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at several places. The ranch-house, of concrete with a wooden upper story, was cracked 
across the northwest corner and settled slightly on the northwest side. In the back 
yard were fissures 1 foot wide, running about N. 13° W., with a downthrow of 1 foot on 
the east side. Some of the prune trees in the orchard are 2 feet out of alinement, and 
some as much as 6 feet. The lateral displacement here shows a relative movement of 
the south side toward the east. Considerable sand was brought up by water flowing 
from the cracks in this orchard. 
In the town of Milpitas all the chimneys were thrown down, as well as 3 frame build- 
ings. The hotel fell from its underpinning and sank bodily about 3 feet. The streets 
near it were not disturbed. 
Warm Springs (G. F. Zoffman). — The Warm Springs Hotel, a large 2-story build- 
ing, was but slightly damaged, only a little plaster falling. No buildings were damaged, 
beyond the falling of two chimneys. 
Milpitas-San Jose Road (G. F. Zoffman).— About 0.5 mile south of Milpitas, on the 
Milpitas-San Jose road, cracks were formed across the road. They did not, however, 
appear to have any definite direction, and were so small that no lateral movement was 
discernible. At the County Alms House, about 1 mile south of Milpitas, two chimneys 
were thrown down and considerable plaster fell. On the north side of the bridge which 
crosses Coyote River, on the San Jose-Milpitas road, some cracks were found but they 
were evidently caused by the sliding of the banks. The bridge was not damaged. 
The damage in the section of country lying between Milpitas and San Jose was nearly 
uniform. About 90 per cent of the chimneys were thrown down and in all houses that 
were plastered considerable plaster fell. Articles in the houses were thrown over, and 
much water and milk was spilt, altho it does not appear to have been in any partic- 
ular direction. Cracks like those which were observed in the ground on the Milpitas- 
Alviso road reappeared on both sides of the Coyote River at intervals all the way to 
San Jose. Altho they occur in a general north-south direction, it seems probable that 
their origin was due to the unstable condition of the alluvial deposits which underlie 
the valley. 
Alum Rock Road (G. F. Zoffman). — Starting from San Jose and going toward Alum 
Rock, it was observed that the shock had decreased from an intensity of 1X at San Jose 
to an intensity of VI at Alum Rock. No cracks were found between Coyote Creek and 
the mountains, but in the valley at least 90 per cent of the chimneys were thrown. At 
the mouth of the Alum Rock canyon, a count of the fallen chimneys revealed the fact 
that the percentage had dropt to 50. At Alum Rock no chimneys were damaged nor 
had any movable objects been overturned, altho the water in sulfur baths had splasht 
up about a foot on both sides. 
Calaveras Valley to Evergreen and vicinity (G. F. Zoffman). — Going from Milpitas 
toward the Calaveras Valley, chimneys were all thrown down on the flat lands between 
the village and the foot of the grade leading over the ridge to Calaveras Valley. 
In Calaveras Valley all the brick chimneys were thrown down, tho there were only 
a few in this valley. No damage to houses is reported. Mr. Hadsell, in charge of the 
property of the Spring Valley Water Company, which has begun to construct a dam 
at the north end of the valley, states that there was no shifting of the strata im the tun- 
nels, and that no damage had been done the property. 
Between this place and the head of Alum Rock Canyon, the residents stated that 
cracks appeared across the road in several places; but altho this was in the proximity 
of the Calaveras Valley fault-line, which passes thru this region, it was not possible to 
verify their statements. Mr. Robert Ingleson, who lives in section 22, on the ridge 
east of Calaveras Valley, reports that the shock was not severe there. A long slender 
bottle standing on a table in his house fell over, but a lamp on the table was not upset. 
