Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-18
Later Reports.


ed three hours and then the instrument be-
came quiet.
Later Reports.
Later reports from the seismograph divI-
sion OF the weather bureau here were to the
effect that the second shock at San Fran
cisco was clearly Indicated on the instru-
inents at the bureau, showing that the en-
tire continent is still affected
bulletin issued by the weather bureau
a. i-;4o octock this afternoon stated that
lent vfbrs tons w
In connection with the vibration in this
city, Prof. Willis Moore of the weather
bureau said today that the eruption of We
suYlus was recorded during its entire pc
ROD on the magnetic Instruments of the
research station at Mount Weather a few
miles from the city in Virginia. Prot.
Moore stated. however that this was not
ar earthquake record, but rather that We
suflus acted Ike powerful wireless Irans-
mltter and Mt. Weather as the receiver
NesuVlus with its eruptions there disturb
ing the electrical potentials which dis
turpances sent out electro mag netic waves
that encircled the earth. The records at
Mt. weather We're clear and distinct. Prof
moore was not prepared TO say whether
the eruption of Vesuvius has anything to
90 with the present earthquake.
Scientific men here, while not being able
TO directly associate the San Francisco
earthquake with the recent violent erup-
tons OF Vesuvius and other volcanoes stu
declare that these disturbances Indicate
that there Is general trouble brewing in the
earth's crust.
1T is all a great mystery" said Prof
Garriott. land indicates that there IS some
thing going on below the surface of the
earth"
He added that this is the first earth
quake recorded for the Pacific coast since
the establishment OF the weather service
The only record of another disastrous
earthquake in this country on the books of
the bureau is the great In, tba
south of 1885 He attributes the lack OF
water for the fire department OF San Fran
cisco. rendering 1t almost useless In the
face OF the confiagration. to the breaking
and twisting Of the water pipes by the ac-
ton of the quake.
Weather Observers Report.
Prof Willis L. Moore. chief of the weather
bureau. this afternoon received from the
weather observer at San Francisco. Alex
ander @. Meade the following dispatch:
Severest earthquake in history of city
9:l5 am Great damage. Large portion Of
clty now GAO ami in flames"
No weather report has been received from
san Francisco since last night
Cause of the Disaster.
Quite a number of men of the geological
survey are at work in California. but. for
tunately. few of them directly in San Fran
cisco. The geological division has four men
CHARTERED In the old Appraisers building.
down near the post office. bur the shocI,
happened al time in the morning when
none or them would have been in the office
and Q. *, Gilbert of the survey, well known
IN Washington. who is carrying on some
Investigations in sedimentaffun fdr- = he ,s.fr--
Hey, is quartered over at Berkeley The "a
biographical division has quite large mead
quarters at Sacramento and the reclama-
non service. which was Quartcred in one
OF the newer office buildings in the CITY no
TO year ago has now moved 10 Los An
geies.
In speaking Of the general situation Mr..
c. w. Hayes. the director of geology In
the survey, said TO a Star reporter today
that he thought San Francisco was about
the best calculated of any of the large
cities of the United States to stand a Sc
we're earthquake shock. as most of the res
idence section was built of wood against
just such contingencies. while the newer
buildings In the business section were all
steel frames and less liable 70 damage
than mere stone walls In this connection
he said: Il see by the first reports from
San Francisco that the ST. Francis Hotel
has stood the shock, and that is one OF
the most modern buildings in the city,
In connection with the general subject
of such disturbances Mr.. Hayes said:
Such shock as they had in San Fran
the surface rocks to adjust themselves
to changed conditions inside the earth. The
interior of the earth Is probably not in
molten state, except In the region of some
of the volcanoes, but after you get down
a distance of sixty or seventy miles the
rocks are practically IN a fluid state from
the immense pressure on top of them.
They act like liquid and they fiow TO adj
lust themselves to changed conditions. But
when you come nearer the surface, where
the strata are hard and brittle, the slip
ping of q part of the earth's crust along
the line of a fault viii give you just the
conditions that attended the shock in San
Francisco.
Mr.. Hayes said also that Ii probably
uould b<a found that the disturbance ar p
San Francisco had been accompanied by
considerable changes In the level of tho
ocean OF the coast. But whether this VIII
be enough to make any practieai diner
anee 10 navigation Will OF course have TO
await further soundings and surveys.
: He did not think that there was any con-
nection TO be traced between the outbreak
OF Mount yesuvius and the disturbance at
san Francisco. both probably being purely
local sventA