported, but the Indians assert that it was the
most severe shock ever felt in the district.
A slight shock was felt on the same day at
Paduc,h, Ky. .'..-
The scene beggars description. Nearly
the whole populace was buried beneath the
ruins. Cries for help and screams Of pain
from the wounded beneath the ruins filled
the air, while those who escaped were call
ing for help to rescue fathers, mothers, wives,
and children. The first shock was followed
in quick succession by three others. Over
three hundred distinct shocks were felt be-
tween half-past , o'clock and SUNRISE In
fact, the earth was in constant tremble for
over three hours. A chasm was opened to
the extent of thirty-ive 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 Swan-
sea, Colonel Tregallis, of the Smelling Works,
was killed. Great desolation prevails through
out the vicinity ofLone Pine. -...'.
a dispatch to-day from Visalia says that
several shocks were felt in that city last night,
and are still coming from the southeast.
Persons anticipate finding immense chasms
in the mountains east Of Us as soon as the
snow disappears enough to permit investiga-
tons.
There are runlors of u volcano in active
operation having been seen from the summit
OF GREENWOOD mountain, sixty miles south
of Visaia. The Indians in that vicinity have
all left, fearing recurrence of general con-
vulsion of nature, which, according to their
traditions, occurred in that region some hun
drcds of years ago, and created what is known
rs Owens's River Valley, but which was be-
fore chain of mountains.
The section affected by the earthquake was
sparsely inhabited, mainly by people engaged
in working silyer-bcaring lead mines.