Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-20

the oldest landmarks In California, To-
 cstsd midway between San Jose and
 Santa Clara, has been demolished. ' One of tho curious effects of the
 earthquake was shown at Loma Prie-
 ta, eighteen miles from Santa Cruz,
 where nins house slipped down the
 side of a mountain, burying ten men
 in the ruins.
 Santa Crus itself suffered grisvously.
 The death list there is reported to be
 large.
 At Salinas, down the coast, near Mon- terey, which also suffered heavily, the
 town was practically destroyed. and the damage to property is estimated at upward Of s1,00e,o 900. with ten report ed dead.
 Great harm was wrought at Red wood City, where the Carnegie library among other buildings was completely destroyed.
 The little town of Gilroy is in ruins. Practically every building of impor- tance was either completely ruined or seriously damaged. So far as known no lives were lost.
 At Alameda about S1o,o0o damage was done.
 1 At Los Banos. on the border line of the county, several brick buildings were wrecked. The loss is $75,000. The earthquake did great damage to the buildings of Stanford university. Two lives were lost, student named J. A. Hanna of Bradford, Pa, and a fireman, Hans Stroh. Eight students were injured. The buildings wrecked are the Memorial church, the new H. brary, the gymnasium, the Memorial arch and the power house, The loss is $4,O00,OOO.
 The city of Santa Rosa, which only few hours ago was one of the most beau tiful spots in Sonoma county and one of the show places of the Pacific slope, is in ruins. It's destruction is complete. The cosmic forces brought annihila- ton. Jumbled and hideous piles of masonry mark the spots where shapely and beautiful structures stood. Ten thousand persons are homeless. Fire is sweeping through the devastated city. One thousand people have per ished. saG .s.... As the great seismic tremor spent it's force the entire business section of the city swayed and toppled over with a great crash, just as though the hand of Titan had suddenly come up from the bowels of the earth and with one sweep had brushed aside the pygmy structures that were in its way, as though they were buildings of cards, so swift and complete was the destruc- tion.
 Not single business building IS left intact. Main street is piled many feet deep with the debris of fallen build ings.
 Identification of many of the bodies thus far recovered is impossible.
 The destruction includes all of the county buildings. The four story court house, with its magnificent dome, Is an unsightly pile of broken masonry and gnarled and twisted steel
 Simultaneous with the last great shock came the bursting of the water mains. Only Q few moments later flames broke forth In score of places. Within an hour the city was doomed. What was not destroyed by the earth quake was consumed by the fire ihii
 At Los Angeles shortly after midday an earthquake disturbance was felt, and in the vicinity two distinct shocks were felt, beginning at 12:35, and the office from which this message was sent rocked like boat.
 About the same time news came over the wire from Santa Barbara that an- other earthquake shock had been felt there. While efforts were being made to obtain more details communication was suddenly broken off.
 Like toy puzzle railroad, the tracks from Monterey, Castroville and Pajaro are twisted and distorted. The country is literally torn wide open. Great de- pressions from which mud geysers spout shale colored slime are frequent. For half mile stretches the roadbed has dropped four to six feet.
 One hundred and twenty bodies have been taken out of St. Agnes Insane asylum near Santa Clara, and there are probably 130 more corpses in the ruins. The magnificent structure was 
 Eight dead Italians were taken out of the Italian hotel at San Jose. At that place the Presbyterian church, St. Patrick's cathedral and the High school were destroyed.
 The new Hall of Justice at San Jose, just completed at a cost of $800,0OO, was demolished.
 On the Pacific ocean shore the Cliff House. at the western end of Golden Gate park, the famous San Francisco resort. has been swept into the sea. It | is understood that the hotel has been | demolished and that not a stick or a stone has been left standing.
 There is no knowledge to be had here of the number of guests in the hotel at 1 the time, but the loss of life must l have been heavy.
 The Ciif House was one of the show | places of San Francisco. It was a long. four story building. built of red ! wood. and stood upon s high cliff over | looking the Pacific ocean. The entire building was painted white and was surrounded by wide versndss.
 Because of its unique location 1t was visited by all the tourists who came to San Francisco. Within a short distance of the cllf on which the hotel stood are the famous Seal rocks. where at certain sessons of the