The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-09-12
TIDAL WAVES,
4hs 4fsmendoua epesd at Which
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The recent tidal disturbaaces observed
At Vancouver ialand and at New river, h
Neudocino county. indicate nnerrip0ly,
according, to the gentleman locally con-
necfed with the coast and geodetic sur
yey, that One or more earthquakes have
tken paace since the awful wave, that
caused tAs loas 4f q, ,Oe0 OF more uvess&
Yasso,i - juno e0s The eAap& dsaD Of
~ ti1hlY diStuEhanno 91t; cNaneeuv0
iala4d q pQt rkneMp. 20 list AhseejRa1
b question whether 6s7 mAnnse4e-
ton there and et New river worked the
samI natural coovplaion. The regiafer
attached to the tidal gauge at Sspsafits
told Of %hs YesSo calamity before unAt!y
Of the facts hid Deen fscsived BY c6bIe.
But the extent sok tAe inforDati"n
tnced on the aare1ram at 6ansalitQ -
tt IL, called, vas o1ly thaA there hAd bee1
an earthquaks which bad caused ~
ocean to updulate II An unusual way.
The observer At Sansalito reports that
when Aepencll ax<ached' 70 the tide reg
istS< was reeording the Jspsnese tidal
wave - soald rot ses anything unusual
nltbe eaYQearaoes ef tAAwa&erslu 30 q
Esrthqpake wayes Or tAoee givea riss
by earthquakes arc transmitted With
such uchenorneaeepss1<a 1<aetthsJ japan dis
aster was rseoeded abost II hours after
It occurred.
Fhe4s axe valuab,s records In The
, often ef H. eoast and geodetac survey
which ,aAow .beyoed question that .
speed Of ak miles minute. o. 800 miies
an hour, II to be expected under such
conditions, .5f.u 80 -
The overwhelming of simoda, town
on the island Of Niphon, appears TO have
been alnosta eomplete parallel In ply
sical manifestations with TIE recent oc-
currenee 1t Yesso. On tAs sad of De-
cember. 1854. . sharp e4<t thqualke shock
was felt in Simoda and npen th4 ship
ping 1T 3. q m. This was followed ct
quick intervals for half An hour. At
$3.50 the sea was observed washing into
the bay In one immense wave. 30 feet
high, with swfal velocity. ta
s In IN instant the town Of SimodA wae
oyerwheluned end swept high from. its
foundations. This advance. and recss-
sion Of ths water occurred many timea.
The Russian frigate Diana was hurled
about BY the rising add falling Of the
waters, which varied from less than
fset - more %Aan 70 feet
/ Capt. II. A. Adams wrote Of the ST.
moda dissster -shssr the ses rose five
! fathoms aboys it. ueual height, .tosea~
flowing the town an carrying houses
.sd temples t5rs Il NJ it, re<reat
When Il fell It lett but four feet s6 waAer
in the harbor. i roe and sank this
way i've O elk tipea. eovering -ths
shores Of the bay with, the wreck Of
hosts, junks and buildings. Only is
houses were left standing In the whole
plsce. The entire coast Of Jspan seems
- have suffered"
Thet terrific Aappeniae was recorded
by the tide regis1es - 6aa Francisco II
hours and p ulipntes lA4exs Tia dis
tance between 8imoas and San E1aA-
cisco Il 1, ,s17 naptical miles. The wave
tr.nsmission va1ied, acoordinR 70 two
estimateS, from 3s0 miles per hour to
$40 mihs per Aour. OF - miles per min
ute, which isaboatsix times faster than
the most spsea1 railrosd train travels.
Tie tide gauge wss established q
Fort Poi,t about 1851 spd was removed
to S.uaalito By Prof. George Dsyidson
in 1877. The drst large earthquake re-
corded ou the gauge sc this point was
that the Simoda. Tho great convulsion
atKrsktoa, "a nt1A Strait AZ Sunda, which
took place shaye Nv years a6o, was reg
istered at the aausalito tide gauge. and
the news that . great earthquake bad oc-
CURED was made public BY Prot. David
soa weeks 6efote the informat3on VA
otherwise knewb. From csieulat3ons
bassd % the ucord nads by the tide
gauge 1T Fost Point sfter the efmoda
disaster Of 1854 The coast and eoeaetie
survey estimated the Average dspth Of
the Pacific ocean. and the eaecuracy Of the
estimation has been sobsequently dep-
onstrated BY dsepsea sounaintn. tits
an interesting fAct, in view Of the recent
calamity - Yesss, tAa4 the loss of HE by
eeFthquske Disturbances up to 1sess on
the sntire ee<tA he's been at least IA a;0eo,-
600. Sen Francisco Call. .,.