The record-union., 1898-04-01

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3l.-To-
days reports from the interior indicate
that in the south the vibrations died
away in Monterey County and in the
north in Mendocino and Colusa Coun-
ties. The most northerly towns re-
porting damages are Ukiah and Colusa,
whose distance from San Francisco in
an air line is practically the same.
The center of the shock or the point
at which its greatest energy was ex-
pended was at Vallejo and Mare Is
land There the damage was great
but other towns in the immediate VI
cinity or some thirty miles away do
not report anything Of consequence.
The loss at Mare Island Navy Yard
cannot be fixed until the Board OF Sur
vey completes its work, but the loWest
estimate is now $250OOO.
In San Francisco investigation made
to-day failed to reveal any more serl-
Gus damage than has already been re-
ported.
The schooner Rufus E. Wood was
sailing for this port, and was some dis
tance south by east from Point Reyes.
So great was the shock that the yes
sci was struck aback The second
mate. who was in charge of the deck,
thought that the Wood had run into
a submerged rock or the hull of a
derelict. He sent for Captain Mclean,
and in a few minutes all hands had
tunbled on deck and were standing
by. ready to lower the boats.
The shock was also felt by several
other vessels at sea.
GREAT DAMAGE AT VALLEJO
AND MARE ISLAND.
VALLEJO (CaI), March 31.-Work
on the navy yard has been shut down,
and the LOO employees are idle on
the streets of Vallejo. A conservative
estimate of the damage at the navy
ward places it at half a million dol
lars.
Only two buildings on the Mare Is
land Navy Yard escaped damage, the
administration building and ordnance
store-house and workshops. The saw
mill and paint shop are mass OF ruins
and every building, except the two
mentioned. has sustained some dam
age. The hospital, a three-story brick
building. is cracked from top to bot
tom. and every joint seems loosened,
while the plastering is strewn every
where. Several narrow escapes are re-
lated. and many patients received Sc
we're shocks.
In officers row every house is dam
aged, gables being down and chimneys
demolished. Admiral Kirkland's house
shows the least. although it was dam
aged heavily inside. The house of civil
Engineer Hollyday Jared the worst.
All departments have ceased work,
except that of equipment and the yards
and docks The great chimney of the
power-house is cracked in several
places, and will have to be rebuilt. The
east wall of the steam engineering
foundry has fallen, and the interior
is badly wrecked The machine shop,
which adioins it, is also damaged, and
the machinery disturbed to such an
extent that it will have to be over
hauled throughout.
The electric plant which lights build
ings and grounds was badly shaken,
and flooded so that there will be no
light for two or three days.
Building 60 used by. the general
storekeeper, is probably damaged the
most. and will undoubtedly have to be
condemned The north wall has fallen.
and the walls on both sides are crack
ed. The south wall stands six inches
out of plumb.
Building 81, just across the street.
is in much the same condition, and a
blow of a sledge would cause the south
wall to fall.
One naval officer estimates the dam
age at q million dollars.
All the complicated and expensive
machinery is out of place. and will
have to be taken down and put UP
afresh.
The damage at Vallejo alone is csti-
mated at $50,000
The disaster at Mare Island may in
terfere seriously with the war prep
arations which have been going on
there. A force of LOO men, the
largest in the history of the yard. has
been at work night and day rushing
repairs on several vessels. Now all
work must cease in many important
departments for an indefinite period.
The marine barracks is but slightly
damaged, being comparatively new,
Fortunately the great stone dry dock
in which the Charleston was berthed
is uninjured. The sentinel who was
on duty there states that it looked as