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About a mile farther west, at Poon Kenney, several more short cracks were reported 
trending northerly but varying in direction, and not connecting along their trend, but 
I could not find any of these. About 6 miles north of the bridge on the Eel River, at a 
sheep camp called Hole-in-the-Ground, there are said to be a great many cracks run- 
ning in various directions, but I did not visit them. On the whole, I believe that these 
cracks were all due to the earthquake, but that they are nothing more than surface 
cracks due to the jar. They occur only in the soft strips of weathered sandstone and 
where they seem to be related in trend they also seem to follow the strike of the rocks. 
SHELTER COVE TO ALDER CREEK. 
The intensity of the earthquake shock near the coast of Mendocino County, between 
Shelter Cove and the mouth of Alder Creek, is of peculiar interest, since along this portion 
of the coast the fault line is offshore at an unknown distance and has an unknown course, 
except in so far-as can be indirectly inferred. One of the most important factors in the 
problem of determining the probable distance offshore at which the fault line traverses 
the floor of the Pacific is the intensity of the shock as experienced at points along the 
coast. Fortunately we have satisfactory information on this point. 
Monroe, Mendocino County (D. Besecker). — About 90 per cent of all brick chimneys 
were thrown down. In houses with shelves and cupboards arranged east and west, 50 
per cent of all dishes and glassware was broken. Stores with shelving running the same 
way had all goods thrown off the shelves. Many buildings of light frame construction 
were moved from their foundations. This place is in the heart of the great redwood 
forests, where trees attain a height of 300 feet or more. These tall trees suffered more 
from broken tops than anything else; few if any sound trees were entirely uprooted. 
The trees swayed to and fro for fully 10 minutes after the shock. The direction of the 
motion was north and south. Fissures opened in the mountain sides, and during the 
present winter (March, 1907) many large landslides have resulted from these openings. 
Hardy (Alice Kingsbury). — My chimney was thrown down. Many dishes in sur- 
rounding houses were broken. My piano was moved 8 inches from the wall. The earth 
was cracked, both upon the mountains and near the creek, where the earth was broken 
away from the banks. The logging railway in the woods was somewhat damaged. The 
walls around the boilers in the lumber mill were cracked. 
Westport (M. M. Bates). — All but one of the chimneys in town were shaken down. 
Large tanks that were on the ground were destroyed, but those built on framework were 
not damaged. Large cracks were made in the ground, and after the heavy rains of this 
winter (March, 1907), large landslides occurred. Goods were thrown off shelves in the 
store. (The town is quite near the ocean on a wave-cut terrace underlain by rock.) 
Inglenook, Mendocino County (. Pitts). — Not a chimney was left standing, nor were 
dishes enough left to eat breakfast on. The town is between the ocean and a belt of 
timber. Much of the timber fell, owing to the violence of the shock. On the banks of 
a small lake in the sandhills between the town and the ocean, some alders and willows 
fell owing to a slumping of the banks. 
Cleone, Mendocino County. — Most of the chimneys in the place are terra-cotta. All 
the brick ones fell. About $200 worth of breakable goods in a general merchandise 
store was totally destroyed, and about $300 to $400 damage was done to the wharf and 
railroad tracks. All sway-braces on the wharf had to be replaced, and the railroad 
track was buckled in many places. The bridge across the lagoon sank 3 feet in some 
places, and was thrown out of line laterally, all the piling supporting the bridge being 
listed to the south. 
Branscomb, Mendocino County (J. M. Branscomb).— Of about 15 chimneys in the 
vicinity, 2 were shaken down. 
