SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



which there extends on all sides several larger excursions of the 

 pen. — Josiah Keep. 



Cantau Creek, Fresno County. At 12:13 p. m. S. C. Lillis felt shock, 

 duration about 15 seconds, ninth shock; undulation and whirling 

 motion. 



San Jose. Almost every clock in town stopped. 



Gilroy. Much damage done to brick buildings; chimneys all over 

 town cracked or demolished and plastering fell to floor. Sargents 

 reports destruction of adobe building. 



Hollister. Scarcely a brick building in town that has not suffered. 

 Top of north fire wall of McMahon House fell upon adjoining 

 buildings. Much window glass broken. 



Salinas. Much damage done. Firewalls tumbled into street; chim- 

 neys down and plate glass cracked. 



Monterey. Portion of adobe wall of San Carlos Mission Church 

 fell, frightening worshipers, and several fainted. 



Gonzales. Heaviest earthquake ever felt in this locality occurred 

 today. The vibrations were from north to south and lasted a full 

 quarter of a minute. 



Fresno. Duration variously estimated at from o to 10 seconds. 

 Hughes Block and Temple Bar buildings shaken. Xo damage re- 

 ported, but a general feeling of alarm. At the residence of T. C. 

 White a vase was broken. 



Redwood City. Shock rang the bell in the dome of the new High 

 School building and cracked the plaster in some of the old build- 

 ings. 



Oakland; 12:1.3:35 p. m. The big clocks of the city were stopped at 

 thirteen minutes after the hour of noon today by as violent an 

 earthquake as ever visited Oakland. The shock probably lasted 

 seven seconds, although it seemed much longer. It was followed 

 by another decided tremor, which, however, was not comparable 

 with the first. The excitement for a time was great. People ran 

 out of their houses and into the middle of the street. In all the 

 big churches of the city the congregations were attentively listen- 

 ing to sermons, and the shock abruptlj"^ ended several of these 

 services. As far as can be learned, there were no windows broken 

 or other actual damage done, although many are complaining that 

 valuable china and glass ware were knocked from tables and 

 shelves and ruined. The seismograph at the Chabot Observatory 

 shows that there were three distinct tremors. The direction of 

 the first was from northwest to southeast, while the others were 

 from northeast to southwest. The successive tremors lasted a trifle 

 over eight seconds and the time recorded at the observatory is 



. 12h. 13m. 35s. The quake was distinctly felt in Berkeley, Alameda, 

 and other towns in the vicinity. 



