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Show Tin: Tiitituits ur lar.Tiitji'Ahi'. Tnr. Han Francisco llnnlel of April SOtli conlelns detailed refllU of the recent earthquake disturbances In California. It says the shoek on tho 10th whs the severest expeitenced since tho Lone Pine disaster of 1872. The vlbrutloti extended Irom (llbroy and Fresno on the south to Orovllle and Chlcu on Ihe north, ami from Haula floa on the west vntlrely across theHlateaud Into Nevada. The area which experienced the severest icrtlou of the shock was, however, very limited. It was confined to por. tlons of Holano and Yolo counties. On the morning ot the carttujuake tho scene In the town of Vacavllle Is described as one of the wildest disorder, llm rlrst shock waa felt at 2:19 a.m., while tho Inhabllanla wcro sleeping soundly. ltc ealed vll ratloua and the crash of falling buildings soon Aroused the cople, who I'oured Into the streets In their nightdresses streaming and terror-stricken. They remained outside until morning, fearing to enter their homes, lest further shocks might prove more serious. Heveral costly buildings w ere ooini letely w recked. The seenes at Winters, Wrodland, l,iflrlo nnd ether towns were some what similar to that at Vacavllle, though the shock waa felt more cm I hallcally at the lallei lace. The vibrations were felt the whole width of the Htate for about 20 fllUa north of IhemeildlanofHauI'ranrltco. The oltrru createJ umouuted alniw to a panic, but It gradually aub.lJi-.lv The U.roniclt says of It editorially: "1 his cnrtlio,uake laa decided conunna-llonof conunna-llonof Ihoexplosteo theory. Ileery In elU-atlon Is that of A sulterranean cvph. slon of gas or superheated steatn or something of that sort, tho shock trsecl-lug trsecl-lug along tho linos of least resistance, and being leltmosl orcepllhly In thevtcln Ily of the central point of the explosion. Iho moral of this shock, If lthseeany, In that tlio projicr way lo hulld houses aud stores and simitar striuturrs la to put good inateilala Into thvm and to put them together atrongly. ltrlrk walls which aroemly two brlrka wldo ail I held to aether with mortar which Is little lienor llrnu ssnd cannot bo eapcite.1 to slsud against an earthquake, and that sach was theehsrscter nf miuy of the buildings thntwrre Injured estrrdirl apreut. An ear hmiske Is Isid enough and terrible enough at lst, and thero la no lioed of making It worse llisu It Is by attributing to It results whhh are due primarily to defeellr construction. |
