| Show AN earthquake IN california I 1 4 A A serious destroys prope I 1 erty hut but kills hills no one I 1 the northern part ot of california was wag shaken by an earthquake on the that did con conj j sid erable damage duna gc I 1 Va jacaville vacaville caville scorns to have been the center ot of the great earthquake shock mains main street presented a picture of great devastation the thoroughfare Is blocked with brick lumber mortar anil and tan led wires there Is not a brlek brick building on the bouth side ol 01 the street which was not hot more or less leas wrecked and some ol of them tire nrc it a total loss the shock struck the tow n at al just 2 19 and lasted fully three quarters of a minute the vibration vibrations a n ere at first from the southwest to the northeast and then changed suddenly to north and south fronts of buildings tum tumbled bleI into the street chimneys is here ere twisted and torn as it if struck by a kansas cyclone and the entire population rushed into the str eLs 1 wr i g 1 miraculous though there was a number dumber ot of very narrow escapes the new presbyterian church was damaged to the extent ot of VM and chimneys were toppled from the christian church and college building the shock lit at winters caused great i damage every ch linney was down and man many y I buildings allian buffered badly tombstones attebe at the cemetery acre ere throbs n down chasms Chasi ins in ill the ground opened in III many places A large number ol of perur ls were injured but none were killed |
