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to the house was so serious that it was being torn down at the time of observation. A 
4,000-gallon tank (at 54, map No. 22) was moved and burst open, letting out 2,000 gal- 
lons of water. At the house nearest it, the chimneys were cracked, but nothing inside 
had been disturbed except some bottles, and no plaster was cracked. Houses in Scott 
Valley had about this same amount of damage; chimneys were sometimes cracked but 
were still standing, and plaster did not fall. 
Miss Finette Locke, of Scott Valley, reports that a man was thrown to the ground by 
the shock, and when he arose could not walk because of the earth’s motion. The vibra- 
tion was northeast-southwest. Everybody was awakened; all clocks were stopt; plas- 
tering was extensively cracked; and all chimneys were broken. About a mile north 
some chimneys fell, and in one house 4 dozen jars of fruit were thrown from shelves. 
Landslides and cracks are reported between Scott Valley and Felton, and the dam across 
a small lake was cracked. A statuette and a vase fell to the northeast. The largest 
chimney moved 2 inches to the northeast. The entire width of the road to the south- 
west of the small lake was splasht with water thrown out of the lake. Long billows 
on the lake extended northwest and southeast. In an 8-foot trough orientated east and 
west water was caused to sway back and forth, but not parallel to the sides of the trough. 
A neighbor who was awake heard a roaring noise in the northeast. Much milk and 
cream was thrown out of pans. 
Going from Scott Valley toward the town of Felton, the shock appeared to grow con- 
stantly lighter; some people did not even get out of bed. 
Felton. — In this village the shock was apparently lighter than at either Boulder Creek 
or Ben Lomond. At Zayante, some cordwood and some finer split wood, piled 8 feet 
high, was not shaken down, tho some of it was said to have been disturbed. 
(R. Collom.)—The shock was only moderately strong. The damage consisted of 
the destruction of brick chimneys. Earthquake effects at this point are shown only 
by the damage to artificial structures. 
Pescadero to Butano Creek (H. W. Bell). —In the town of Pescadero the shock was 
heavy; all but 3 brick chimneys fell, and but few buildings were otherwise damaged. 
Plastering was knocked from the walls in most of the houses, and church bells were 
rung. All the water-tanks observed were still standing, and none of the churches had 
lost their steeples, tho one church was cracked open. Cracks were visible in the streets. 
One man walking eastward along the road near Pescadero was thrown flat on his chest 
by the first shock, but jumped up and braced himself in this direction, and was then 
thrown southward. Cracks in the road also appeared, and dust spurted up. Several 
people were nauseated by the motion and some said that a noise as of a wind preceded 
the shock. ‘ 
Going eastward from Pescadero, a small crack 30 feet long, with an east and west 
strike, was observed. In an orchard near by there were several cracks, the widest one 
measuring 8 inches, with a vertical displacement of 1 foot. About 2 miles east of the 
town, on the north bank of Pescadero Creek, a landslide in the shape of a half-moon, 
its axis lying N. 23° W., had slipt down toward the bed of the stream. The greatest 
vertical displacement at the top of the slide was 15 feet; the distance from its apex to 
the road about 85 feet; and the span from end to end along the road about 220 feet. No 
solid rock was exposed by the slide. The road had dropt 6 feet at the south end, and 
8 feet at the north. Only a few cracks appeared on the surface of the part which had 
slipt. The creek lying directly below the road had apparently received very little soil 
from the landslide. 
Along the stretch of road between this slide and the town of Pescadero, there were 
few cracks in the road and the houses were in good condition. The only brick chimney 
seen was down. The intensity was apparently the same as in the village, and continued 
