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Santa Rosa, Sonoma County (Miss Locke). — A man saw an earth-wave 2 feet high. 
Cotati, Sonoma County (C. 1. Jeffrey). — The surface of the earth waved like water. 
Napa, Napa County (T. Hull). — Those who were out of doors say the trees bent as 
the shock came like a wave of the ocean. 
Pleasanton, Alameda County (Miss F. Locke). — A lady near Pleasanton saw the earth 
go in waves like the ocean. 
San Francisco (Miss F. Locke). — A fireman at the engine house 1757 Waller Street 
said the ground went in waves. 
San Mateo, San Mateo County (Mr. Maxwell). — The earth rose and fell like the swell 
of the sea, the swells being about 3 feet high. 
Saratoga, Santa Clara County (Louise M. Atkinson). — Distinct waves past over the 
ground from northwest to southeast, the orchard trees rising and falling on each wave, 
like ships at sea, while the electric poles along the road leaned this way and that, some 
seeming almost to touch the ground. 
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County (I. H. Snyder). — Mr. Dan Pickering, living a mile 
south of Santa Clara, says that the ground rose and fell in waves about a foot high. 
Others say that the orchards seemed to be agitated by a wave-like motion. 
San Jose, Santa Clara County (W. S. Prosser). — Many persons saw waves in the 
ground. Sifting out exaggerations, these appeared to be rather more than a foot in 
height. The best observer estimated the distance from crest to crest at 60 feet ; others 
much less, but they must have been greater, for there is no evidence which shows any 
such vertical cracks as would have been produced by short waves. <A good observer 6 
miles southwest of San Jose described the waves as parallel with certain tree rows which 
are northeast and southwest; and the waves moved from him at right angles to the line 
toward San Francisco. Another person, 6 miles northwest from San Jose and looking 
south, saw the waves (which he thinks were east and west) coming toward him, and 
hence toward San Francisco; but about the middle of the quake these were met by 
other waves and the whole surface resembled hillocks or cross seas, and the tree-tops 
waved wildly. To the man to the southwest of San J ose, however, the tops of the trees 
were almost still, while the trunks waved sinuously. 
Meridian, Santa Clara County (G. A. Waring). — A lady reports seeing waves travel- 
ing southward along the driveway, and a man reports seeing a heavy wagon move back 
and forth several times, 4 or 5 fect along the driveway. 
Campbell, Santa Clara County (F. M. Righter). — People out of doors at the time state 
that there was a very rapid wave-like motion of the surface of the earth. 
Wright, Santa Clara County (Flora E. Beecher). — Mr. Deacon, our neighbor, rose 
and stood by the window, and he declares that the ground rose in waves. 
Coyote, Santa Clara County (G. A. Waring). — Near Coyote a man reports having 
seen a northwest-southeast fence move in a wave-like motion, beginning at southern end. 
Paicenes, San Benito County (G. A. Waring). — Toward the Cienega Lime Kilns, 4 
miles south of Paicenes, a man reports seeing a wave coming westward thru a grain field. 
San Lucas, Monterey County (G. A. Waring). — West of San Lucas the waves were 
reported to have been seen moving southward over the hills. 
San Luis Ranch, near Pacheco Pass (G. F. Zoffman). — Mr. Mills stated that the sur- 
face of the ground moved up and down like the waves of the ocean. 
Mendota, Fresno County (G. F. Zoffman).— The people who observed the plains at 
Mendota said that they assumed a wave-like appearance, and that the trains rose and 
fell as the undulations past beneath the tracks. They also stated that this wave-like 
appearance was confined to the north and south movement, the east and west motion 
being more in the nature of a tremor. 
Visalia, Tulane County (F. A. Swanger).— The movement of swell and fall of wave 
seemed strong. 
