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EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 67 



1865, October 8. At New Almaden a large brick storehouse on the 

 hill was nearly demolished. Several houses in the village were 

 thrown down. The earth opened and closed again, throwing up 

 great clouds of dust. Two miles out of San Jose, on the road to 

 New Almaden, the new brick building of Mr. John W. Winters 

 was materially damaged. A number of chimneys in different parts 

 of the county were thrown down. — B. Ms. — San Jose Patriot, 

 October 11; quoted in S. F. Bulletin, October 12, ISGa. 



1865, October 8. " The streams at McCartysville and Los Gates have 

 risen greatly since the earthquake, tapping the sources of the 

 artesian wells in the Santa Clara Valley, many of which have 

 ceased to run since the earthquake." — B. Ms. — 8. F. Bulletin, 

 October 31, 1865. 



1865, October 8. At Mountain Charley's, on the Santa Cruz road, 

 the earth opened in several places, and steam and water were 

 thrown up through the cracks. At McCartysville or Saratoga the 

 creek began to rise four hours after the great shock, and in- 

 creased to about treble the usual quantity of water the creek 

 discharges during the dry season. — B. Ms. — 8. F. Bulletin, October 

 21, 1865. 



1865. October 8; VIII. 



At Fort Humboldt, on Sunday morning, October 8, 1865, at fifteen 

 minutes past nine o'clock, there was a very severe earthquake. 

 Fifteen chimneys will have to be completely rebuilt. — 8. F. Bul- 

 letin, October 12, 1865. 



1865. October 8; VIII or more severe. 



Goose Lake, Siskiyou County, Cal. Waterspouts observed all over 

 — Goose Lake. — B. Ms. — Yreka TJnion, October 28, 1865. 



1865. October 8; 



Accounts given in Bancroft's Ms. as follows: San Francisco Bulletin, 

 October 9, 12. 1865. San Francisco Call, October 10. Gold Hill 

 2<leu-s, October 12. Sacramento Union, October 10. Hittell's His- 

 tory of San Francisco, p. 354. Shocks felt at Petaluma, but no 

 damage done (VII). Petaluma Journal and Anjus, October 12. San 

 Francisco 'News Letter, October 14. S. F. Golden Era, October 15. 

 (Two articles), 8. F. Calif omi<in, October 14. (In the interior), 

 S. F. Alia, October 10, 11, 14, Ifi and 17. 8. F. Alta, October 9 

 and 10. 



1866. October 8; 



From Rowlandson the following is extracted: The shock was cer- 

 tainly felt one hundred miles north of S. F. and one hundred miles 

 east. There is no report of any shock south of Monterey Bay. 

 I It is a singular fact that the shock was most severe at Santa 



