Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-19
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
In California This Morning
Buildings Thrown Down.
HEAVY EARTHQUAKE.
snock Very Severe at Dixon,
Winters and Va aville.

Snock Very Severe at Dixon,
Winters and Va aville.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.-An
unusually heavy earthquake shock
was felt here shortly before three
O'Clock this morning rousing people
from their sleep. The vibrations
Iasled some seconds. 1t is reported
here that the towns Of Dixon, Win
ters and Vacaville were destroyed by
earthquake this morning. Wires to
those places are damaged and NO
particulars can yet be obtained.
MERGED, Cal, April 19.-Twu
distinct shocks of earthquake was
felt here this morning. The frs
occurred at 2:47, stopping the clock
At the El Captain hotel. the second
shock was three minutes later, start
Ing the clock again, no damage was
done.
WINTERS, Cal, April 10. AT
earthquake shock visiting this sec
ton at 2:45 this morning causing .
general destruction to property. A
large brick hotel, bank building
Bertholet's two story stone building
and in fact every building in town il
damaged. The loss will reach at
least $4,000. No one was hurt.
Contents of stores and houses were
piled on the floor in promiscuous
heaps. The shock was from east t.
west and lasted about five or siA
seconds.
GRASS VALLEY, April 19.-I'his
morning little before 8 o'clock
Two shocks of earthquake woke the
people up and ratified things. Di-
rection from north to south. No
damage was done.
NEVADA, Cal, April 19.--Two
sharp shocks of earthquake occurred
here two at 2:50 o'clock this morning
and lasted eight or ten seconds
awakening soundest sleepers and
created a wide spread alarm among
timid people. Vibrations extended
from northeast to southwest.
STOCKTON, April ia severe
shock Of earthquake was felt here al
ESQ this morning. No damage is
reported, but the scare was large
sized one.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.-The
first telegram from Vacaville indi
Gates that nearly every brick build
ing In town was shaken down and
nearly every chimney toppled over,
| SACRAMENTO, April 10. - Bees
Vacaville special says the citizens
have made figures on the total loss
in the town by earthquak, and esti-
mates place it at from $3.50, 900 to
$1,000
SACRAMENTO, April ia special
to the Bee, from Dixon says: "The
earthquake early this morning did
considerable DANCE to Dixon, and
was accompanied by fire. The Ma
sonic hall, a fine two-story brick
building on Main street, was so Sc
verely damaged that it will have to be
taken down. The walls are SO badly
cracked and bulged out In all direc-
tions that it cannot possibly stand {.
The cracks are in some cases, several
inches wide. John Dugan's dry
goods store, also a brick building,
was crushed in by the falling of the
south fire wall of the Masonic build
ing, while the north fire wall of the
latter building fell on j. Rockford's
brick butcher shop, completely
crushing II in. To add to the hor-
rOrs of the situation at this jucture,
fires broke out in John Dugan's and
Brown IL Coleman's stores. The
flames were soon extingulshed, but
not until considerable damage had
been done, especially to Dugan's es-
tablishment. The north fire wall of
Eppinger & Co.'S brick, corner of
Main and b streets, fell on the adj
joining saloon, owned by John
Rehneke, crushing the light frame
like an egg shell, and severely injur-
ing Mr.. Rehneke. The old Blum
building was wrecked, the walls be.
Ing cracked and bulged out. Fire
walls, both In front and back of the
Ross building fell, doing consider
able damage, The damage will be
$40, 600 or more.