Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-06-18

LOSSES
LISTED

stanford university lies about fiv,
miles to the eastward of Portola fault
Inc shocks succeeding each other in
stantiy were tremendous and the tai
structures and the unfinished build
lngs with soft mortar suffered greatly
The injuries are summarized as fol
lows;
/. The Memorial church. The spire
of wood weighted by tiles plunged
through the nave of the church. The
eoncussion of air forced off the church
front with the great mosaic, "The
Sermon on the Mount - The fyino
buttTesses of the tower fell crashing
through the apses Otherwise the
church suffered little The bells and
the organ are unharmed. the steel.
braeed walls are perfect, and the mo-
saics and stained glass windows are
mostly intact. The church will doubt.
less be at some time restored. but
with Spanish dome, rather than the
spire and buttresses of its American
prototype, Trinity church in Boston.
These structures represented the chief
deviation from Spanish types of archi.
lecture in the quadrangle. The ar.
cades, or cloisters, forming singular.
ly effective part Of the architecture
of the quadrangles. are little harmed.
?. Wreck of the unfinished library.
The great dome and its steel supports
are unharmed; their swaying complete.
ly wrecked the rest of the building
of stope and brick.
D. Wreck of the new gymnasium,
of brick faced with stone.
4. Wreck of parts of the art mu-
scum which were made of brick faced
with cement The central part of con.
crete strengthened by steel rods is in.
tact.
5. The Stanford residence in San
Francisco, huge wooden structure,
heavily built, was not harmed by the
earthquake but is completely consumed
by fire. The Stanford residence on
the Palo Alto campus, thick walled
brick stucco building, was crushed.
8. The inner quadrangle and eugi.
neering shops, of heavy masonry, and
one story high, are unharmcd.
Z. The outer quadrangle contains
four large buildings reinforced by
steel, the laboratories Of zoology, bo-
tany and physiology, with the tempo
rary library and the assembly hall.
Th,se are virtually unharmed.
s. The power house was wrecked
by the tall stone chimney, which was
snapped off like the lash of a whip.
o. The Memorial arch had It's up.
GER part snapped off and is split al
most to the base. so that II Is an en-.
ire wreck, This structure was Of
Prick, reinforced with steel and faced
With stone.
10. The Chemistry building lost all
Is chimneys and is externally dam
god by the fall of part of its stone
acing. The building and its contents
rs little injured.
IL. The four large buildings Of the
utter quadrangle, of brick faced with
tone, are somewhat damaged, the
History building least, the incomplete
lining building most.
IL. Roble Hall, the women's dO-mi
ory. of concrete with steel wires, Is
bsolutely unharmed except for the
all Of two ornamental chimneys.
13. Encina Hall, the mems dormi-
Dry, a very large, finely built stone
was injured by the fall Of
ione ehimneys, one young man being
illed. The building also has ser
'us crack in each Of two corners, but
otherwise unharmod.
The loss in all amounts 10 between
!. 900. 900 and 100000 The first
,pect Of the buildings is appalling.
But discouragement is an unknown
ea In California. II is men, not
indings, which make a university.
he future will know generous giver',
well as the past. and the example
the unstinted devotion Of the found.
will not be lost on the university
udents and friends David STAR
,rdan ini,the Pacific Mon'hly, for
Inc.