Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-23
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
Startle the Inhabitants OF Northern
California Towns.
Several Villages Suffer From the Seismic
MISUNDERSTANDING Collapse, Win
dows Are Broken and Fissures
Open In the Earth - People
Injured by Failing Walls.

experienced severe earthquake shock
at n quarter to Tuesday morning
Clocks stopped all over the city, but no
damage is reported Dispatches received
indicate that the shock was felt
throughout the whole northern portion
of the state.
The earthquake was the most severe
since the disturbance of 1866. While
many persons were injured, thus far no
deaths have been reported, although
there are numerous unverified rumors
of loss of life in portions of the state in
accessible by telegraph. The loss to
property will probably reach 81, 900, 900.
At Williams brick walls were cracked
and chimneys Jared down. In many
houses in Sacramento dishes were top
pied from the cupboards.
STOCKTON, Cal, April 20.-The earth
quake was felt here at $3.50 a. IN. 1t
| caused great excitement, but did no Sc
| rious damage. The shock was also felt
| at Nevada, Nicolaus, Auburn, Chico
| and q number of towns in this district.
DIXON, Cal, April 2O.-Tuesday morn
inc at 3 o'clock a severe earthquake vis-
tied this city. The Masonic hall was
ShdOtCICtts iO Souoh Woil Vi
this building fell on John Dugan's dry
goods store, crushing it to the ground.
The north wall of the same building
fell on j. r. Koohford's butcher shop,
crushing it into splinters. The Ross
block had the front wall broken down.
| Eppinger & CO. fire wall fell on John
Rehmke's saloon, crushing it down and
injuring Rhemke badly. The Palace
lodging house was badly shattered and
all buildings in town were more or less
injured. All the chimneys in town
were broken. Several wind mills and
tanks We're shaken down. The goods
on the shelves in the stores were thrown
down. Immediately after the shock
several fires started, but were extin-
guished without serious damage. The
loss to this town is fully 100000.
VAcAvLLE, Cal. April 20.-This town
seems to have been the center of great
earthquake shock. Main street yester-
day presented a picture of great devas-
tation. The thoroughfare was blocked
with brick, lumber, mortar and tan
gled wires. There is not brick build
ing on the south side of the street which
was not more or less wrecked and some
of them are total loss. The shock
struck the town at 2:49 n. IN. and
lasted three-quarters of minute.
Fronts of buildings tumbled into the
streets: chimneys were twisted and
torn as if struck by n Kansas cyclone,
and the entire population rushed into
the streets That there We're no fatali-
ties is little short of miraculous, though
there were a number of very narrow
escapes. The fronts are out of Odd
Fellows hall, Masonic hall and score
of business houses.
News of the disaster comes from all
directions in this section. In Pleasant
Valley, between here and Winters, the
shock was terrific and not a chimney is
standing in the entire valley. John
Thistle, who lives in Pleasant Valley,
left lamp burning when he retired.
When the shock came the lamp was
overturned and the house with all its
contents was destroyed, the occupants
barely escaping with their lives. The
residence of Carl Gath, about three
miles from Vacaville, was almost total
ly demolished. Rev. o. o. Felkner, OF
San Jose, was visiting there and was
very severely injured by falling brick
and timbers. He was frightfully cut
about the head and face, having no less
than dozen wounds. The residence OF
w. j. Dobbins. near town, is a complete
wreck. Fred Hetton's brick residence
was also destroyed, the occupants es.
Gaping, they can't tell how. Mrs
Davis residence was completely
wrecked, the occupants having a clos,
call for their lives.
WINTERS, Cal, April 2o.-The shocl
at Winters caused great damage. There
was not chimney standing in the town
Tuesday morning. Main street pre-
sents badly wrecked appearance, al
though the buildings are still standing
The large new Bliss hotel suffered con
siderably, much of the brick front cav
ing into the street. There were abou
forty guests asleep in the hotel when ;
shock occurred and men, women an6
children ran terror-stricken down stairs
The shelving in Day g. Wyatt's drug
store near the hotel was emptied of it,
contents and the firms loss will reacl
$4,000. Sixty feet of fire wall of the new
Cragwick building toppled westward
upon the frame roof of Judy Bros sta
OleS ana crashing tnrouRn cOnplctel.
buried six horses in their stalls, though
singularly not badly hurting them.
school house just finished by the con
tractors was to have been turned owe
to the trustees yesterday. The bricl
foundation was cracked, chimney
thrown to the ground and plaster torn
The old school house is so badl,
wrecked that no school was held. Th
loss to the town is estimated at between
$40, 900 and 100000. At the graveyard
tombstones were wrenched around o
completely shattered.
From all around come reports of well
filling up with caving earth, and MAJ
row escapes from awful fires and deaf
by the falling of burning lamps in sic
rooms. In the office of the Expires
forms were pied, type emptied fror
cases and an old Washington pres,
weighing over ton, knocked over.
big job press suffered similarly.