Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-04-09
Details Of the Recent Earth.
quake.

! SAN Francisco, March 30.-Di'
patches from the volcanic distric
E forty miles southeast from San Fran
cisco give additional details Of tn
earthquake disaster of Tuesday last
The shocks continued though will
decreased violence. 1t is remarkable
that only the slight shock Of Tuesday
was felt in central and northern Cali
fornia.
Cerro Cord was badly damaged
Some buildings were thrown down,
but only one man killed.
Lone Pine appears to have been
directly over the center Of the disturb
ance. Among the killed at this splace
was Mr.. Gray, aged forty two, a native
of Texas. The remainder were all
Spaiards and Africans. The first
shock is described as like a park Of
artillery fred directly beneath the
town.
Col. Whipple, who was in the Sec
ond story of an adobe house, states
that he had just time to jump from
his bed and get to the doorway when
the house appeared ts crumble to
pieces beneath lin. He was buried
among the rufus, but succeeded in ex-
+, tricati:.g himself from the debris, suf.
fering from several painful wounds
The scene beggars description. Near
ly the whole population was buried be-
meath the ruins. Cries for help and
screams of pain from the wounded
filled the air, while those who escap-
ed from the ruins were calling for help
to rescue fathers, brothers, wives and
children. The first shock was follow
ed in quick succession by three others.
Over three hundred distinct shocks
were felt between half-past 2 o'clock
and SUNRISE In fact, the earth was in
"A constant shake and tremble for over
three hours. A chasm opened extend
ing thirty-fvc miles down the valley,
ranging from three inches to forty feet
in width. Rocks were torn from their
places and rolled down into the valley.
Everywhere in the valley arc seen evil
dences of this TRIBE CONFUSION of ma.
turc.
At Swansea, Col. Tcrgallas, of the
Smelling Works, was killed.
There is much desolation among
the inhabitants of Lone Pine.
A dispatch to-day from Visalia says
several shocks we're felt last night.
Persons anticipate tho finding of
immense cbasms in the mountains east
of us as soon as the snow disappears
enough to admit of investigation.
Rumors of an active volcano having
been seen on the summit of GREENWOOD
Mountain, sixty miles south of Visalia
are in circulation, but are considered
at least doubtful.
The Indians in that vicinity have
all left, fearing the recurrence of a
general CONFUSION of nature. Which
according to tradition occurred there
some hundreds Of years ago and Great
ed what is now known as Owens River
Valley, but what was before chain
of mountains. The sections affected
by the earthquakes are sparsely in
habited mainly by people working the
silver bearing lead mines.
SAN Francisco, March 31.-Addi-
tional advices from Innoy County
place the number of killed by the
earthquake Of Tuesday at thirty and
the wounded at one hundred. In
Deseret County, stretching from
Owens Lake to the Mexican line, are
creators innumcrable. Several mud
volcanoes are active, and it is suppos-
ed that some Of these old volcanoes
may become cruptivc again. A gen.
tleman from Independence asserts that
smoke and ashes from q volcano were
distinctly seen to the southwark of
that place, and word has been brought
there that lava has been seen flowing
down the mountain. This report is
not authenticated.
The shocks continued, decreasing
in force, up to Tuesday morning, wher
over one thousand had been counted.
At Tibbett's rancho, fifteen miles
above Independence, forty acres o
ground sunk seven feet below the sur
face Of the surrounding country. hi,
Owens Lake has risen four feet sine
the first shocks. Owens River raj
over its banks, depositing shoals of fsl
on the shore, and afterwards receded
For distance Of three or four mile
through Lone Pine the earth cracks
and one side remained stationary
while the other sank seven or eight fee;
leaving wall Of earth three miles i
length where formerly was q plain.