The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-10-13
STORIES OF THE RECENT
SEISMIC DISTURBANCE
Strange Accounts of Phenomenon
Observed at Various Points Affect
ed by the Seismic Convulsion.


The earthquake of October 2, ap-
pears to have been the heaviest ever
experienced on tn Pacific Coast II the
accounts that are coming in from
the more remote districts arc to be
taken at their face value. Tt all
events, the disturbance extended
over greater area than any that
has been recorded since the first
white man visited the country, and
that the damage was not great
er is due entirely to the fact
that the country is not more densely
populated and the buildings conse-
quently smaller and less sVscepti-
BILE to damage from vibration. From
all accounts there would seem to be
no doubt that the center of the dis
urbance was in or around Kennedy.
about sixty miles south of Winnie
mucca and eighty miles, as the crow
flies, northeast of Fallon. Here it
was that the greatest damage was
done of any place in the State, as
practically ever building in the little
town was wrecked, and barns on
surrounding ranches were thrown
down. The Winnemucca Star gives
the following account of t.e expert
ences of one rancher near Kennedy:
s. Siard came in yesterday from
his ranch in Pleasant Valley He
confirmed the report of the damage
done at his ranches by Saturday
nights earthquake. All the. stone
buildings were leseled. only the
frame portion of lss residence being
left standing. A ngsy built stone
addition to this building was COM
pletely wrecked. Rhs part of the
house had Just been furnished and
Mr.. Siard expected to move his fam
lily, now In WinnensIcca, to the ranch
in a few days and uhS were to oc-
cupy rooms in thes stone building
Mr.. Siard was asleep in the wooden
part of the house when the big
shock came and wlaoh wrecked every
stone structure on oe place. These
buildings were nfsshe in constTuc-
ton the walls befss two feet nick.
The WinnemueeasS SSer State gives
the following accQasnsb of the results
of the DISTURBANCES IN Kennedy and
vicinity:
Although geologiass clsim that
the quake originateds fi3rns fault
in the wasatch mdihtssrs Niich
form the eastern bounia4 ~ a Salt
Lake valley, 1t is believed hss Iee@
cal local men, that 1t was cause9b 70
a fault in the Sonoma range obnft@nr
tains, lying south of WinnenfsRca.
On the east side of Pleasant Wfa1ey,
beginning at Mud Springs. - nsles
south of here, and extendIfa for 40
or so miles. the earth dropIgsA leav-
ing a clean-eut. perpendicular wall,
from five to fifty feet in leh@t The
center of the disturbaluS. was evi-
IDENTIFY at Kennedy, 6us slnles south
of Winnemucca. At tlias point every
building was razed to. o. srounii
pnh tie exception on oe mill os
tf' Roylance companss s0ahough tlfe
machinery was consideriute t.Ama.ged
at this | srt a 1O,0lD ,e,aoR ,tarn
being demolished and iiniGsg strain'
ed on the.i foundatioirs Bt 8 esti'
mated that the damage q, Sfis Prep
cry vii amornt to aboae ~ 100.
At the ranch of Gooner 20 Hniafke.
the house was moved fr1sn is''foun.
dation Is inches, and tlre&s a'Ee. eots
tomless cracks in the, eaaal hso!m, ai
few inches to several feet d wdsh.
At the Schell ranch. there E a esaelS
in the ground fourteen 'ftss wida
Here a spring of pure Il6an ssn
water was changed to salt w3assn
Since the shock of Saturday IaNt
there has been a constant groSS iAs
underneath the ground with ifiltse
mittent explosions, follower u
shakes.
Today the water is running eAleps
where in the valley, and if it rennalRs
permanently, 1t is thought that ue
property loss, estimated at beBw9n
$4,000 and $4,000 will be nlrsA
than compensated for by the increasfat
water supply.
Architect Duva1 who arrived yes
terday from San Francisco, has matia
a thorough examination of Winueya
hall, which was badly damaged by
the big earthquake Saturday rlislfts
says the Winnemucca Star. Mn
Duval states that 1t will be necaSs
sary to take down the walls of the
second story and rebuild them. 'nhe
entire front of the building viii uiso
have to be taken down. phis work
will be commenced at once ard ii
will be two or three weeks before ii
s completed.
When the work Is finished Wins
neva hall will be earthquake nonf,
as it will be done along the lines tlrat
have been followed in San Francisco