The new North-west., 1872-04-06
Farther Particulars Of the Earthquake.

Farther Particulars Of the Earthquake
sAy FRAxcIsco, March 80 0-Dispatcles
frDm the volcanic district Of lnO c'"nly.
400 miles south Of San Francisca,. give ad.
ditjonxl dete,sils Ut the earthquake di.aster
~ Tuesday last. The shocks continue.
though with less violence. 1t il relnnrks.
b,e that only the first slight shock ut Tuee
tinv was fell in central and northern Gal!
,fOrups; CerrO GOrtlo is badly damaged
Some of the buildings were thrown down.
but only one man was killed. Lone t1ne
sep,ns IT, have been directly over the centre
ii the disturbance Among the Killed q
4 native of Texas, the remainder are all
Spanish Americans. The first shock Is des
,ribed 40 like park Of artillery fred direct.
" beneath the town. Col. Whippse. who
was in the secDni story Of an adobe house.
states ,l,a, he had just time to jump from
bed and get 10 the doorway, when the house
ppesrs,l II crumble 10 pieces around hl"
lie was buried in the ruins. hut succet'ded
in exiricsting himself fr''m the debris.
although suffering from several painful
but not dangerous wounds
The scene ut Lone Pine beggars descrip.
zion. SCREAMS and gr.Mns rent the mir !"
MI directions. and nearly tne whole p"nu.
I,,ion was hurled beneath the ruins. The
cries far help and screams at pain from the
woundc.l filled the mir. while fr'm the
ruins tMme who escaped were calling tor
| help +, rescue their fathers. brOlhers. wives
nui children. The first shock was follow
| el in quick succcssi, IL Ivy three Others, and
,,ycr three hundred distinct shocks were
felt between half past two O'clock and sai1.
rice: in fact the earth was in constant
shakes aud trcmbles for over three hours.
4 cl,as,a was opened extending over thirty
five miles down the valley. and ranging
tru,m three inches Ia forty feet wide. Rocks
were ,.rn frOm their places and rolled down
| into the valley. Everywhere Throughout
IN. valley are 10 ls. seen the effects Ut this
| terrible cOnvuisiOn 1T nature. ;i.e. @l 81.
AT Swansen. Col. Fregallas. of he sn,rlt
ing works, MAS killed. There II much des
Olsii,n a,puUg the inhabitants Of that place
and Lime Pine.
!" 4 dispatch IT, day fmm visalis. says tha,
several shocks we're felt In that city last
night. and they are still cunning irOm the
lsOul heast ...-,,...g ....-...-i .,-..,......
Many per.ons anticipated the finding oi
i,mm,enss cl,as,ns in the Mountains east Ol
us. % ANN ~ thsS snow Disappear enough
IN ndMit Of Investigation. fe.s. a.,,a ,,,-..
Runners Of, . volcano in active operation
40 beng seen trDna the summit Of Green
lsOdd Mountain 60 miles st,uthea&t Of Visa
liz. are IN circpl.tion. but they are cons'd
cred xt least dubious. .ytrg..,
The Indians IN tha. vicinity have all lef,
fearing the recurrence Of . general cOnvul
sion Of nature, which. accDsdinx tO thei
ssadi,ion. occurred there sogne hundreds 81
ysArs ago. ard created what 10 n,w know
. 10 Oweue River Waller, but what was befOr
the ssmVulsjOn chain Of m0antains
The section effected by the earthquake
!, ,Ispasssly inhabited. mainly hy psssoas work
ring The silver hearing lead ulineA .t,i.agt
San FranciscC,. March 8l.-Additiona
ahvices frNn lnvo cnunty. place the mum
her killed BY the earthquake on Tuesda
n thirty, and the number wounded ut On
In The desert ut. coun,ry, ;n1arv' stretching fro.
Oven's Lake 70 the Mexican line, arc ri
fcrAtess Misd innunSesaNle vOlcsns,cs wbic
tate slill active. and IL 10 supposed that sp,n
J q these Old vo)csnosS msy b IN .sruptio
a gentleman from rnde.ptsl dance ssser
That SmeIke aud ashNs con ID. di1etscsly ses
!; tgO she soathwisd VI that pjace. end vol
J haA leen bsOughi thcrs that lava hs4l bse
!. seen 6Ovlsx dOwn, tho mnuntain side, b'
the rvp,rt h1s MT hesn xulhenticated.. RI
y shncks coMllnued tU decseass up ~ THUR
> asy sAOsainG. when ovarn = thousand hs
7 80 s:ssssG: :. ...s a;,,Is !Iis a.;i
af Sssss fssf tS9iSV IL sstfse, .Gf sSsisu
II Soomdi.g eboaSsyysf ii Il RolanileaW
III ,Owess LakA luA siaen tpps feqt, Sipce d
9ssta. asSo;ltsSx S&ssi,Sls & SSf SSf dSsSy Cd 81 |,
yof'skme 11lef Il iiecS6ed. 1got 1890 s9GI
11Ha ~ g'dtssseeG Of sthrep q, 1ev4t milk
sa4ohe,egh LpsA RneS jhs ylssh fs3cted, b
a,l eide Hslpalpine alAltOnery. wStlo the 9th