The morning call., 1892-04-20
THE SHAKE AT HOME.
In This City It Was Severe, but tn
Damage Slight.

In This City It Was Severe, but the
Damage Slight.
The crust Of the earth shook and shlvered
and frightened timid persons here as else
where throughout the State In the gray
dawn of yesterday morn. but nobody was
hurt and 40 great damage sustained by the
buildings.
Some OF the tall sky-scrapers like the Mills
and Croker buildings wobbled around in
interplanetary space, q few old chimneys
toppled over, and the brick walls Of very
old building fell down with bang. The
waters of the bay swished and swashed
about good deal aud the wharves and piers
seemed TO have the agae, but no one was
drowned, no one even tainted from fright,
either on land or sea.
A good many people did like Mr.. Jones.
Mrs. Jones was up with the baby when the
shock came.
wake up, Henry" she said; "wake up,"
adding her punches In the ribs to the
earth's rhythmic movement OF the bed and
slumberer.
"W'as maiterp" said Jones. only half
awake.
Don't you feel the house shaking?
There's an earthquakep' said Mrs. Jones.
'Zath so" aud off goes Jones to sleep
again, quake or no quake.
Some of the men without wives and some
of the women without husbands were
awakened by the rumbling and shaking,
but they only turned over and went 10 sleep
on the other side.
1t was heavy shock. though, there's no
gainsaying that. 1t was the seyerest and
longest continuous vibration of the earth's
crust that has occurred in San Francisco
since the great quake of 1858.
The front brick wall of the old Academy of
Sciences building, at the southwest corner
Of California and Dupont streets. suffered
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long. loud bang and laid itself out In a great
many separate pieces on the sidewalk and
front of the lot. The old. old wall was
tired OF standing and perhaps ashamed Of
the uses TO which Ii was about to be put, SO
IL laid itself down for once and fer all.
Years ago. when the water came ND to
Montgomery street, or not long after that
period. this quaint stone structure was built
for church. The Congregationalsts wor-
SHIPPED In II for long time. Then it shell
tered the bones and things of the Academy
of Sciences, aud when that institution
moved out Ii stood vacant, cave for the rats
and spiders that haunted IT, Then its walls
were painted with Japanese figures and it
became for short time the Eden Musee
Then the spiders and rats had IL for a sea-
son, till the recent innovations were COM
menced 10 convert the old building into a
beer hall. The Dupont-street wall had
been taken out, most Of the flooring cut
away, aud the end walls left without proper
support. 1t isn't 10 be wondered at that the
front wall fell when the shock came. The
wonder is that all the walls didn't fall.
A peculiarly significant incident of the
earthquake was observed by gentleman
residing on Bush street. In the morning he
found all the pictures, except those resting
on nails at the bottom to preserve the
proper tilt. were out of plumb, as it were.
And The strange thing was, that all the pic
tuIes on the north and south walls were
hanging out of line about 80 degrees, and
all Of them with the same pitch. Those ON
the east and west walls were only slightly
moved.
Many OF the windows in the Girard
House at Seventh aud Howard streets
were broken by the shock.
Four windows in the saloon at the SOUTH
east corner Of Willows avenue and Folsom
streets were smashed, and the bottles
and glasses behind the bar pretty badly
shaken up.