204 EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



1892. June 14; San Bernardino; 5Ii. 20ui. a. ni. 



A slight earthquake, lasting at least twenty seconds. It was not 

 severe, but the shaking lasted unusually long. The vibrations 

 were from northwest to southeast. 



1892. Jnne 22; Hollister. 



Two slight shocks last night. 



1892. Jnne 22. 



Messrs. Rose and Eikert, in the Santa Clara Valley, near Alamo,. 

 Lower California, last Friday, noticed two peaks four miles to 

 the north alternately spouting smoke and flames at short inter- 

 vals. The eruption was accompanied by rumbling sounds and 

 an occasional quiver of the ground. Though frightened, they 

 stopped long enough to satisfy themselves that two- veritable vol- 

 canoes had opened. Later travelers report the volcanoes real, 

 but not so active as at first. The region is undoubtedly vol- 

 canic, sulphur springs being in the vicinity. 



1892. Jnne 26; San Francisco; 5h. 43in. a. ni. 



N. E. and S. W.; duration 41/2 seconds.— T. T. 



1892. July 6; Carson City; 7 a. m. 



E. and W. tremor.— C. W. F. 



1892. Jnly 9. 



San Francisco was shaken this morning by a remarkable series of 

 explosions. The giant powder works at Highland Station, fully 

 fifteen miles away, across the bay, exploded, completely wiping 

 out the works, killing five men, wounding more than a score, and 

 causing the eifect in this city and Oakland of a severe earthquake.^ 

 Nothing like the effects of the great shock has ever been known 

 here. The shock caused a rush of air like the first breath of a 

 tornado. Then came a series of shocks attended by a dull roar, 

 like the discharge of heavy artillery at sea. Hundreds rushed 

 out of tall buildings and hotels, pale with fear. Broken glass fell 

 all about them. Scores of heavy plate-glass show windows came 

 crashing into the streets. 



The heavy earthquake several months ago was not so terrifying a 

 shock as this. The new high office buildings swayed perceptibly. 

 In old structures plaster fell from the walls and all movable arti- 

 cles on shelves came tumbling to the ground (VII). Seven 

 minutes after the first shock came another, even more severe, 

 which shattered windows all over town, rocked buildings, blew 

 in skylights, broke plate glass on Montgomery Avenue, ]\lont- 

 gomery Street, Kearney Street, and other thoroughfares, and 

 caused people to rush into the streets. The consternation was 

 still at its height when two more shocks followed, little less 

 severe than the terrific one which had just been felt. Glass rat- 



