192 REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION. 
The buildings of E. R. Strain, 1.5 miles north of Bolinas Lagoon, stand about 20 rods 
east of the fault-trace, the house being on a hill and the other buildings on sloping allu- 
vium at its base. The house did not leave its brick foundation, but the foundation was 
cracked. Chimneys were thrown down. The other buildings were thrown from their 
underpinning, moving eastward. Milking was in progress in the barnyard. Some cows 
were thrown down, and Mr. Strain himself was thrown to the ground, but rose and 
grasped a tree, of which he retained hold with much difficulty. 
Daniel Bondietti lives 3.5 miles north from the head of the lagoon, and his buildings 
are about 20 rods east of the main crack. His house was shifted 3 feet toward the fault 
and his barn moved in the same direction. Men engaged in milking were thrown in a 
direction away from the fault — that is, to the northeast—and cows were also thrown 
in this direction. 
At a barnyard near Bondietti’s, and east of the fault, a milker was thrown to the 
west — that is, toward the fault. 
At Beisler’s ranch, a short distance north of Bondietti’s, the fault-trace is in two parts, 
of which the western or main part passes under the barn, and the eastern between the 
house and the barn. Mr. Beisler was milking a cow at a point within 6 feet of the west 
branch, and on the southwest side. He was thrown to the southwest, arose, and started 
to go in the opposite direction, when he saw the crack in the ground; he then turned and 
was again thrown, but with difficulty reached a fence 10 or 15 feet away before the end 
of the shock. His house and buildings were strained, but they did not collapse, and their 
shifting was slight. The greatest shifting was of the main part of his barn, which stood 
between the branches of the fault and moved about 2 feet to the northwest. A water- 
tank near the fault was shifted slightly but did not overturn. At both the Bondietti 
and Beisler ranches the surface of the ground has considerable slope and it is probable 
that bedrock is not far below the surface. 
The buildings of the Dickson ranch, 2.5 miles south of Olema, are about 0.25 mile east 
of the fault-trace, standing on a hillside presumably on firm ground. They nearly all slid 
southwest — that is, downhill and toward the fault. The barn, an old building, collapsed. 
At the Bloom place, a mile south of Olema, the buildings stand 30 or 40 rods east of the 
fault, and are on firm ground. The injury to buildings was here comparatively small. 
A water-pipe by which water was brought from a point on the opposite side of the fault 
was broken in many places, being at some points pulled apart and at others telescoped. 
At one place it buckled so as to project several feet above the ground. After being re- 
paired, the pipe was found to be shorter than before, the difference being estimated at 
about 5 feet. I did not examine the course of the pipe, but from its general direction 
I infer that it crost the fault obliquely from south to north, and that the shortening was 
the direct result of the horizontal throw of the fault. 
Mr. Payne J. Shafter’s place is near the village of Olema. The fault-trace is close to 
the house and other buildings. These stand on a bed of alluvium which is probably sup- 
ported by bedrock at a short distance below the surface. In the barnyard men were 
milking, and were thrown violently to the ground, along with the cattle. The buildings 
were much damaged. During the earthquake a cow fell into the fault-crack and the 
earth closed in on her, so that only the tail remained visible. At the time of my visit the 
tail had disappeared, being eaten by dogs, but there was abundant testimony to sub- 
stantiate the statement. As the fault-trace in that neighborhood showed no cracks 
large enough to receive a cow, it would appear that during the production of the fault 
there was a temporary parting of the walls. 
Mr. Skinner’s ranch is 0.5 mile west of Olema and on the line of the fault. The trace 
passes within about 10 feet of the house and within 2 or 3 feet of the dairy,and runs under 
a portion of a large cow-barn. The house stands southwest of the fault-line, and is on 
the block which moved northwest. The house itself was shifted northwest with reference 
