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the movement. During the shake animals became greatly excited; horses and cattle 
ran about. Water in some wells became muddy and frothy. 
Navarro, Mendocino County (F. EK. Matthes). — This town is an abandoned one, and 
the conspicuousness of its damage may perhaps in large measure be attributed to the 
neglected state of its buildings. Nearly every house, except for the few still occupied, 
suffered partial collapse of its underpinning, so that from whatever point the town be 
viewed, it presents the same remarkable jumble of leaning, half-ruined houses. Its 
location on the flat, alluvial bottom next the river probably contributed to the severity 
of the damage. In fact, of the entire series of villages and towns visited on this section 
of the coast, this is the only one that stands on alluvial ground; all the others are built 
on firm rock terraces. The great wooden bridge at Navarro showed no damage whatever. 
Greenwood, Mendocino County (F. E. Matthes).— Weak underpinning caused the partial 
collapse of several frame houses. Chimneys had fallen without exception. Plaster fell 
in the lower stories of the few houses containing plaster. The lumber mill was not 
damaged. Windows were broken in the hotel. If the fault line be produced northward 
with the last bearing observed, N. 28° W., it will be found to pass about 2.5 miles to the 
west of Greenwood; that is, nearly the same distance which separates Point Arena 
(i.e. the town of that name) from the fault. Yet the destructive force seems to have 
been a little less effective here than at Point Arena. 
Albion and Little River, Mendocino County. — These two small settlements to the north 
of Navarro are compared by Mr. Matthes with Greenwood. He states that the damage 
at Albion was on a par with that at Greenwood. Only a few of the weaker wooden houses 
were crippled by the partial collapse of their underpinning. The bridge suffered but 
little damage. At Little River the intensity of the shock seems to have been less than 
at Albion or Greenwood. 
Mr. James Coyle, of Albion, reports that he was on a hillside at an altitude of about 
500 feet. He heard a roaring noise similar to a heavy fall of hail coming from the ocean 
to the west. The earth shook back and forth. He was thrown violently to the ground, 
as were also several cattle and horses that were grazing near. Large rocks were seemingly 
squeezed out of the hillside and rolled into the river. The trees were shaken northwest 
and southeast. He noticed only one maximum of intensity. Many houses and bridges 
were thrown down, chimneys all fell, and large landslides blocked the roads. 
Bridgeport, Mendocino County. — An extensive landslide came down into the culti- 
vated fields on the flat, wave-cut terrace east of the road. 
ALDER CREEK TO FORT ROSS. 
Manchester, Mendocino County. — Population 75. Nearly all the information that 
we have regarding the intensity of the earthquake shock for the coastal strip between 
the mouth of Alder Creek, where the fault enters the shore from the Pacific, and the point 
near Fort Ross, where it again leaves the shore, is contained in a report by Mr. F. E. 
Matthes. This is, however, supplemented by notes by Mr. W. W. Fairbanks, of Point 
Arena, for the phenomena observed in the vicinity of that town and by other observers 
in the vicinity of Fort Ross. In the following pages the statements regarding this ter- 
ritory will be understood to be extracts from Mr. Matthes’ report, unless otherwise stated : 
Manchester, a small settlement with a population of less than 100, only three-quarters 
of a mile west of the fault, was severely shaken, yet none of the frame houses in the village 
itself was badly damaged. A number of them slipt on their foundations, a notable case 
being that of W. W. Fairbanks’ dwelling, which was twisted off its concrete supports, so 
that one of its corners was found 4 feet from its original place. The rotation was right 
handed. East of Manchester several farms were visited which were directly on the line 
