West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-08-01
PEOPLE FLED IN FEAR.
A VILLAGE IN RUINS.
Remarkable Seismic Disturbances In
the Valley of Los AIamos, In Santa
Barbara county-The Extent o.
Country Most Severely Affected Ia
About Eleven Miles Long by About
Four Miles Wide-Quite an Amount
Of Damage Dona

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, AUG. l..
-ANoTHER SEVERE EARTH.
QUAKE SHOCK WAS FELT AT LOS
AL.AMoS, AT ESQ LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS ALMOST AS HEAVY AS
THAT OF EARLY YESTERDAY
MORNING. A SLIGHT SHOCK WAS
FELT IN THIS CITY AT THE SAME
TIME.
SANTA MARIA, CAL, AUG. -
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
WAS FELT HERE LAST EVENING
AT 7:2s O'CLOCK. NO DAMAGE
WAS DONE. TWO FAMILIES AR.
RIVED HERE YESTERDAY AFTER
noon FROM LOS ALAMos, FLEE
ING FROM THE SHOCKS ALMOST
CONTINUOUSLY FELT THERE. IT
is REPORTED A REIGN OF TER.
RoR HOLDS SWAY THERE, THAT
MORE FAMILIES ARE PREPARING
TO LEAVE.
Gan Luis Obispo, Cal, August l.
4 strip Of country Is miles long by 4
niles wide. rent with gaping fissures
fRd dotted with hills and knobs that
ssrang up by night as if by magic, a.
village In ruins and hundreds Of peo-
pie fleeing for their lives, were the
results of Wednesday nights seismic
disturbance in the valley OF Los Ala.
mos. in the northern part Of Santa
Barbara county. During the four
days previous to last night, that sec
1icn Of the country had been shaken
~ a series Of earthquakes without
precedent in the history or tradition
Of me Pacific coast, and the contiA-
rance of the disturbances and the in
creasing severity of the shocks have
so terrorized the Inhabitants that they
are leaving for other parts as rapid
y as possible, and even last night
the village was almost entirely desert
ed
First Shock Sunday Evening.
The disturbance began on Sunday
evening with 8 shock. which causee
several Thousand dollars worth OF
damage 20 property in the village
and the surrounding country, being
raore severe and more disastrous in
The vicinity OF the Western Union OH.
conpany's wells on the CaNiga ranch
This shock was followed by number
Of disturbances less severe and less
disastrous ana continuing through the
remainder of Sunday night and Mon
day On Tuesday night, beginning al
i2:-s O'Clock. there was another ser
les Of seven shocks, all Of wRjeh were
light In action these disturbances
Tese enabled the waves on pond OIL
water. The most severe shock OF the
eauEs s--ies occurred a. l:G0 o'c!cckI
yesterday morning. Hills were Shak'
eE aad twisted TO thei. foundations,
soi tAe valleys treEOled and ToAsa
like he uasts BE sr. face OF tie ocean
Great fssures = = ~ deep N the
Garth, hihs G.. ki,Es appeared In
lsvel valleys. springs o. water appear
ed IL places that had been dry, and
tRe general topography Of the valley
bad 5een changed IN many respects
The E.Siurbance had no general d.
rCc-Jn. but was what is known as a
= lister" Ii was proceeded with a
lo:e ike that OF distant thunder,
! Tnict Increased until the earth began
I rise and twist and the hias began
L uenbje.
People Rushed lnts Streets
With the first warning OF the
sound Of the approaching disaster. tie
| RrTo+stricken people rushed iRto the
streets and sought places Of safety In
vacant lets aRd reads, while many
1ea toward the nsighboring hills The
frSt vibrations were similar to the
preceding Disturbances in direction
and eject, but they were Immediately
followed by the most teTTttc shock
eVeC experienced in this section Of the
| state. TIE earth trembled and rolled
and twisted until il was impossible
tor people TO stand erect, and the ter
rorsGiekeE lhabitaAts crousbed To-
Eether in the darkness. fearful that
the earth beneath them might open
end swallow them The terror m
spired By the rumbiins ard trembling
o. the earth was increased by the
sound Of falling buildings, which gave