so EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



23, 24, 26, 1868. Telegrams from all parts of the State, in 8. F. 

 Call, October 22. 8. F. Abend Post, October 22. Further partic- 

 ulars, loss of life and property, shock in the interior, and estimated 

 damages to buildings and stock. — ;S'. F. Bulletin, October 22 and 

 23. Alta California, October 22, 23, and editorial on earthquakes 

 in Alta, October 24. Lloyd's Liyhts and Shades, pp. 318 and 324. 

 Earthquake throughout the State; twelve persons killed. — Sacra- 

 mento Union, October 22. 8. F. Bvlletin, October 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 

 27, 29. 8. F. Spirit of the Times, October 24. San Leandro and Hay- 

 wards. Long article in Alta of October 27. /S. F. Call, October 23. 

 Facts about earthquakes; earthquake in the interior. — Alta, Oc- 

 tober 24, 1868. Open crack in Haywards. — S. F. Call, October 25. 

 Eeport of Earthquake Commission. — Alta, December 1, 1868. /Sf. F. 

 Chronicle, October 21, 22, 23, 24. Petaluma. — (Oregon) Deutscher 

 Zeitung, October 24, 1868. 8. F. Monitor, October 24. Cal. Chris- 

 tian Advocate, October 29. /Sf. F. Golden Era, October 24. 8. F. 

 Golden Era, October 31 (two articles). Grass Valley. Vibrations 

 from southwest to northeast. — Grass Valley Union, October 22. San 

 Leandro Democrat, October 24, 1868. Vallejo Weekly Chronicle, Oc- 

 tober 31. 

 Professor Hanks says that a circle with Haywards as a center and 

 173 miles as radius will cover everj^ point where the vibration was 

 felt. The area of such a circle is 94,000 square miles, or about 

 three-fifths of the area of California. — H. INIs. 

 Fruitville, Alameda County. Professor Bunnell was walking in a 

 field at the time of the first shock. He heard a loud report, which 

 he referred to the direction of S. F., and immediately felt the 

 earth tremble so violently as to make it difficult to stand upright. 

 Dr. Gibbons kindly communicates the following record of forty- 

 nine shocks during October and November: October 21; two heavy 

 shocks, twelve light ones (14) during the day, four during the 

 night. October 22; eight day and night. October 23; four till 9 

 p. m. October 24; three from 6 a. m. to 9 p. m. October 25; three. 

 October 26; two, very heavy. October 27; one. October 28; two. 

 October 29; one. November 3; one, at 7 a. m. November 10; one. 

 November 11; one. November 15; one. November 16; three, or 

 forty-nine in all. Soon after the earthquake of 1868, the feast-day 

 of St. Emidius (August 9) was set apart as a day of prayers for 

 protection against earthquakes by Pope Pius IX on the request of 

 the Archbishop of California. 



1868. October 22; 



Tremors in S. F., Cal. — Fuchs. — Perrey. 



1868. October 23; 2:20 a. m. 



Smart shock, San Francisco, Cal. — T. T. Another shock 7.30 a. m. — 

 Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia, 1868. 2.15 a. m.; then two light 

 shocks; and another at 7.30 p. m. — Perrey. 



