The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-23
THIS WHOLE SECTION ONCE RAY
AGED By SEISMIC TROUBLES
THEIR RENEWED ACTIVITY NOT
IMPROBABLE In THE FUTURE

position on the part 0i the press oi W.
state 10 belittle the possibilities for
earthquakes IN the northwest as tbengh
| II were reasonable 10 expect any sensible
man 10 see any distinction In that re-
spect between the California coast and
the coast Of Oregon and Washington.
| The stubborn facts are that the n0rths
west coast has under gone some pretty
severe shakes In the past century and n
just az available a. San Francisco to
the recurrence Of such tremblors. There
are 20 prominent peaks In the Cascade
range from the Columbia to the British
Columbia line from which ernptioDs may
take place and from several Of them
there have been eruptions which are
fully attested. These were eruptions OF
Int. Tacoma In 1870. is43 and ls46; Of
Mt. 81. Helcns In 1881. 1912. ls43 for IS
days In 1894 aud In ls46. Any old
prospeetor. Ike James Taylor Of this
city who Il well acquainted with Mt. St.
lielens. can give evidences Of present
volcanic activity. Then there were erup-
ton Of Mt. Baker In 1920. lS46, 1853
and $780, OF Mt. Hood in 1881 and 1860
and Mt. Olympus In 1861 and in 1880.
besides the many Indian traditions Of
cruptions within the past century in
these mountain peaks there Is the evil
dence Of such reliable explorers as Fre-
mont. Father De Smet, Rev. Hines and
Rev Samuel Parker all Of whom visited
this country before 1860. In 1893 Prof.
F. @. Plummer read paper entitled
Recent Volcanic Activity in Washing
ton" at the Academy Of Science in Annie
Wright Seminary In Tacoma which at.
tmeted widespread attention. In It the
descriptions Of two comparatively recent
shocks, as follows,
""The most violent earthquake Of re-
cent times occurred in September Of the
year 1870. All evidence goes to prove
/ that the shocks came from the direction
of Mount Olympus in the Olympic range
I On the Cowlitz prairies stock was STAN
, petled, chimneys were destroyed. fences
were leyeied and IN the houses the
chairs rocked and clocks were thrown
from the mantels. AT Yelm there were
, observed two very strong shocks. fol-
lowed by several slight ones. Clocks
were stopped and many thrown down
Chickens were thrown Off the roosts and
chimneys and buildings were cracked
In many places earth assures were form
, cd. and in the Columbia river trail II
was necessary TO make repairs in many
, places TO prevent accidents TO horses
, Numerous cracks were found, some a:
, far east as 0kanogan and Yakima. In
many dull rumbling noise was heard
At Olympia houses rocked violently
throwing down chairs and destroying
Crockery, and child was thrown from
its bed. The maple trees swayed Il
and fro like inverted pendulums, and thu
people who stood in the streets to avoit
+ falling chimneys, were thrown to th'
ground. In Lewis county many chin
\ news were broken off close to the roofs
The sidewheel steamer Aida was lyinI
at her dock at Port Gamble with he
stern pointing north and the dock to tn
westward, Her officers and her men were
startled by a strong blow against tn
guards on the port side, and rushed on
upon the dock thinking the steamer ha'
been run into. A strong swell immedi
ately began to roll the boat, and from
the excited people who had rushed int
the streets, they learned that an earth
quake had occurred. Gamblers deserte,
their tables, leaving their gold in tn
scramble to get out from under tn
buildings. II may he presumed tina
Port Gamble was well and truly named
With this earthquake is connected tn
fall of large portion Of Mount Tacoma
for upon the first clear day. followin,
the shocks il could be clearly seen tina
the Liberty Cap Tor north peak) ha'
lost about so acres from its southern
lend, which had been detached from tn
main part of the peak and was distri
buted down the western slope, TIL
Liberty Cap now shows q nearly perpen
dicular face on the southern side whic
is plainly visible from points south o
Yelm. Were the evidence as to the d
rection of the earthquake less clear
might be argued that the falling of thi
immense mass produced the shocks, bu
the reverse il probably true. The Puy
allup Indians have tradition that Q
one time Tacobet Mount Tacoma
broke near the summit, A point fell O
and drifted over to the Olympic = bu
never before."
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