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This house was on the outskirts of town and on sandy soil. No other frame house was 
damaged. Two brick buildings, of poor construction, collapsed. The outer walls gave 
way, allowing the interior to drop. 
(James Davis.)—Two shocks were felt, of which the second was the stronger. There 
was an interval of 3 or 4 seconds of less motion between these maxima. A rumble pre- 
ceded the shock by a second or so. In my house a piano and other heavy objects were 
moved on a polished floor so that the north ends moved 2 or 3 feet out into the room 
farther than the south ends. I was standing at the time of the heaviest shock, and was 
thrown from side to side in a north and south direction. People here all agree as to the 
north and south direction of the movement. Most chimneys fell north, but some fell 
east and west. Pictures on east and west walls, hanging by single wires 4 to 6 feet long, 
swung from 3 to 8 feet along the walls, leaving distinct scratches. Pictures similarly 
hung on north and south walls simply pounded back and forth, leaving punctures in the 
plastering. Water-tanks seem to have fallen to the north always. Three brick buildings, 
each 2-story, 1 old and 2 new, went down flat, and 2 others were badly damaged. Wooden 
buildings in general were not damaged except thru the fall of chimneys. The Catholic 
convent, however, was injured. 
There were no changes in the ground at Hollister save some slight cracks in the vicinity ; 
but a small peak near Santa Ana showed a landslide down its steep face, plainly visible 
at a distance of 6 miles. A huge rock, rolling down a hill in Santa Ana Valley, crashed 
thru a house and killed a man. 
(J. N. Thompson. )—All brick buildings were destroyed or badly damaged. There were 
2 shocks, lasting in all about 50 seconds. The first appeared to be north and south, and 
the last part of the second shock appeared to be a twisting motion or a change to an east 
and west motion. My chimneys fell first, and nearly to the south; then at the last 
motion my wind-mill and tank fell to the west. The most damage was done at the close 
of the last vibration. A sideboard against a north wall was moved several inches to the 
south, and a clock on the same wall was thrown to the south. A bed against the west wall 
moved several inches to the east. 
From Hollister to San Benito (G. A. Waring). — The effect of the shock upon alluvial 
soil is very noticeable. In the hills toward the Stayton Mines the shock was so feeble that 
it was not noticed by some people. Thru Brown’s, Los Muretos, and Quien Sabe Valleys 
it was generally only sufficient to throw the cream from pans of milk. The often repeated 
story of the man who was killed in Quien Sabe Valley, by a rolling boulder crushing his 
house, is not to be accepted as a measure of the intensity. Several loose rocks were 
shaken down in the neighborhood of Santa Ana peak, and springs increased their flow ; 
nevertheless the shock was very light. 
At Palmtag’s winery, in the hills southwest of Tres Pinos, the shock seems to have been 
more severe than elsewhere in the vicinity of that village. Furniture was moved, water 
was thrown from troughs, and an adobe building was badly cracked. One low brick 
winery was unharmed. A distinct rumble preceded the shock; 2 distinct periods were 
felt and the shock seemed very long. There is a small lake on the Palmtag place, and 
the ground seems rather marshy. Possibly this had some influence on the intensity, tho 
there is reason to believe that the projection of the fault passes thru the hills in the im- 
mediate vicinity. 
At Tres Pinos, out of 18 chimneys only one fell and it was unstable. Shelf goods were 
almost unaffected. There is hard rock (sandstone or shale) in place, however, at a 
depth of 2 to 4 feet, at Tres Pinos. 
Paicenes, tho south of Tres Pinos, was more violently shaken, for it stands on gravel. 
Milk and water were spilt somewhat, and a few tall bottles were thrown from the shelves. 
Water is said to have spouted up in the flat land along the river, 0.25 mile from the stream. 
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