198 REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION. 
George H. Covert, of Cypress Grove, about 0.5 mile north of Marshall’s, states that on 
the morning of April 18 he saw a wave 8 to 10 feet high, and white-capped, come broad- 
side on to the east side of the bay immediately after the shock. That is, the wave-crest 
was parallel to the axis of the bay. The ground has a gentle slope here, and the wave 
did no harm. Mr. Covert gave a clear, intelligent account, and fully corroborated the 
testimony of the teacher at Marshall’s. 
The island in the bay nearly opposite Hamlet was visited, but no sign of the fault was 
found. Tomales Point, west of the bay, was crost at the “Gum Trees.” Small land- 
slides were found on the bay shore on the ocean side of the point at various places. On 
the peninsula no cracks were found. At one place on the ocean shore a projecting gra- 
nitic; rocky spur was much crusht and ground in the narrow neck connecting it with the 
mainland. The spur is about 30 feet high and 50 feet long. 
Prof. E. Knowlton gave an account of the damage caused by the earthquake at 
Bolinas and vicinity in the public press, extracts from which are here quoted: 
Along the main street of Bolinas stand most of the houses, not far from fifty in number 
and allframe. Of these about two-thirds were heaved, slid, tipt, and shattered into unin- 
habitable condition. No fatality occurred. As in San Francisco, most of the chimneys 
came down, but the shock was much more severe in Bolinas than in San Francisco. Along 
the bay shore were 7 buildings. Of these 6 went over ordown. At the Flag Staff Inn the 
tipping of the house has thrown it so far east into the bay that one may sit along the upper 
edge of the parlor floor and fish in 4 feet of water along the opposite edge of the same room. 
The village church was pitched forward and downward, falling 3 feet; pews were torn loose 
and pitched about, with walls and ceilings cracked and shattered. The large new 2-story 
building now containing the Post-office, 50 x 30 feet, was swung 5 feet off its concrete foun- 
dation at the northend. Back of the Steele place, near the north end of the lagoon, the hill- 
side started eastward toward the lagoon, bulged upward, and cracked into several fissures 
from 30 to 100 feet long and from 5 to 18 inches wide. The great ocean bluffs along the 
south and west of the entrance to Bolinas Lagoon, some 165 feet high, crumbled and fell, 
crashing down upon the ocean beach and reducing the slope of the bluff to half its former 
angle. The two bluffs along the stage road from the head of the lagoon to the town also 
broke and fell from 40 to 60 feet, completely blocking the stage road along the lagoon beach. 
BETWEEN THE COAST AND SANTA ROSA VALLEY. 
Tomales, Marin County. Population 300. (R.S. Holway.) — The Catholic Church, a 
fine-looking stone building, was completely wrecked (plate 81p), as were the brick bank 
and saloon, and a stone store building. Several frame buildings were pitched from their 
foundations and wrecked. A brick chimney on the United States Hotel was pitched north 
and went over the porch, falling in the street. All chimneys were down. Cracks were 
reported in the street and near the depot. Just north of the depot there was an ex- 
tensive landslide along the railroad, which threw one track over the other. (Plate 129 a.) 
In the cemetery 18 square monuments fell north or south, 11 north, 3 south; 3 square 
monuments fell east or west. No monuments of any size were left standing except 3 
heavy and relatively low rectangular stones. In another cemetery, 0.5 mile out of town, 
20 monuments fell north and south, and none east or west. Four monuments were left 
standing. A small spring started in the basement of Mr. Cornett’s house, which stands 
on the hillside near the depot. A stone’ dwelling 1.5 miles southeast of the town was 
completely wrecked, killing two people. (Plate 81c.) At Freeman’s, 3 miles north- 
east of Tomales, a large landslide was caused by the shock. (Plate 129s.) 
(Mr. Donell.) —At noon, April 17, the plaster fell in a store and broke the show-cases. 
Dillon's Beach (R. 8. Holway). — Chimneys were thrown from the small cottages, but 
one chimney on the main building remained standing. 
