The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-19
SAN FRANCISCO
HASESUFFEPED
MANY TIM les
RUINED CITY HAS ExPERiENcEDs
TWO HUNDRED EARTtI-
oUAkES IN PAST
CENTURY.
BUT ALL THE OTHERS ToGE
CS ARE NOTHING COMPARED
TO YESTERDAYS.

forraia Jas suffered from seismic dis
turbance. more or less. as far back
as history makes record In 100
years it IS cst;ToaSe-+ that tEn sstSter-s
ranean forces have been made mani
fest zoo times. but the combined esIsct;
in that period is not comparable with
the result of the present catastrophe
1t is a matter OF dispute whether
the convulsion of 1865 was assgreatsa5
calamity as that of 1872 In March OF
the latter year there WAS an uIt-s
heaval in the Inyo valley which car
ried over an area of hundreds OK
square miles. Ten small villages were
destroyed and the loss of life was be-
tween 80 and So &:
San Francisco lay on the line of the
vibrations. but there were not SO many
pretentious buildings in the city then
as now. though all were shaken The
walls of the municipal buildings were
cracked and thrown out OF plumb
The famous old Lick house was So
twisted that It had to be practically
rebuilt. Two men were killed by fall
ing debris, and fires were started by.
the overturning Of OIL lamps.
Animals Strange Uneasiness-
The earthquake was preceded by
day before the shock was felt dome5-
tic animals betrayed strange un-s
easinesS. and in many instances tnes
hackmen were unable to make their
horses move. Dogs howied all night
and immense flocks of crows settled
in the outskirts and did not take
flight again until after the first Strem-s
bling of the earth Theterror OF the
dogs was especially noticeable.
The same phenomenon had been OBJ.
served in 1852, when San Francisco.
then city Of less than 40. .oeo fnhabi-s
tants, was severely shaken bysa series
OF shocks No lives We're IoStSand tbs
damage to property while large Tor
those days. was not comparable In
proportion with the later erssvisitations..s
Between 1852 and 1868 there were
more than 100 shocks or tremblers,
as expressed by the Spanish residents
but none of these was regarded as OF;
sufficient importance 10 be called au
earthquake The several shocS on:
.SCS <,>::Sr[I zse death cESSt-<e of four
perso-s \ The territory a3Sacentz to-
and south Of the ciry- butSa complete
record of the exact loss OF life and
damage to property was never COM
piled e.
Many Succeeding Shocks. =
Slight shocks We're felt In; 1892 1884,
1896. Santa Barbara was visited by q
tidal wave, which washed oEerE the
boulevard and carried away a large:
part Of the street At the same time
the seismographs IN the Observatory
were visibly aSitated, and sam Fan
cisco had one OF its periodical Shakes
but It did not do extensive damage
In 1887 there were IS shocks. which:
took in about the same area
The next quake was in. 1885. san
Francisco was startled at o'clock In
the morning by a sharp report which
seemed to come from the sea- z his
was followed Immediately by say
ing of the walls of buildings. piece
of the cornice fen from the top5 ola;
building on Market street
The next earthquake regarded as5ofs
moment was in 1900: 1T was not as
severe as its predecessor. The diGec-
ton Of the seismic wave was the
same. Natives were not alarmed even
when the walls of the st Nichols Ho-.
tel collapsed and guests were thrown
out of their beds. In 1904 there was;
severe seismic disturbance In Los.
Angeles, which was felt throughout
that city for several miles around-sNo:
actual damage was done -