The morning call., 1892-04-20
THE WRECK AT WINTERS.
Several Persons Injured, Many Build Ing,
Destroyed and Tombstones Crushed.

Several Persons Injured, Many Buildings
Destroyed and Tombstones Crushed.
WINTERS, April 19.-Main street pre.
sents badly wrecked appearance, al
though buildings are still standing.
The large new ID. V. Bliss Hotel, at
the junction Of Main street and Rail-
road avenue, suffered considerably, much
Of the brick front caving into the
street. There were about 30 guests asleep
In the hotel when the shock occurred, and
the men. women and children ran terror
stricken down the stairs. On reaching the
Office they found chaos all around, the
plaster having fallen. the walls opened and
the furniture scattered In confusion. The
kitchen was also badly shaken, and the
wife of the cook, Mrs. Bertha Roberts. was
rather severely hurt by falling plaster. So
far as known. she is the only person reeeiv-
Ing injuries, although many miraculous es-
capes are reported. Crowds gathered around
the scene OF the wreck, and business men
are figuring their losses.
The shelving in Day & Wyatt's drugstore.
was emptied Of Its contents and the firms
loss will reach $780, A great smoke was
caused by the mixing OF the chemicals In
the wrecked store, but fire was averted by
Mr.. Wyatt, who sleeps in the store. Sixty
feet OF the frewall Of the new Chadwick
building on Main street toppled westw ard
upon the frame roof OF Judy Bros stable,
and crashing through completely buried six
horses in their stalls, though singularly not
badly hurting them. To-day the school
house, just finished by Contractor Silas
Carl OF Sacramento, was to have been
turned over to the trustees. The brick
foundation was cracked, the chimneys
thrown to the ground and the plaster torn.
The old schoolhouse is so badly wrecked
that no schoo! is being held to-day. The
loss TO the town Is estimated ct between
$4,000 and s100, coo. At the graveyard tomb
stones were wrenched around or completely
shattered. Near the town the bank Of Putah
Creek. ten feet wide, caved in, and along the
bottom OF the creek for great distance rents
were made by the shocks. West of here.
ABOUT three miles, an acre OF ground slid
into the creek. On the county road this
side of the cave, are great cracks in the
ground. Reports are just beginning TO come
in OF damage in the country hereabouts.
Two miles southeast of Winters j. X.
WOlfskilPs stone house was totally
wrecked. He was asleep with his wife
when the wall crushed in, just missing tie
bed and saving their lives. In PleasantO
Valley lamp in }. n. Thisseli's house was
thrown down. 1t exploded and fire fol-
lowed. The house was wholly consumed.
In the residence of j. A. Devilbiss the wall
was separated from the floor so that man
might put his leg down the aperture. Up
the Berryessa road the passage is block ed
by immense powders. some weighing sew
cEal Lous, WHICH were IDTOWn Win mighty
force down the billsides into the road. Ii is
near this point where the rents in the road
were noticed. William Bankers adobe
house across the creek was so shaken
that 1t is dangerous to enter 1t. There
is a distressing rumor af0at this after
noon about the demolition of the little own
of Monticello, II miles from Winters. There
is no railroad or Geographic communication
Herewith, and at this time there is no way
OF verifying reports, w. j. Pleasent's house
in Pleasant Valley was wrenched from its
foundation. From all around come reports
of wells filling up with eaving earth and
narrow escapes from awful fires aud death
by the falling of burning lamps in sick
rooms What is most mystifying in the
face of all the damage done is that no lives
were lost and very little injury TO persons
is reported. The Bank building on Main
street was wrecked. There is not a whole
window left in any house on that street In
the Office of the Express forms were pied,
type emptied from cases, and the old Wash
ingtOn press, weighing over a ton. knocked
over. A big job press suffered similarly.
Editor Rust, after viewing his wrecked
Office, philosophcally concluded that il
would be cheaper 20 move out, and he is
cow doing so.