Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-08-12
An Earthquake in California Causes Citizens
to Seek Place Of Safety
HILLS RENT WITH FISSURES
Fruitful Valley Of Los Almos Awakened bya Terrifying
RumbIng snd Rocking of Mother Earth

many of them, fearful of of repetition
of the experiences, Immediately started
on foot or by any conveyance that
could be had for places where the pre-.
vious shocks had been less severe
In tho darkness of the night it was
| impossible to determine the full extent
of the destruction wrought, but with
the dawn of day the stricken village
presented the appearance of the ruins
of city long deserted. n church had
been levcled 20 the ground and not one
brick building was left standing. Chin
neys had been wrenched apart and
thrown from their foundations Tele-
| graph andtelephone wires had been brok-
en-, and there was not n building i'll town
that had not been damaged more or less
seriously. In store buildings that were
not totally destroyed the merchandise
was thrown from the shelves and every
thing breakablc was destroyed. Not a
pane of glass was left in any part of the
town, and the frame cottages and
dwellings that were left standing were
overturned and crockery and glassware
destroyed.
a conservative estimate of loss to
property in the village was $50, 900, nd
this amount will be greatly increased
by the damage done in the surrounding
country. Each merchant has lost at
least $500 on stock, and damage to
buildings has been great.
The extent of the most serious por-
tions of the disturbance is eleven miles
long and four miles wide, but the shock
was felt throughout Santa Barbara and
San Luis Obispo counties. At the
Western Union oil wells at Carriaga
two tanks Were wrecked and thrown
over and much other damage done.
Disturbances continued throughout the
day at intervals of two hours, but none
of the shocks We're severe. The people
have deserted the village, every con-
veyance has been taken, and the passen-
ger and freight trains that have left
here since the severe shock have been
loaded with people who are fleeing to
Santa Marie and the northern part of
the county for safety.
Since the first disturbances there has
been over seventy distinct shocks, and
and those who have been keeping REQ
ords have now given up, as the distur-
Dances have become almost continuous:
Prof. Samuel b. Christy, of the Uni
versity of California, said: while
southern California earthquakes are
unusually severe, it was nothing more
than could be expected. The western
coast of this continent is liable to have
such shocks at any time. 1t is well
known scientific fact that as the earth
cools in the interior the earth crest on
which we live is bound to give produc-
ing jarring effects of great intensity"
OMAHA: An earthquake shock which
was general over portions of Nebraska,
western Iowa and South Dakota oc-
Cured about noon Tuesday. Reports
say the disturbances were felt i'll large
number of towns in these states. Nc
damages have been reported, but the
shock was sufficient to rattle dishes and
effect bell towers in some places. In
this city the shock was barely noticed
and few people knew of it until report.
ed by the weather bureau. Californis
also was visited by very perceptible
shock but no extensive damage has yet
been heard of.