274 REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION. 
(H. W. Bell.) —It was reported here that along the Ocean Shore construction work near 
Bolsa Point, a concrete pipe 24 inches in diameter and 6 inches thick, embedded in clay, 
had been cracked by the shock. The keeper of the Ano Nuevo light-house says a distinct 
rumbling preceded the shock, which came at first rather gently, followed by a hard, con- 
fusing shake. A brick chimney in the house near by was cracked and twisted 0.75 inch 
out of place, but the new tile and concrete building was unhurt. The ocean became no 
rougher, but had a peculiar greenish hue for several days after the shock. At Pigeon 
Point the shock was less severe, and little damage was done to the buildings, altho 
cracks in the light-house, caused by a former quake, were opened somewhat wider. 
Following the road from the Cascade Ranch across toward Ano Nuevo Bay, the in- 
tensity seems to have decreased. At a house 0.75 mile southeast of where the coast road 
crosses Greenoaks Creek, a few dishes fell; plastering was but slightly cracked, and a 
water-tank stood. Half a mile north of the mouth of Ano Nuevo Creek, the brick chim- 
ney was knocked from a house, plaster was cracked, and cattle were caused to stagger. 
Half a mile southeast of where the main road crosses Finney Creek, a ledge of shale had 
been knocked into the gulch. The largest piece which fell had an unbroken surface of 
about 4 square feet. The almost horizontal edges of shale beds near a house at this point 
were knocked down. <A long, narrow landslide above a house 0.75 mile northeast of the 
mouth of Waddell Creek had landed against the end of the house, taking out a strip of 
earth below a spring and causing a good supply of water to issue forth. This slide 
appeared to be partly due to the large amount of water present. At the house the chim- 
ney was cracked, but dishes did not fall from their places. 
Turning north by a trail opposite Greyhound Rock, evidences of about the same inten- 
sity were found. Dead trees had fallen here and there, but in no uniform direction. 
LOS GATOS TO SAN JUAN. 
Los Gatos, Santa Clara County (I. H. Snyder). — Los Gatos, population 1,900, is partly 
on a mountain slope and foot-hills, and partly on river deposit. It is surrounded by 
hills on three sides. Los Gatos Creek runs thru the center of the town from south to 
north. The earthquake shock was violent, but apparently not so severe as in the central 
portion of the valley. Nearly all business houses were damaged, and about one-third 
of the plate glass fronts were broken. Much plaster fell both in Los Gatos and in the 
surrounding country. Chimneys fell in many different directions, and nearly half of the 
damaged chimneys left standing were twisted. About 80 per cent of all the‘chimneys 
were destroyed or damaged. Brick fronts were nearly all cracked, and one fell out. 
There were about a dozen upheavals of sidewalks, mostly on north and south streets. 
Grocers and druggists lost quite heavily in breakable goods. 
The direction of the shock seemed to be in general north and south, altho there were 
certainly severe vibrations from nearly all points of the compass, while some persons are 
certain that there was a vertical motion, especially near the beginning. After the shock 
was over, our chandelier was still swinging violently north and south; a near neighbor’s 
lamp swung in the same way; another hanging lamp 0.5 mile west swung northeast and 
southwest. East and west shelving in stores suffered rather the most, tho a store in 
Kast Los Gatos, with shelves north and south, suffered fully as much as any. 
Of the 3 pianos seen in Los Gatos that were moved, 2 went to the south about 3 feet 
and one moved east the same distance. A small seismograph made several years ago 
was in working order, but there was no record, the needle having been thrown off by the 
extreme movement. 
Mr. Lund, of Los Gatos, was one of the few people outside when the shock came. 
He is positive the premonitory roar came from the south and traveled to the north. 
