The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-04-21

The following items are taken from the
| different newspapers arriving in Eureka by
Fridays train:
Wednesday night 10 San Francisco bread
| was selling at zoe a loaf and milk at l5c a
| glass. There was no other food to be had.
The Hibernia Savings Bank. the great
| bank of the middle and poorer classes of the
Pacific Coast, is a mass of ruins.
The History Merchants Exchange and the
Mills Building are burned.
Every grocery store in San Francisco not
burned has been taken BY the authorities and
| each family is being sold one article at a
tima. General Funston has announced that
| rations would soon reach the city and then
the people would be supplied from the Pre-
sidio. Bakeries have already been built within
the military reservation and the bread supply
has not failed completely. The Government
| has also begun to aid in transporting the PEG
pie out of the city to Oakland, Berkeley and
Alameda. Tug boats and river steamers arc
being pressed into service for this purpose.
At Oakland great damage was done, Many
chimneys in private houses and buildings be-
ing thrown down. The loss will aggregate
| several hundred thousand dollars. Following
are the names of those whose lives were lost
by being crushed III a collapsed rooming
house: Otto Wisher, Amelia Wi her, Mrs.
Ed Marney. Unknown man, and John Judd
who dropped dead of heart disease.
The most damage suffered in Berkeley was
the falling in of the Town Hall and the com
plete ruin of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
Messengers bring the sad tidipgs Of the
destruction Of Healdsburg, Geyserville, Cloy,
erdale, Hoplaud and Ukiah. This report
takes in the country as far north as Mendo-
elmo and Lake Counties and as far West as
the Pacific Ocean. 10 every case the loss Of
life and property IL shocking,
August Schilling, the millionaire tea mer-
chant OF San Francisco, was in Washing,
ton with his family en- route to Europe when
the news of tn disaster at San Francisco
reached him. They will return to California.
Mr.. Schilling said, MY property has been
swept away as completely as l never had a
dollar"
Down on the water font In the city the
earth seemed to have sunk from six to eight
inches and great cracks appeared in the
streets. Car tracks were twisted into all
shapes. and buildings before they were de-
stroyed by fire were seen to be completely
out Of plumb.
The SOUTHERN Paci6c Company is reported
to be doing its uimost 20 get the people opt Of
the city, and is not charging refugees for
transportation. President Il. II. Hartman
las left New York for San francisco.
Prof. George Davidson of the University OF
California makes the following statement re-
garding Wednesdays earthquake: 1.-The
earthquake came from north to south. aud the
only description am able to give of its effect
to me is that of q rat terrier shaking a rat. l
was in bed but was awakened at the FIRST
shock. The first shock came at SIP o'clock.
The first go SECONDS were the most severe.
From that time on it decreased gradually for
about 80 seconds. There was then the slight.
est perceptible lull, then the shock continued
for 80 seconds longer, being slighter in degree
in this minute than in any part Of the pre-.
ceiling minute and a half. There were two
very slight shocks which ! did not record at
5:i7 and 5:27. At $50 p. IN. there was a
sharp shock Of several seconds. Regarding
the cause, | maintain, as | always have, that
it j. the earth cooling on the inside. The
cooling brings about a contraction which is
bound to create . read lustmeEt On the eagth's
surface.