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where it stands near the ravine above Wright. Morrell’s place is right over the Wright 
tunnel, the tunnel and the rocks near by being of finely broken rock and very much subject 
to slides and other breaks. At Freely’s place, 4 or 5 miles north of Morrell’s, some 15 
acres of woodland have slid into Los Gatos Creek, making a large pond. There are many 
other slides in the neighborhood and many broken trees. Farther on, the crack goes into 
Hinkley’s Gulch, in which the Loma Prieta Mills are situated, and which are buried under 
the slides. The slides which obliterated Fern Gulch at Skyland do not seem to have come 
from the crack, but seem to lie to the west of the crack. 
About four miles south of Wright Station (Mr. L. E. Davidson). —I was camping in the 
Santa Cruz Mountains. My attention was first arrested by a slight rumbling noise; then 
the house trembled for 4 or 5 seconds, and this was followed by a heavy rolling motion 
almost east and west. A heavy trembling came again for several seconds, then the heavy 
shock that threw down the chimneys. Tables and even chairs were upset. This must 
have lasted about 4 seconds; it then gradually died away. The whole time must have 
been all of half a minute. During the day several slight shocks were felt; about 2" 
and 2" 30" p.m., two rather heavy shocks came. 
The ridge on which we camped was full of cracks, ranging up to 2 and 8 feet in width, 
and in length from a few rods to 0.25 mile, all trending west of north to northwest. 
All chimneys on this ridge were thrown down; several houses were completely wrecked ; 
branches were broken from the trees, while many of the trees broke in two and others 
were uprooted. The canyon south of us was filled with landslides. In this canyon the 
stratification of the rocks is plainly shown. The strike is northwest-southeast and the 
dip is almost vertical. The cracks coincide in direction with the strike of the strata. 
Cold water was flowing from some of the cracks. I obtained a small bottle of crude 
oil from Mr. Sutton, which he said was dipt up from the ground on his neighbor’s 
ranch, several hundred gallons of oil having run out of the ground since the earthquake, 
where there had been no sign of oil before. 
Skyland, Santa Cruz County (T. Wightman). — Mr. Wightman’s bed traveled across 
the room to the south, and he was under the impression that the house was falling to the 
south. Some houses in the neighborhood fell completely, and some collapsed on their 
foundations. The two chimneys of his house were thrown, one coming through the 
roof. Some pictures hanging on east walls were turned withstheir faces to the wall. 
Large landslides occurred in the neighborhood. 
Soquel, Santa Cruz County (Miss M. E. Baker). — The house is on the first high 
bench above the stream in Soquel Valley, with high hills té the north and the east. 
At the first movement of the earthquake, chimneys were thrown to the South; at the 
second, mantel ornaments, books in the library, fruit jars in the pantry, etc., were thrown 
toward the north. Some houses in the vicinity had chimneys and objects partly turned 
around. There were two maxima in the shock, the first being the stronger, and the 
direction of movement was from north to south. In the second part of the shock the 
movement seemed to be a twisting one. 
Chittenden (G. A. Waring). — At Chittenden Station evidence of a most violent dis- 
turbance was found. The cottage of the foreman was moved 5 inches westward; an 
upright piano was thrown northwestward upon its back, and electric drop-lights swung 
so as to break against the ceiling. A large frame dairy building on underpinning was 
moved 3 feet northward, as was a smaller building. The oil in a large tank was 
thrown southeastward, badly bending the tank and smashing the protecting shed. 
' (See fig. 58.) The railroad office was not moved from its foundations, but the porch 
roof was jerked nearly off and a 1,000-pound safe was thrown southeastward upon its 
back. Three freight cars on the side-track, loaded with beans, were tipt over to the 
northeastward. At the time of the shock a north-bound freight train was running at 
