218 EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



At the head of the canyon and at Mintryville, which is nearly 2 

 miles below, the first shock played havoc with the crockery in 

 nearly all the houses in both places, and a lot of milk pans full 

 of milk, a quantity of eggs, and the stove and nearly every loose 

 article in one house w^ere thrown in a jumble on the floor and 

 mixed up with the ashes (VII). 



The schoolhouse had a large brick chimney, and after the shake 

 there was not a whole brick left (VIII?). An immense stone came 

 tumbling down a mountain side and landed in among the pipe 

 lines ard tanks below, smashing things generally. 



Strange to say, not one of the many huge derricks, which are from 

 40 to 70 feet in height, was overturned, although they swayed in 

 an alarming manner (VII). 



The motion in all the shocks was a swaying motion, and the direc' 

 tion was from, northwest to southeast. An old and strong adobe 

 house on what is known as the middle Newhall ranch, northwest 

 of Newhall, was shaken completely down by one of the tem- 

 blors (VIII). 



1893. April 6-8; Albuqnerane, N, Mex. 



The inhabitants of the river towns south of the city are much 

 alarmed. During the jiast forty-eight hours the earth has fre- 

 quently shaken. The depot at Las Lunas shook to such an ex- 

 tent early this morning that the agent fled in terror (VII). The 

 Indians living in the valley are also much excited. No earth 

 tremors have been felt here (i. e., at Albuquerque). 



1893. April 8; Albuanerane, N. Mex. 



Las Lunas, Belin, and several other towns along the Rio Grande 

 Eiver are all in excitement over what appears to be a series of 

 infantile earthquakes. Four shocks have been distinctlj' felt since 

 Thursday (April). There was one this morning, attended by om- 

 inous rumbling underground and of three seconds' duration, dur- 

 ing which time eight or ten vibrations were felt. Glass was 

 broken, dishes rattled, and a few frame houses in the towns 

 swayed as if shaken by a terrible windstorm (VI?, VII?). 



1893. April 13; HydesvlUe. 



A shock was felt here at 5 o'clock this morning. It was followed 

 in flfteen minutes by another and severer shock, lasting fifteen 

 seconds, and this was followed in fifteen minutes by another 

 heavy shock. Four shocks between 3 and 6 a. m. 



1893. April 13; Eureka. 



A light shock was felt here this morning at 5.10. No damage. 

 Cape Mendocino Lighthouse felt the shock of April 13, though 

 there is no separate report of it. 



