The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-04-01
wrenched and the end foundation

Wrenched ana the END 1OunddtlOn
cracked.
The other building was machine shop,
and there would have been no more
harm done had the same thing hap
pened to it. T'he erd of the machine
shop is in place. but it is titled and
cracked and if it stands - to-mor-
row it will be disappointment. Both
buildings stood on t waters edge on
made ground and their end foundations
simply tilted Outward, ard in one case
dumped the whole end. which fell into
the tules.
The general storekeeper's buildings
are in bad condition. Both have bulged
out at the ends, and the main building
has dumped a few tons of bricks from
under the gable onto the ground below.
The other end is protected by ropes, for
1t is expected to fall at any time, the
most serious damage being shown on
the inside.
In the other shop buildings there is
not much damage apparent, but shaft
ing has been bent and machinery has
been displaced and I any of the work
men declare. they will not go back to
them when the achinery starts.
The officers quarters were stripped of
their Prevails, and in some instances a
good part of the end walls have gone
with them. There is plenty of splin-
tered glass and many a headless statue
and shattered mirror. but that was no
more than happened in the hospital and
all over Vallejo.
There were no men put to work this
morning, but at l o'clock work was re-
Ia No hos rod
in the shops, however nor will any one
be put to work until it is a certainty
that the shop buildings can stand the
strain of the machinery in motion. 1t
is not known how long this will hold
back the work, but it will probably be
Monday any way, before anything like
the former activity will be seen at the
yard. This will interfere naturally with
work on the Charleston, but the yard
people are only too glad she escaped
uninjured.
Divers were down outside the dock
this morning, but they found nothing
serious. 1t was expected that the crui-
ser had shifted a little, but a little
wedging of the shores put her straight
again. Just up the seawall a crack
was discovered in the granite and all
up the quay a crevasse runs between
the earth and the stone coping. but the
damage done is immaterial.
The electric light plant has been re-
paired sufficiently to supply the lights
in the houses and along the roads. but
it will be some days before the shops
can be lighted again. The water main
to the island is also out of use for the
time being, but there is plenty of water
over there, and the main will be fixed
before the supply runs out.
About the liveiest thing in the earth
quake was the old ship Independence.
"She tried to turn a handspring -
was the most graphic description one
old tar could give. She must have
raised several feet on a wave, and then
she pounded back into her bed in the
mud in a way to bring the raw recruits
and even the old tars out of their ham,
Knocks and upon the deck with a run
She was not much damaged, however
except as to furniture and fittings.
Already requisition for brick work
ers has gone in from the hospital, but
they are wanted to tear down, not
build up. The other departments have
also sent in similar acquisitions.
The board of investigation has fin
ished but half of it's labors and it will
be some days before the cost of repair
ing the damage can be figured up.
In the town of Vallejo the most Sc.
rious damage done was to st. Vincent.
Catholic Church. 1t is a brick build.
ing set high On a hill, and has been q
prominent landmark in Vallejo. 1t may
have to be rebuilt, for its towers are
wrenched and twisted from base t.
battlement, and the walls are very
shaxy. AT least $4,000 will be needed t
put it in condition again.