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GREAT EARrnorAKn IN cAIIroRNI

GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
An earthquake of unusual violence
rackrd California north and south
carly in the morning OF April ID. 1t
was more destructive in some of the
towns than in San Francisco.
Main street in Nacavile Is a mass
of crumbling ruins from one end to
the other. The south side Of the
street is nothing more nor less than n
row of wrecked brick structures, the
street is filed with bricks and lum-
Der, the cracked editices are propped
up with huge beams to prevent them
from falling bodily into the roadway.
On the north side the buildings were
mainly of wood, and the principal
damage was in chimneys that came
down by the run.
In the two.story house of w. j.
Dubbius, Nacavle, two women were
buried under two feet of bricks and
plaster. They had pulled the bed
clothes over their faces at the first
shock. When dug out it was found
that they were not seriously injured.
The total loss in and about Naca-
vile is estimated at from $4,000 to
$50, 900. Two newspaper Offices
had their type pied. About 100
people were deprived of their sleep
ing quarters.
Dixon was also laid in ruins. The
cl ,t O.1 in,
few moments there was ruin on every
hand. Fire broke out in several
places at once, but the tiremen work.
ed heroically and prevented the
flames from spreading. Still thou
sands of dollars damage was done
by fire. The business blocks are
nearly all brick, and everyone of
them is badly damaged and some
hopeessly wrecked, Many of the
finest residences in town are wrecked
and not more than five chimneys in
town are standing.
In the country around Dixon the
loss was very serious; hardly a house
rests on it's foundation and some of
lucul ttlG llOJ L lC lOSoSG
to farmers will aggregate $4,000.
Woodlands received the stroke at
$40 a. m. The shock was series
of rapidly intermittent vibrations, at
first almost north and south and
changing frequently from east to
west. Much damage was done to
buildings and their contents.
Winters is described as looking as
though a cyclone struck it. Every
brick and stone building in the town
is damaged more or less, and some
! buildings are total wrecks. Mum
bers Of private residences are tota
wrecks. The loss TO the town is
from 100000 to $50, 900.
The earthquake stopped the two
standard clocks in Naval Observatory
at Mare Island, the first time they
were ever so affected.
From about score of towns anC
villages the report is of the severes
shock felt in many years, that o
1868 being the nearest rival.
In San Francisco the greatest re
suit WAS the downfall of the old AGA
deny of Sciences building on th,
corner of California and DupOn
streets. Workmen had been engaged
in@saring down this wall, in order t.
put in new front and change tn
place to theater.
Eastern visitors rushed out of thu
hotels clad in their night raiment
and were with difficulty persuaded
TO return.
Professor Davidson of the Coas
and Geodetic Survey timed the earth
quake at 2 h. 81 IN. Al 5. a. m. Ii
took a register of the vibrations an,
says it was one of those earthquake
that roar, being the second of tina
brand which he had observed.
III. l.. Rand, u. S. Consul TO tn
Caroline Islands who was rcfuse'
recognition by the Spanish con
querors of the group, left San Fran
cisco April Is for Washington.
A fire on the San Francisco waite
front April 10 destroyed Scott {
McCord's stables and damaged tn
Vulcan Iron Works. George Peter
son lost his life in the stables. Fiy
horses were roasted to death.
Dawson, lightweight champion &
Australia, defeated Gallagher, tn
Oakland fighter, in AZ rounds at tn
California Club.
The trouble between the Unite
States and Italy, growing out of til
Iynching of Italians at New Orleans
has been composed by the paymer
of $4,000 by the United States
Italy for the families of the victims