288 REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION. 
necessarily fell east or west because they faced east. Two marble shafts about 8 feet 
high were broken off halfway up, the lower part and base being unshifted. In'the Cath- 
olic Cemetery 10 stones out of 67 fell. 
In the hills between Los Gatos and Gilroy the shock seems to have been somewhat less 
severe. At the New Almaden mines, the tops of 2 brick furnace chimneys, about 50 
feet tall, were broken off; but the furnaces were unharmed and the underground work- 
ings unaffected. About 70 per cent (16 out of 23) of the chimneys in the settlement here 
(Hacienda) were broken off. A loud noise like thunder is reported to have traveled north- 
ward down the canyon, distinctly preceding the shock. This has often been heard since, 
seemingly underfoot, even when no shock has been felt. 
Southward from New Almaden thru the hills the houses on alluvial land suffered notice- 
ably more than those on more solid ground. From Uvas westward to the summit, the 
intensity rapidly rose as the fault was approached. ‘Two miles west of Uvas P.O., and 
half a mile east of the summit, an east-and-west stone wall, built of loose boulders, was 
thrown mostly northward; water was thrown from troughs toward the north; and all 
streams were muddy for 2 days after the shock, while in wet places there was a noticeable 
settling of the ground. 
Southward from New Almaden along the eastern side of the valley, the shock uniformly 
lessened in its intensity thru Old Gilroy and San Felipe to Hollister. At San Felipe a 
large stone cheese factory was not damaged, except for a few cracks. The lake 0.5 mile 
west of the village was considerably stirred up, and water from a full road tank was thrown 
60 feet across the road. A considerable rumble was heard all thru this region; one per- 
son says it came from the southeast, traveling down the valley; another says it came from 
the southwest. 
Along the railroad track from Gilroy to Sargent, nearing the fault, the intensity rose 
considerably, but the motion was a slow, swinging one. Water was all thrown from 
reservoirs, and trees swayed violently; but plastering and shelf goods suffered little. 
At Sargent all loose objects were thrown about, but no buildings were shifted. 
(A. J. Champreux.)—About 90 per cent of the chimneys in Gilroy fell, the prevailing 
direction being east and west. No frame houses were thrown off their foundations. 
Brick walls were damaged at the top by the fall of 8 to 20 courses of brick. Most of the 
plastered houses suffered by the cracking of plaster. No cracks were found in roads or 
pavements. At the Cemetery, about 50 per cent of the monuments were overthrown. 
Of the fallen ones, 95 per cent were thrown in an east-west direction. All monuments 
overthrown had square bases. 
HOLLISTER TO PRIEST VALLEY. 
Hollister (G. A. Waring). — At Hollister (plate 114c, p) the chief damage was to the 
Grangers’ Union, the Rochdale store, the Catholic school, and the fire-house. The two 
stores were poorly built, however, with large rooms unsupported by partitions or columns, 
while their shelves were heavily laden with goods. The school was on tall underpinning, 
very slightly braced, which allowed the building to lurch northward and settle to the 
ground. Unsupported parts of the fire-house walls (2 bricks thick) fell outward, but the 
portion braced by posts and tie-rods was unhurt. Sixty-five out of 123 chimneys fell, 
or 58 per cent. Several locked doors were thrown open, in one case the bolt being broken. 
One old settler remembers when the business part of Hollister was a slough. An artesian 
belt also passes thru the town, which may have affected the intensity along its path. 
(A. J. Champreux.)— Practically all chimneys fell, the prevailing direction being east- 
west. _ One frame house, “School of the Sacred Heart,” 2-story, was completely wrecked. 
The foundation gave way in the front part of the house, allowing the floor joists to drop. 
