New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
EARTHQUAKE AGAIN
JARS SAN FRANCISCO
Two Shocks, Heaviest Since
1906, Shake California
and Nevada.
FOLLOW NEW MOUNTAIN LINE
Slight Damage Done-Panic in
Stores and Restaurants of
California and Nevada
Cities.

odH July W. 'nA Va
Quake shocks, the heaviest since the big
shake of 1906, andsseparated By only
few seconds, Jared the central portion
Of California and Western Nevada to-
day The first sharp shock, experienced
at 20I o'clock, was followed within a
rew seconds by one Of similar intensity.
each lasting about five seconds.
Only trivial damage has been reported
from any section, but in san Francisco
and other cities in the affected area
panic seized upon crowds IN stores and
restaurants. and there was pellmelI
exodus from the large buildings.
one peculiar feature of the earthquake
was that it did rot appear To follow
the old fault in the earth's crust, which
has been the playground Of tremblers
in the past, but extended from the sea-
coast eastward 10 the Sierras. including
hitherto exempt mountain areas.
II was felt to the northward Of Sacra-
mento, in the Sacramento Valley. south
ward as far as Fresno, and to tbg east
to Carson and Reno. New, the former
place experiencing the heaviest shock
in It's history.
Rush to tn. Streets.
Some slight damage was done to
buildings in San Francisco. Heavy
stones in the cornice Of the Mechanical
Bank Building were moved slightly out
of alignment; superficial cracks wers
made in several large Office. buildings;
cornlces Of the new postofice building
were disarranged, and minor damage
was done to the interior walls Of a num-
b"r Of other buildings.
Within few seconds after the first
shock many downtown buildings were
depopulated in rush to the streets.
Telephone and telegraph service was
suspended by the operators desertinS
their posts Herbert Hadley, a lodging
house inmate. fell dead Of fright. and
some cases Of hystera, or Of cuts. or
bruises suffered in the semi-panic were
treated at the hospitals.
Santa Rosa, which suffered greater dis
aster in proportion to its size than did
san Francisco in the catastrophe Of 1906,
scarcely felt to-ddy's shock.
Shock Was Severe.
San jose. another heavy sufferer in
1906, reported that the shock to-day was
the severest experienced since that time
but it did no serious damage Stock
ton and Fresno people were frightened by
the Earring, but there, as in Sacramento,
where the state Offices were deserted in
a trice as result of the trembler. the
damage to buildings was trihing.
In Reno, New. the shock was scarcely
felt. but in Carson it was severe Tho
federal court was in session in the Ne
vada capital. and judge, jury and attor-
neys rushed to the street.
At the Santa Clara College observa-
tory both reels were thrown off the seis-
mographs. They were Immediately re-
placed, but the record Of the disturbance
will be incomplete.
The mean time clock at the observa-
tory Of the University OF California was
stopped for the first time since the great
quake Of five years ago.
usually marks disturbances of a wide
spread character accompanied the first
tremor. In San Francisco the groaDins
and creaking Of the steel structures
played a larger part in frightening peo-
pie than did the tremors.
The first tremor was accompanied by
the deep booming. In downtown cafes
the luncheon crows quickly left the
buildings and shoppers the stores
For some time it was impossible TO
secure telephone service, and the opera
tors in the exchanges left their boards
and ran from the buildings. No damage
of any kind is reported, but i'm some IN
stances plaster was shaken from ceilings.
In the Mechanics Bank Building heavy
stones in the cornice were moved slightly
out of alignment Slight cracks wess
made in the Pacific Building and the
Commercial Building
Berkeley. Cal. July 1.-Two sharp
earthquake shocks were .elt here at 2
p. m At the observatory OF the Jni-
versity of California the mean time clock
was stopped for the first time since Tho
earthquake of 1906.
st. Louis, July 1.-The seismograph CT
the st. Louis University recorded
severe earth disturbance late. this after
noon. The main shock began at i:l6
p. m, and up to $50 o'clock seven dis
tinct movements were recorded. and the
needle was still moving.
Stanford University, Cal, July L-At
this place, which is on the fault lire" Of
former seismic disturbances. this after
moons shock was sharply felt. but no
damage was done except the Cislodging OF
plaster ceilings in the business Offices OF
the university.
\ telephone message from Mayfed.
few miles south Of here. says that Two
story brick building was badly cracked.
The great disaster which visited CALI
fornia in April, 1896. razed 2S go buildings
In San Francisco. swept clear an area
within that city OF more than fifteen square
miles. destroyed property then valued at
$500 900. .O00 and cost the lives 81 some three
hundred of its inhabitants
The first earthquake shock was felt at
5:l5 o'clock on the morning OF April Is
II was followed by an almost immediate
collapse OF filmsy structures all over the