Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-10
CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKES
Details from the Pacific Papers-A Rum
BILE and Grumble All Along
the Coast.
InRumerable Shocks and Vast Destruc
tiOn Of Life and PrOperty-A List
of the Killed and Wounded.
Lone Pine and Inyo Comfy Statistics
Of ERrthqHakes-A Shock
ing Record

! The California papers which have
! reached us contain lengthy accounts Of
/ the recent earthquake, which shocked
I every part of that State, and was par
( ticulaTly disastrous and severe i'm InyO
leOsHSy, The Vidalia Delta, of the 2Sth
Of March, says: "The motion was unlike
| that of any other shake we have felt.
I The great shakes of 1866 and 1865, as
Z they visited San Francisco, consisted Of
/ sort of rotary motion, as If things
under the surface were being ground to-
l gether as by the revolution of mill
Z wheels; but this seemed more as if some
solid body was being projected against
/ the house, the effect being like series
Of bumps. 1t was accompanied by a
/ great deal Of noise, resembling the roar
Of distant G8QnOnadi1g, and this pre-
eeded the shocks a. the flash of a can
non pIeeedes the sound qf is discharge;
indeed, semetimes the
ROAR And RUaBLING
oould be heard and not be followed by
any shock. We are most happy 90 say
! that. 50 Tar as we can learn, no personal
injury was sustssaed BY any one in this
region, either from the violence Of the
visitation or the panic Whieh always az
tends a tfem6lenent de terre, Al BQrters-
vile, DR.. AtchesOn reports that the
racking was more severe about his home
than here. He 4leptions that many
places in the bed OF the Portersville
slough were changed frOm arg send to
wet, bOggy soil in several instances col
umBs of water were lifted in the air, and
sufficient raised to cover the bed of the
slough and make quite a stream. Large
q
chips, etc, were thrown to the surface
from considerable depths; and in the
hard road
SEAMS WERE OPENED
for hundred yards or so. Thechimney
of the POrtefsville hotel was thrown
down, and considerable patent medicine
was spilled In the drug store. The
cbinHeys at Vandalia were toppled.
The Maffposa Gazette, of the 10Th, says
a series of very severe earthquake
shocks took place on Tuesday morning,
commencing with heavy one at half
past two o'clock, which continued with
a remarkably sensible osaillating motion
for a period of time estimated from one
to three minutes. II subsidized, but there
were occasional vibrations until after
sunrise. The
SECOND HEAVY SHOCK
took place at quarter past six o'clock
IN the morning, and the same motion
was noticed az in the first instance,
though not as violent nor as long con-
tlnned. So far as heard from, il was
much more severe than anything OF the
KIND which has ever been known in this
region. IL appears to have been more
violent IN the mountains than on the
plains. At IUrlOck station il awakened
everybody y rattling window panes.
glasses, and crockeTy at fearful rate.
The shock Of quarter-past six was Sc
were enough 70 interrupt our morning
nap a minute or two. It's duration was
peIhaps twenty seconds At Aiefced il
was not quite As heavy. Al HoFnitOs,
the plastering Of some Of the buildings
was cracked At the Bear mountain
toll house, our Dutch. friend, Philip,
SAYS: "The first thing knows l shust
finds myself on the floor, in the middle
of der room. I dinks somebody prOke
in NIT der house inside, and
sHoosF GRAB MINE sIx-sHOOTER,
but pOoty soon he comes again, and he
shakes and shakes, and don't much
more as stand up and hold myself. "
He says there We're not less than twenty
five shocks, At Bear Valley and Prince
ton it was seVefs, In MaripOsa it stir
red every man, woman and child out of
bed. SchlageteEs hotel was emptied in
quick time One gentleman and lady