Evening star., 1926-10-22
3 QUAKES TERRIFY
SAN FRANCISCO AND
OTHER COAST CITIES
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had received reports from santa
Rosa. north of San Francisco, and
from Paso Robles. far to the South,
that the shocks had been felt there
Two sharp earthquakes that lasted
several seconds were felt in Modesto.
100 milts southeast of here, early
today. The first came about go a nd
the second tremor around $50
Inquiries developed the quakes
We're not felt In the Northwestern
States Of Oregon and Washington
Fresno. Los Angeles and San Diego
also escaped them.
Quake Laid tO Old Fault.
The most violent shock felt in San
FIRE ncisco previously and the most
memorable in the city's history oc.
cured at 5 O'Clock on the morning
of April 1S. 1906. when the city was
laid in ruins mostly as result OF
fires started by the quake. In that
disa ster 4s2 lives were lost, 500 per
sons injured and o65 600 made home
less. The irperty less vas esti-
mated at A3ao. 900 900. That quake.
as today's ls presumed to have been.
was along the san Andreas geologi-
cal fault This fault extends along
the Goa at ranke mountains from A
point on the northern California coast
about 200 miles north of San Fran,
cisco to the Gulf Of Lower California.
IT follows the coast line for distance
Of 100 miles south Of San Fran.
cisco. where II swerves in approx
tends further eastward. traversing
Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego
Counties.
1t was slipping of the earth strata
along this fault that caused the 1905
quake scientists said.
The history Of the Pacific Coast is
replete with records Of seismic dis
turixances. the entire region being in
a condition Of unstable equilibrium
and cut by long riffs In the snrfa ce
called ia uts.'
These have produced series of
long. narrow valleys. The force which
produces elevations ana subsistence of
the surface s1so produces stresses
which finally overcome the adhesion
Of the opposing rift walls and earth
auakes take place In the slipping of
these wallis through few inches or
4 few feet in an effort to adjust the
stresses.
Prof. A. G. Lawson Of the tniver
sity of California says the coast OF
California is rising and the seismic
disturba noes whose record In found
in the rocks have been produced by
movements in the process of up
heaval and subsistence. Of folding and
faulting. which are. perhaps, greater
along the coast Of California than In
any other part Of the world G. *
Gilbert Of the United States Geologi
cal Survey says An earthquake IL a
jar occa stoned by some violent rup
ture caused by the rising of lava In a
volcano or by forces that make noun
tain ranges or continents. The fa
nous San Francisco earthquake OF
1903 had its origin In rupture asso
ciated with mOunta in-making forces
Gen G.. r. Blethen. publisher of
the Seattle Times. an Associated
Press member. turned reporter when
the first temblOr shook the city. He
was stopping at the Palace Hotel and
Immediately telephoned the Associated
Press and described what happened
at that hostelry.
The general ssid his bed rocked
more than it had ever rocked while
he was on an ocean liner. The wrench
of the quake. he said. was from north
to south and ground some Of the
large windows into fne fragments
OF glass Plaster feli from ceilings
In unexpected places and small cracks
appeared In the lobby.
Four plate glass windows. two ot
them large, suffered most. The twc
larger were On the new Montgomery
street site and the lace curtains hung
At the windows were torn to shreds
apparently by the broken glass. On
the west side Of the hotel one of the
large plate glass windows was broke n
into small pieces.