304 REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION. 
At the San Lorenzo Cemetery, about half the tall monuments were down. Most of 
these fell to the south, some to the north, and a few to the east and west. Twisting 
occurs where the south end is thrown east. Almost all the chimneys in this vicinity 
were down. 
At Mills College about half the chimneys were down. A stone building there was 
badly shattered and will have to be taken down. A brick and concrete library, and the 
same kind of a bell-tower, were not injured to any great extent, tho a few cracks can 
be seen here and there. Mills is on rather high ground at the base of the foot-hills. 
(J. Keep.)—The floor of my room at Mills College seemed to be boiling. Immense 
damage was done. In the made ground there was a drop of from 1 foot to several feet. 
The seismograph registered for a time and then broke. The Science Hall, a stone struc- 
ture, was badly injured, entailing a loss of $5,000. 
(J. N. Frank.)—In San Leandro objects against the east and west walls of the house 
were thrown down. Some statues were rotated clockwise. Chimneys were overthrown 
or broken, and plaster cracked, causing a damage estimated at between $400 and $500. 
Mount Eden (William Gall). — The general direction of the movement was to the 
north and northeast, but objects fell in all directions. Objects were rotated, some 
clockwise and some counter-clockwise. A rotary motion was distinctly felt. Brick chim- 
neys were broken and thrown. Furniture was thrown flat. The shock caused con- 
sternation among the people and domestic animals. Monuments in the cemetery were 
overthrown in various directions. 
Decoto (¥. i. Matthes).— No earth movements nor displacements were discovered 
anywhere along the base of the mountain scarp. The damage to buildings was slight, 
consisting of broken or twisted chimneys and cracking of plaster in a few houses. A 
few scattering chimneys escaped destruction, being probably better built than the aver- 
age. In the stores and saloons articles were thrown down in southerly directions for 
the most part. Water was observed to splash from a tank a mile north of town, the 
direction of throw being southeasterly. The consensus of opinion was that the shock 
had a nearly north-south direction. According to the track-boss, the railroad track 
suffered no displacements anywhere between Niles and Irvington. The Masonic Home, 
a large brick structure located on the hillside on solid rock foundations, suffered but 
little damage. A few insignificant cracks in the brick walls, 2 chimneys broken off, and 
2 chimneys cracked constitute the most serious damage. Plaster was cracked in several 
rooms; no windows were broken. / 
Alvarado (F. KE. Matthes).— The Alameda Sugar Company was the chief sufferer. 
The main buildings of the plant are of wood, substantially constructed, and were not 
damaged; but the fittings and accessory structures were injured in numerous places. 
An old lime-kiln showed diagonal cracks in the brickwork; several of the small arches 
above the fire holes opened and let bricks fall out. A 6-inch cast-iron water-pipe, at- 
tached vertically to the main building, broke transversely about 30 feet above the ground. 
The water in the tanks on the roof splashed so heavily as to raise and break the wooden 
covers. The water seems to have splashed mostly to the east. The 2 great platforms 
carrying the molasses tanks, supported by numerous vertical props 10 feet 10 inches 
high, resting on concrete foundations, fell down altogether; the northern one to the 
north, the southern one to the south, these directions probably being determined by 
the original inclination of the supports or the relative efficiency of the bracing. The 
tanks were all damaged and over 1,000,000 pounds of molasses flowed away. The total 
weight on the south platform was 1,072,891 pounds. (Plate 1154.) In the engine-room 
the vertical steam-pipes cracked next to the flanges by the wracking motion of the ceil- 
ings thru which they extended. The shock appears to have had a north-south direction, 
according to the position of the breaks in these pipes. 
