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ture was turned over, and a few frame buildings set upon unbraced posts were shaken 
down. The tendency along the fault seemed to be to crowd the two sides together, as 
a water-pipe in one place had sprung up in a curve out of the ground. The fact that he 
found no trees broken at a distance of more than a mile from the fault indicates to Mr. 
Call that the shock was much stronger near the fault than elsewhere. 
Mr. Call resided for some years on the South American coast and had experienced the 
disastrous effects of sea waves consequent upon earthquakes in that region. The moment, 
therefore, that he felt the shock he turned his attention to the sea, which is in full view 
of his house. He reports that it was perfectly still during the shock and afterwards. 
South of Fort Ross, at Doda’s ranch, a large barn about 150 feet west of the fault was 
found leaning to one side on the verge of collapse. Several of the dwellings and other 
smaller houses had slipt from their underpinning. All the chimneys had been broken 
off or destroyed; household articles and furniture had been thrown down, but no window 
glass had been shattered or even cracked. 
Mr. Doda’s daughter stated that she was standing in the kitchen at the time of the 
shock, and was lifted vertically from the floor more than once, in each case alighting on 
her feet. A ranch hand who was out-of-doors at the time stated that he saw Shiai water- 
tank thrown vertically upward about 5 feet and then fall in ruins. 
In the forest between Plantation House and Fort Ross innumerable trees, many of 
them redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) of considerable size, had broken off some distance 
from the ground (plate 69a, B), or had split lengthwise from the roots up. Some were 
uprooted altogether, as if by a hurricane. No particular preponderance in direction of 
throw was noted. Trees on the line of the fault were as a rule split vertically and more 
or less twisted. In some cases the butts had actually been sheared. A fine instance of 
this may be seen on the stage road 150 feet east of Plantation House. 
At Seaview, a post-office on the summit of the ridge overlooking Fort Ross and prob- 
ably 1.5 miles from the fault, the shock is described by Mr. Morgan, the occupant of the 
only-house there, as very violent. In a room with two beds, one moved across the room 
to the south, the other was lifted from the floor. The chimney was thrown to the north. 
On the wagon road from Seaview to Cazadero, the steep bank of the road-cuts, generally 
of disintegrated sandstone, had in numerous places slid. down upon the road. 
At Cazadero the shock was severe and chimneys were generally thrown, but no build- 
ings were wrecked, all the structures being of wood. Mr. H. L. Conley, of this place, 
stated that according to his observation the shock was from north to south, chimneys 
falling south. In a store the chief walls of which trend north and south, hardly any 
damage was caused. Some pictures hanging against walls were turned around so as to 
face the walls. There seemed to be two maxima, the second being the strongest. 
BETWEEN THE COAST AND THE UPPER RUSSIAN RIVER. 
For the territory between the coast and the upper Russian River Valley, we have the 
following notes by Dr. H. W. Fairbanks: 
At Geyserville the shock was much less severe than at Santa Rosa. Chimneys and por- 
tions of brick walls were thrown down. The shock at Skaggs Springs, 8 miles west of 
Geyserville, was not severe. Chimneys were knocked down, but no other damage was 
done. On the summit of the ridge, 6 miles west of Skaggs Springs, chimneys and crockery 
were broken, the shock apparently being fully as severe as at Skaggs. There are no other 
dwellers along the Stewart’s Point road until within 2 miles of the Rift, where the shock 
was of course severe. 
Another section is that across the country from Point Arena to Cloverdale. At Boone- 
ville, in Anderson Valley, there is quite a settlement. About half the chimneys were down, 
and Dr. Diddle, apparently the best-informed man in the town, thinks that the shock was 
