Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
A STARTLING REPORT.
Three California Towns Said to Have Bee
Destroyed by an Earthquake, Thi

Three California Towns Said to Have Been
Destroyed by an Earthquake, This
Morning.
SAN FnANcIsco, April l9.--It is reported
here that the towns of Dixon, Winters and
RAville were DESTROYED BY earthquakes
this morning The wires TO these places
are down, so that particulars have not
been obtained.
HEAVY SHOCK IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANcIsco, April l9.--An unusually
heavy earthquake shock was felt here
shortly before s o'clock this morning,
rousing people from their. sleep. The
vibrations lasted some seconds.
GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
WINTER, CAL, April Dan earthquake
shock visited this section at 2.45 o'clock
this morning causing general destruction
to property. A large brick hotel, bank
buildings, Bartolets two-story building
and, in fact every building III town was
damaged. The loss will reach at least
$4,000. No one was hurt.
The contents of stores and dwellings
were all piled on the floors in promiscuous
heaps. The shock was from east TO west,
and lasted about live or six seconds.
IT sToPrED AND STARTED THE CLOCK.
MERcEpE, CAL, April 1.-two distinct
earthquake shocks were felt here this
stopping the clock in FL Captain Hotel;
the second, three minutes later, starting
the clock again. No damage was done.
STOCKTON PEOPLE EXCITED.
STOCKTON, CAL, April l9.--A severe
shock of earthquake WAS felt here at $50
this morning. No damage is reported but
people were excited for time. 1t was
sharply felt at Nevada, Nicolas, Auburn,
Chico and other places.
SAN Francisco, Cal. April l9.-The
earthquake which shook up northern and
central California carly this morning was
the heaviest and longest known here since
the great earthquake Of 'GS, while the
damage caused was far greater. Thus far
no loss OF life is reported, but many per-
SONS We're bruised and there was large
loss of property.
Nacaylle, centre Of the great fruit in
dustry, is most badly damaged The
fronts of nearly every brick building in
town were thrown down, and in many
cases the whole structure is ruined and
will have to be torn down. These build.
| inss are very poorly constructed, usually
of n single course of brick, and the up
heava Of the earth brought the walls
tunlbling down in every direction.
| II was fortunate that the shock did not
occur during business hours, as the loss VI
life would have been heavy, Most Of the
lNsNANhtta uit NbShtll anu
| suffered But few brick dwellings are IN
ruins The safety % the occupants is dnC
to the rapidity with which they got out Of
/ doors.
Reports are coming into Vacaville OF
heavy damage in thecountry, where many
brick residences are ruined and frame
buildings were burned by the upsetting 81
lamps. Nacasille was undoubtedly III,
centre of this seismic disturbance.
AT Dixon several brick buildings fell
I but Il majority have walls cracked and
several are III dangerous condition.
III Frisco the shock was severe ant
guests in the big hotels were badly fright
ened, but no damage occurred. In til,
eight story Chronicle Building the las
| form had just been locked up when til,
pendulum and the frightened printers e2
pected to sec the ceiling drop, but nothin,
was even cracked.