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Show By W. U. Tclcenu.U Lino.J TUU CillEAT EARTHQUAKE. San Francisco, April 1. Additional iilviipq from Tnvn ertnnttf rtlnen lln number of killed by the earthquake at : thirty and tho wounded at 100. In . tho desert country stretching from Owens Lake to tho Mexican line, aro craters innumerable, volcanoes not long extinot, and several volcanoes aro distinctly dis-tinctly seen southward from that place, and word had been brought there that lava was seen flowing down tho mountain. moun-tain. The report is not authenticated. Tho Ehocks increased in force up to Thursday when over a thousand had beencountcd. AtTibbits' ranch, fifteen miles abovo Independence, forty acres of ground was sunk seven feet below the surfaco of the surrounding country. coun-try. Big Owens Lake has risen four feet, and Owens river overflowed its banks and shoals of fish were left on the shores for a distanco of three or four miles.' At Lone Pine the earth cracked and one side sunk seven or eight feet, leaving a wall of earth over three miles in length where formerly there was a level country, and innumerable innu-merable cracks were made throughout the valley. Kern and Owens rivers turned and ran up stream for several minutes, leaving their beds dry and returned re-turned with increased violence. Ao parallel to this earthquake has occurred since 1S12, when the missions San Juan, Capistrano and La Parissima, in southern California were destroyed. |