Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-20
THE EARTHQUAKE.
REPORTS from vAckviLLE. DIXON
AND WINTERS.
The .evercst Eer,aanGs Experienced
NIm-n InAA.

CALIFORNIA SHAKING.
The .eyerrst EariaunGs Experienced
Since isss
sAN FRANcisCo, April 10. -- The
/ Itavivst earthquake experienced in
! California since 1865 occurred shortly
/ before O'Clock tlis morning. The
/ country within 9lU miles OF san Fran.
/ risto was visited by shock which
/ varied IN intensity at different points.
In tiiis city "a large number Of build.
ings tVmhlrd purcCitibly, but only
/ ore sutiHiulng serious damage, an old
/ church building, which until lately
was occupied by the Acndymy Of
aclcnCcs. The front end gave way,
teariug away the balconies. Tie town
/ Of Nnenviilt, situated Ia the beau;iisl
| Naca valley, siNly.ilvn mites from san
l Francisco, was the coulter u the
etmlsic disturbance. On H. main street
| are numbor Of brick buildings.
These wcfO all badly damaged or TO.
tally destroyed, as wen ~ u number "
brick residences In the town and
| vicinity. Many walls fell outward
Into the street. which IL filled with
debris, but wor6men at once began 10
CLEAR u away. Many walls were " n
frnll character AMI eucoun.bed easily
10 the shock. Worry slight damage DC.
Cured to frame houses.
The only person IN ERcaville or
Vicinity reported HerlDusly injured N
Rev. q. o. Felkuor Of Fan joe, who
Wa struck by falling debris and sus.
iaiuud severe cuts and bruises, Several
lersons had
MARROW ESCAPES FROM INIuHY.
Dixon and Winter, towns Of about
one thousand Inhabitants, located rec.
p,ctively northeast and northwest Of
Nacav!lle ana within few miles u
thc latter place, were also scenes OF
considerable destruction. Tho Ma.
sonic Hall nj Dixon, "a twO.slOfy brick
block, was ruined, aud the falling
| VALE shattered two adjoining houfUr.
A fire which broke out Ia the ruin
caused some damage nj Winter, but
the damage was ltsscncd by mn Rbuud.
ant water supply. The house Of John
Thitlal, between Vacayillc anu WIN.
tcTt, was destroyed hy lire caused boy
an overturned lamp. The occupants
barely escaped with their iives. Al
Winters tho inhabitants for time
Were panic stricken, owing 10 the
severity OF the shock. There were
forty guests In the two.story Bliss
Hotel nj Winters, the walls Of which
collap cd, aud the fact that no one was
Injured Ia remarkable. The old anu
u1w brick schoOlhousCs uud several
new brick buildings In Winters were
cracked aud wr.nched from their
foundation.
Tho banks OF rutah creek cRyed In
and lssures opened In the bottom OF
thu creek. Thrtc miles wet Of town
an aero Ol rtOund slid into the creek
and snail iis,ure, were made IN the
county road, Several great bluldefs
were thrown from the hlllsidcs at a
poin, On the BorfyCssO road, near
Winters, blocking the roadway. Con-
siderable damage was done Ia Isolated
farm building, but no serious personal
itJurits are yet reported.
TIM qIwS or MONTICELLO,
seven miles from Winters, was nrst re-.
ported totally demolished, but u gem
tlcman arriving from there late this
afternoon reported that the damage
was nominal. The losses at NAoa.
VILE, owing 10 the destruction Of build.
ines aud other property, arc estimated
nt 100000; at Dixon, $50, 900, at Win.
tiers, from seventy 10 one hundred
thousand. Elmira, Fairfield, sanh
lt0sN, Woodland, Davisvllle and
Ben!cia report windows and crOckory
broken and number Ut chimneys
overturned. Some thirty or forty
other lawns report triiilng damage,
though all accounts agree in placing
the intensity OF the shock as greater
than any In recent years.
The number Of shocks felt differed
In various places. At some points
only one shock was reglstcred, while
at other places two or even more
occurred. The vibrations extended
from north 10 south and from east to
west. The single shock wa, generally
described rs being tue most intense, the
vibrations where more than one SHOCK
occurred becoming confused.
BUILDISus CRUsuED BY FAILING
WALLS,
DIXON, Gala, April l0.-An earth.
quake this morning caused considerable
damage. IL whs accompanied by fire.
The Masonic Hall was 20 severely
Damaged that II will have 60 be taken
down. Dugan's dry goods store and
Rockford's butcher shop were crushed
by tho falling walls OF tho Masonic
building. Several fires resulted, hut
the flames were soon eXtinguished.