The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-10-05

Referring to the earthquake SHOCKS
o,,rarienced in Winnemueca, Reno and
surrounding country, and which were
,eeorded in the various universities, L
Love read statements regarding the To-
ton of the center and causes of the
s(;smie disturbances. Most of those
s,a+aments are from purported seien-
go or professors, assumed TO be dd-
tbor;tiae on the subject. / note they
have placed the center Of disturbance
,sr and near, apparently basing their
o,5nions upon the violence recorded by
tbeir seismograph instruments.
Now while I make no claims of be
;,, an authority on these disturbances,
from an engineering point OF view ~
: nv opinion these scientists are all
rong T have experienced all the
earthquakes felt in San Francisco SINCE
1855. mo to and including that Of April
1S 1906. This quake ! believed 10 be
tie king of all until ] experienced these
4 .sturbanees of the 2nd and 3rd inst.
n Is my opinion that the center OF
the present seismic disturbances lies
about sixv miles due south from Win
pemncea. If not in the townsite of Ken
uedv. II lies between Kennedy noun
tain. known as Cinnabar mountain, and
Mount Bower. some miles further south.
The first indication of disturbance
was felt at exactly $40 p. m. Satur-
dav. 2nl inst, when with a terrific re-
nort. similar to a large dynamite blast,
the mountain side at Kennedy gave a
lerch due north and then vibrated for
about FIVE seconds in a manner which
i would say was rather violent, con
sidering the California disturbances.
This shock had hardly subsided when
another deep rumble was heard, fol
lowed by a swaying motion, which ap-
paared to be in a northerly direction
From this time on it was one continual
disturbance; one quake hardly died be-
FIRE a rumble announced another. This
state Of affairs occurred continuously
until about 5:45 p. m, when the only
Indication that conditions were not
r4eht was sort of subdued rumble
saeh as might be experienced We're
there a great caldron boiling and bub
bling under foot, just beneath the
earth = surface About this time the in
habitants at Kennedy apparently be
came accustomed to this condition and
settled down satisfied that the disturb
auce had spent itself and was thing
of the past, when all of a sudden with
cut the slightest warning a great roar
was heard and the earth surface began
70 roll and sway up and down, evident.
~ In all directions. Really the earth s
surface appeared TO be some great
monster in the throes of eonvulsions,
which sent quivers in all directions.
This cOnvulsion continued without stop
for fully one and one-half minutes.
This disturbance was in my estimation
about twice as violent as that expert
eneed in San Francisco in 1906.
During this performance of the earth
IL was next to impossible for person
70 stand erect. From this disturbance
on, il was an incessant continued dis
turbanee, the earth never appearing
quiet. About p, m. we fetired for the
night and as near as | can describe tn ?
situation, one could shut his eyes and
imagine he was occupying a berth
In moving Pullman ear, accompanied
with creakings and rafting of wB
dows, 70 be abruptly awakened by out
breaks at intervals of twenty TO thirty
minutes, lasting from five to ten sec
onds. At 1855 things had quieted, or
perhaps we were unconscious in sleep,
when without the slightest warning a
great roar and rumbling was heard and
we were thrown violently out of bed
and buffeted in all directions continu-
ously for not less than fifteen minutes.
During this disturbance it would APP
pear to tire itself and would hesitate
fer an instant as if it were changing
hands and fumbling in trying to get a
good grip and would then shake VIC
lently with the other hand until tired
then it would change hands and repeat
the operation.
This shake started at 1885 p. m
Western Union time, as recorded
did not note the time of starting, but
when the disturbance subsidized suffi
GENTLY TO allow one to enter the house
in quest of sufficient apparel, as it wa.
next to freezing outside, | noted the
time was 1l:10 p. m.
This disturbance was, to my mind
the most serious and violent that hu
man being could experience and live
through. The sensation of being shaken
and buffeted about the room almost