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reported by some to be more severe than that of April 18. But Mr. Sartwell, having 
experienced both shocks, is of the opinion that the shock of April 18 was the heavier. 
The shock of April 23 was westerly and easterly, and a regulator clock in the shop of 
D. S. Sartwell, watchmaker, that stopt on April 18, was not stopt on April 23. The 
same action took place in the mill-pond as on the 18th. Many people felt neither shock. 
Each time there was a cessation for a few moments of the surf beating on the shore. 
Klamath, Humboldt County (C. H. Johnson). — There were two shocks, the first being 
the hardest, and the direction of movement from east to west. The first movement 
seemed to lift up, the second to settle back and shake. No objects were thrown down. 
Prof. A. S. Eakle reports that at Trinidad a severe shaking up was experienced, 
but the shock, according to the residents of the place, did no damage. 
Mr. P. L. Young, M.E., who was in Eureka on the morning of April 18, shortly after- 
ward traveled thru a portion of the Klamath Mountains. He reports that the shock 
was felt at Arcata, Blue Lake, and up Redwood Creek to Hower’s. On the Bald Hills, 
at an altitude of 3,300 feet, the shock was heavy. At Martin’s Ferry, on the Klamath 
River, two trees were shaken down. It was felt at Weitchpec, at the junction of the 
Trinity and Klamath Rivers, at Orleans, Somes Bar at the junction of the Salmon and 
the Klamath Rivers, at Bennett’s at the forks of the Salmon River, and at Gilta, a min- 
ing camp in southwestern Siskiyou County, about 3,300 feet above sea-level. Seven 
miles from the latter place, at Brooks, in the extreme northwest corner of Trinity County, 
at an altitude of 4,800 feet, the shock is described as heavy. At Hower’s, on the night 
of April 22, Mr. Young experienced another very perceptible shock. 
Peanut, Trinity County (Mrs. Ellen Diller). — Mrs. Diller was in bed on the morning 
of April 18, partially awake, when she was aroused by hearing a heavy table dragged 
across the floor, altho she is quite hard of hearing. Attached to the ceiling of the room 
was a piece of wire about 3 feet long, to which a basket for flowers is sometimes attached. 
She noticed this wire swinging northwest-southeast thru a space of 7 inches, and thought 
the wind was blowing. The house shook as if a heavy person were walking in the entry. 
The clock was stopt, the clock facing the east and the pendulum length being 5.5 inches. 
Mr. John W. Diller at the time of the shock was awake in bed in a mining camp bunk, 
in a board shack about 8 miles east-northeast of Peanut. It seemed to him as if some 
one were pushing or pulling the side of the shack off. The man in the bunk below him 
was awakened but other sleepers in the shack were not. 
Montague, Siskiyou County (G. H. Chambers). — There was one shock, the estimated 
duration of which was 30 seconds. The apparent direction of movement was east and 
west. The shock was strong enough to rattle windows, to cause beds to move, and sus- 
pended objects to swing. One clock was stopt. 
Gazelle, Siskiyou County (O. F. Dyer). — Many persons in bed felt a light sensation. 
One clock in a brick store was stopt. The vibration was southeast and northwest. 
Sisson, Siskiyou County. — Press reports state that some windows were broken and 
that water in the Southern Pacific Railway tank spilt out. 
Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County (A. J. Pickehorn). — Doors and windows rattled. 
Etna Mills, Siskiyou County (May Lemon). — Several clocks stopt and some plastering 
was cracked. 
Slight shocks are also reported from the Black Bear, Cantara, and Hornbrook, Siskiyou 
County. At Sawyer’s Bar a few clocks were stopt. At Upton a water tank 40 feet high 
turned to the west, tipping some water out, and then went back to the upright position, 
according to a report by G. R. Dixon. He was awakened by his building swaying north 
and south. A rocking chair swayed in the same direction, as did hangings on north and 
south walls. This was followed by more complex movements, giving rise to nausea. 
Denny, Trinity County (E. KE. Ladd). — The foot of the bed was raised, and then the 
head, indicating that the shock came from south to north. This was-followed by a 
tremble which caused a rocking motion. 
