Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-04-25
Portland Or,egonian.


Tin. steamer Alliance. which arrived
here at 10 o'clock last night. brings the
repurt that the earthquake that laid
SEn Francisco IN ruins also played
havoc with all of the smaller towns
ard cities along the northern Califor-
mia coast as far north as Eureka. The
lighthouses at Point Arena and Fort
Bragg are badly damaged. and the City
OF Eureka presents a dilapidated APP
rearance. nearly every window having
been shattered. The brick buildings
were badly wrenched, and will be re-
paired and the water mains were
broken, leaving the water supply shut
on for several days.
Feels Quake At 1ea.
Captain V. Kelly also reports that
the earthquake was felt very distinctly
at sea. The Alliance was off Hum
boldt Bay the entrance to Eureka,
Wednesday morning. and the vessel
shook so violently that he felt certain
that she had drifted on some I'M
chartered rock, until soundings showed
that She was in deep water There was
no tidal wave, but the sea simply sank
and rose Violently. pounding the bot
tom OF the vessel exactly as though
she had bumped upon a string Of rocky
lodges.
I'VE were waiting for daylight of
Humboldt bar. and about mile from
| shore Wednesday morning" said Cap
fQ3v, KI11v IN, vA1 <{x,cr ukwr
perience. "Just at daybreak we saw
steamer coming from Off shore. and
we started to 60 in, SO as to reach the
bay before the other steamer came out.
We were hooked on fun speed, ard
when about a quarter OF mile from
the ben buoy on the bar the steamer
shook as II she had struck rock. She
trembled and apparently stopped dead
still. and ordered the engines full
speed astern. I told Third Cfficer Dea-
con. who was on the bridge with me
at the time, to get the lead and sound
the death OF water He found the
depth to be II fathoms, or q feet, and
go altered our course ana headed
slow bell to sea again.
Thought Steamer Struck.
"The engineer reported that the
steamer had struck five or six times,
but he could not understand what we
had struck. I came to the conclusion
that we had experienced an earthquake
and Third Officer Deacon coincitied
with my theory. The sea. which had
been comparatively calm. became sud-
denly ruffled. but there was no tidal
twave. and 1t soon claimed down again
I'VE swung around and proceeded in
again and reached the dock at Eureka
al $3.50 o'clock. We found the statue
on the county courthouse turned over
to an angle Of 46 degrees. windows all
smashed and the water mains bursted.
sChinneys had fallen all over the town,
and the sidewalks were covered with
broken glass and plaster.
I'VE remained at Eureka until Fri
day morning, and felt two more shocks,
one at noon Wednesday and the other
at 8 o'clock Friday morning. Neither
Of these ara any damage.
'sGoing to sea Friday morning we
met the steam schooner Gualla1a. ef
the same line as the Alliance. from San
Francisco ana her captain sang out
that the Point Arena lighthouse had
been wrecked. He did not state the ex-
tent OF the dama~e. The Gna1la1a left
San Francisco Tuesday night and
touched az Point Arena Wednesday
afternoon
Brings Many Passengers.
The Alliance brought SO passengers.
and Of these, eight came from Eureka.
A. c. Barrett. who was staying at the
Grand Hotel, had surveyed the dam
ages pretty well before embarking on
the Alliance. and gives an interesting
account Of how the earthquake affect
ed the entire coast nor tn Of San Fran |
cisco, whence no reports have been
received SO far.
1.-THE greatest damage was done at
FORMIDABLE about n miles south OF Eu-
reka," said Mr. Barrett. Every brick
building In the place was practically !
wrecked, and 1t will cost thousands OF
dollars to repair the damage. The
front wall OF brick building put up |
by Russ. Early 4 Wilson fell out and |
the three-story Pythian castle was also !
damaged. It was left standing. but Il |
Is only . matter Of time when II will
have to be torn down AZ It would be |
unsafe in its present condition. Arcata !
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