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it a large section of that beautiful and expensive driveway. The 

 boulevard was built some five years ago and bulkheaded so se- 

 curely that it was thought to be impervious to the action of the 

 waves, but the bounding billows carried off a portion of asphal- 

 tum and solid masonry, heavy framework and iron in its reced- 

 ing grasp, nearly fifty feet square and eight feet deep. A large 

 sand hill between the boulevard and ordinary high tide was car- 

 ried completely out to sea." — S. J. Mercury, Dec. 18, 1896. 



1896. December 22; Monnt Hamilton. 



Ih. 52m. 41s. P. s. t. K. F. (V).— E. S. H. 



Ih. 52m. 43s. P. s. t. (middle of shock). 3s. duration. Did not rattle 



dishes.— W. W. C. 

 Ih. 52m. 44s. P. s. t. (end of shock).— W. J. H. 

 Ih. 52m. 44s. P. s. t. (end of shock), duration estimated at 2s.- — 



A. L. C. 

 Ih. 52m. 37s. ± Is. P. s. t. Time noted at cottage. — R. G. A. 

 Ih. 52m. 40s. p. m. P. s. t. (beginning). Second floor brick house. 



Lasted 2s.-3s. Light tremors increasing to two well-marked 



vibrations, then dies out suddenly. Building creaks. Direction 



seemed to be N. and S. — C. D. P. 

 The duplex seismograph recorded a small disturbance, about N. 



W. and S. E.— 1.5 mm. x 1 mm. N. E. and S. W. The clock only 



of the Ewing instrument was started. 



1896. December 31. 



The following notes are from Mss. kindly communicated by the 

 U. S. Lighthouse Board. The reporters are the lighthouse 

 keepers; 



Coquille River (near Bandon), Oregon: the station went into opera- 

 tion Feb. 29, 1896. No earthquakes during the year. 



Cape Arago, Oregon: no record of earthquakes from January 4, 

 1891. No previous record. 



Umpqua River, Oregon: station went into operation January 1, 

 1895. No record of any earthquakes. 



Haceta Head, Oregon: station went into operation April 1, 1895. No 

 record of any earthquakes. 



Cape Meares, Oregon: station went into operation January 1, 1890. 

 No record of any earthquakes. 



Tillamook Rock, Oregon; also Point Adams, Oregon; no record of 

 any earthquakes. 



Cape Disappointment, Washington; also Willapa Bay, Ediz Hook, 

 New Dungeness, West Point (all in Washington), have no records 

 of any shocks on their books. Narrowstone Point, Washington, 

 went into operation April 7, 1896. No earthquakes recorded. 



Patos Island, Washington, went into operation December 1, 1893. 

 No earthquakes recorded. 



