EAKTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 193 



1892. April 31; Sacramento. 



A couple of loose plaster statuettes on the wall of the capitol were 

 thrown off and a small piece of plastering in one room fell. 

 There was no other damage in this city except that two or three 

 old chimneys tipj)ed over. The shock did not exceed three sec- 

 onds and was east to west and sharp (VII?). 



1892. April 21; Gsparto. 



A terrible shock of earthquake took place here this morning at 

 9.40 o'clock, completely leveling the brick portion of the town. 

 Every brick chimney was thrown to the ground and wooden build- 

 ings were wrenched out of shape (VIII). 



An engineer was seriously, if not fatally, injured by a portion of 

 the walls of the blacksmith shop falling on him. 



Levy & Schwab's brick store is almost a complete wreck. The en- 

 tire fire wall and part of the east and west walls are down. Loss 

 to the building and contents, $5,000. The Barnes Hotel suffered 

 severely and has a hole 8 by 6 in the east wall. The bricks 

 crashed through the roof and fioor of the balcony and the cement 

 walk was torn out of shape. The loss is $2,500. 



1892. April 21; Snisnn. 



The shock of earthquake this morning did great damage in this 

 vicinity. The brick residence of J. M. Baldwin at Kockville was 

 wrecked, w^hile the stone mansion of L. B. Abernathie and those 

 on the Barbour and Sproul ranches were rendered unsafe for 

 occupancy. The stone church in Suisun valley was also greatly 

 damaged. The plastering in the court-house was ruined, while 

 the walls are considerably cracked. The front wall of the Ma- 

 sonic Temple was also damaged. The few brick chimneys in 

 Suisun valley which withstood the shock of ^londay night were 

 all toppled over this morning (VIII). 



At 7.15 o'clock this evening another severe shock occurred and 

 twenty minutes later another milder quake followed. 



1892. April 21; Healdsbnrg. 



Another severe shock was felt in this city at 9.45 o'clock this morn- 

 ing. The shock was fully as severe as the one felt on Tuesday 

 morning. 



1892. April 21; Carson, Nevada. 



Two more earthquake shocks have been felt . here to-day, one at 

 9.44 a. m. and another at 7.17 p. m. No material damage has 

 been done in Carson City by anj^ of the three shocks.^ 



1892. April 21; Reno, Nevada. 



A slight shock was felt here this morning at 9.45. 



1 9.44 a. m. E. W. (VI) and 7.17 p. m. (IV), E. W.— C. W. F. 

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