The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-19
FRISCO in
| DANGER BEFORE
Frequent Earthquake Shocks
in California
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TOWNS RAZED IN 1872.
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Buildings Damaged IN San Francisco at
That Time Another Shock hi 1891
Slight Disturbances Are Of
Common Occurrence.

III y
and N, there was most severe earth
quake ID thn Inyo valley. The record,
state that several small towns wer,
destroyed and about thirty lives lost
The quake extended to San francisco
where thr walls Of several fine pabiit
buildings were cracked and damage was
done to the Lick House, famous and
historic San Francisco hotel. Prior Il
that, in 1852, the only earthquake o.
note In the state was one which took
place III 1852, and destroyed one 81
The ancient and picturesque missions d
the Franeisan Fathers In southern Cali
fornia. There Was also severe shock
at San Francisco on October IA, 1891.
A sojourner in San Francisro two
years ago, was struck By the frequency
af earthquake shocks Of tembleres, AZ
j the slighfer jars are Wmed SOMETIMES
two on three would fellow one another
within very shert period and the TEN.
bIor-s occurred Theoretically for ssy'
ers1 weeks. SONS alarm was felt ii
| the city BY The ncrscsis, bait assurance,
were given BY thr exprYts That ncthine
reed br f.sssd, and I've mere eoaservf
I tive newspapers did tkeir best III thTps
cold water on the reports of thsir con.
temporaries. In Gan Fr.saiseo Their.
III a desire not to burt the eity By pub,
fishing anything which viii rsk. IN,
fastener bit wary about settling
there.
Some extensive contracting work ss'
being done on the outskirts 81 IN. cifj
at the time and lasting was continual
The shocks were fTst laid To the hssvy
blasting, but finally the eity Isasa.t
thai seismic distarbarces we're s9iug IN
One Sunday II was discoveries tss'
the peak on one Of the tgin stsn.
towers Of the City Hall, which ssr
Frsnci.es is very proud d, since it L
on. Of the most magnificent building
in Tire esuntFt, costing 5000 ION {,
erect. bad been jsfred from is base, AMI
toppIed TO one side, as II II would fal
ints the street. tn. report spFesd that
the dsmaga to the peak bad beer eap@eg
BY an eartlaEske, and fhoussads D
people gathered tn view the tswsr 40
tsTwsgd il Was denied that the bgeal
ess esHsed Ivy quake. bif the pogulsl
idea still chung 20 shat -rport
The tembloFes Which occurred az bat
tilss were not Of any unnsusl s<vsrify
and the CslifoClians had beconr % 5tse1
to tkese slight shocks occurring from
tire TO tine that they paid NJ attsn,
ton 70 them until a portion Of fhe press
to0k mp the subject. cut strangers IL
THE city, asleep IN their beds. wonid
SOMETIMES feel them tFeEibIs as does
ship At sea, and see the gas Gxsnrs.
shake violently from side 10 eide, whils
glassware ratified all about
A pear on tvo hefore this the tower
of the Odd Fellows hsli vas sanblec
Into the street BY an earthquake
Other Great Earthquakes
The earliest earthquake which j re-
corded in history occurred n fss h. G.
when Euhosa wss made an island. 0nt
accompanied the eruption If Essnyius
- 4. D. 20, WHEN Porspeii and Heres
I4neum we're buried. IN 4. p. ~ tkerr
vas IA awful rsrthdGake in syria, Pal
sstnr sad Asia, destroying Hnrs thar
500 towns and entailing an immense loss
ef life Fifteen thousand people we're
swallowed up In one which occurred IN
A. y. f19T and 200 900 pershad n anr
in japan in ITe3 Between these qusk.s
there were years IN which shocks ae.
eurr-d IN many different portions Of
tie world, ssnnstimsS killing a. many
A. 10000 persons.
Oh qtlAkes in the United States, the
ira notable one recorded in this eoun.
try Is the oae which took place II the
Envn valley Of California II 1884
-h0ek- we're fslt over THE section II the
country extending from Washington 70
New York, but they were slight Then
eanse the most disastrous of all Earth
gHskes IN this country that ~ Charles.
Ton. :. G., in which forty enc LIVES wers
lest AMI property eetimstea ~ val1e
at s5.Dl7 900 vas destroyed. Many II
the bnis.1rzs we're topple over, These
shocks we're felt throughout the east
err portion q the euunty, even II Sew
York. but Charleston bore the hran3
Of the trouble. ard that i where the
Ioss ef life took piacr This earthquake
occurred "a august 81 1885.
What eau-es thr-e fremHliEga 81 the
earths crust il still q matter W dar1llt.
TIE earliest the1ry was that fhev were
produced by -1bterrarean clouds BURST
ing into lightning which sbok tic vaults
that confined them. Later on. ~ the
world grew IN kn0glcdgr. scientists sup.
posed that th~rc were nsny vast cavi-
tiss underground which hid eonmuai-
cation With Zach Other. zomr Of which
ataund-d ia water. ofhrfs With ezhals
fians arising from iassmmable sub
atsnees a. nitre, l,itmneu. sulphur, ete.
fahef aeientists attributed 3erthanA xc.
ii eIcctricitv. Some are supposed 10
u dnr II stenm aesierst~d hY aHbtn-
Fane0us heaty others % a contraction
TT the earths crust
Th-gr sYr works without end On tic
subjects hut IN then nre 10 he found
principally the theories of the wsifef-.
DR.. Th8ms. Young and Cav LHssac are
tWo nlen who have, however. eantfibuf.
"a e. the advancement df Igasvi=sg<~ Ia
regard 10 earthqnskes They remark
similarity Betwern -afthqaske saoek
saI Che vibrations ~ sounding bedies
1GaglAt. wins prepared The EarfaaaAhr
fafalU4ae w the BRITISH As4sleiat ies.
III alaH Ssn Applied tae kn8Nled4r IN
HI expert g1etlianieai rilgneu e94etler
with rightly egart measnfAHleAf apa
fHdusfiye fea.cHine 10 The sul5ezi vs..
catalogue enihraree thr recnr1 81 le
tween s.0gO aad I 900 eaethaua-z4-