The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-07-06
BIG QUAKE SHAKES
CITIES ON COAST
Heaviest Shocks Since 1906
Make San Francisco TrembIe.
SUBSCRIBERS ARE ROCKED
Central California and Western Ne
vada Are Jarred-Property Dam
age sight-Peopie Flee into
Streets In Panic.

streets In Panlc.
San Francisco, July 3.-Two earth.
quake shocks, the heaviest since the
big shake of 1906 and separated by
only few seconds, Jared the central
part of California and western Ne
vada.
The first sharp shock, experienced
at 2:01 o'clock, was followed within
q few seconds by one OF similar in
tensity, each lasting about five sec
onds.
Only slight damage was reported
from any section, but in San Francis
co, Oakland and other cities in the
affected area, panic seized upon
crowds in stores and restaurants, and
there was pell nell exodus from the
large buildings.
One peculiar feature of the earth
quake was that it did not appear to
follow the old fault" in the earths
crust, which has been the playground
of tremblors in the past, but extend
ed from the seacoast eastward to the
Sierras, including hitherto exempt
mountain areas.
Shocks over Wide Area.
1t was felt to the northward of Sac
ramento in the Sacramento valley,
southwark as far as Fresno, and to
the east to Carson and Reno, New.
the former place experiencing the
heaviest shock in it's history.
Some slight damage was done to
buildings in San Francisco. Heavy
stones in the oornice of the Me-
chanics' bank building were moved
slightly out of alignment; superficial
cracks were made in several sky
scrapers; corniCes of the new post
office building were disarranged, and
minor damage was done to the in
terror walls Of a number of other
structures.
Within few seconds after the first
shock many downtown buildings were
depopulated by a rush to the streets.
Telephone and telegraph service was
suspended by the operators deserving
their posts.
One Man Dies of Fright.
Herbert Hadley, lodging house in
mate, died Of fright, and some cases
Of hysteria and of cuts or bruises re-
ceived in the panic were treated at
the hospitals.
Santa Rosa, which suffered a great
er disaster in proportion to its size
than did San Francisco in the catas-
trophe Of 1906, scarcely felt the
shock
San Jose, another heavy sufferer in
1906, reported the shock was the Sc
verest experienced since that time.
but it did no serious damage.
Stockton and Fresno residents were
frightened by the Earring, but there,
as in Sacramento, where the state Of
fees were deserted in hurry as re-
suit Of the shock, the damage to
buildings was trif1ing
Courtroom Deserted in Panic.
In Reno, New, the shock was scarce
ly felt, but in Carson City 1t was Sc
we're. The federal court was in SEES
sion in the Nevada capitol and Judge,
jury and attorneys rushed to the
street.
At the Santa Clara college observa-
tory both reels were thrown off the
seismographs. They were immediate
ly replaced, but the record of the dis
turbance will be incomplete.
The mean time clock at the observa-
tory of the University of California
at Berkeley was stopped for the first
time since the great quake OF five
years ago.
The deep booming reverberation
which usually marks disturbances Of
widespread character accompanied
the first tremor. In San Francisco
the grooming and creaking of the steel
structures played a larger part in
frightening people than did the
shaking.