| Show 1 NEWS ITEMS i tim EARTH karth earthquake quake QUARE AT NAPA NAVA the tile napa porter of f liah e march ays rayfe napa city was visited y several during the tile past week on night about liala after 11 a very lively shaking t of the erth was experienced severe enough to wake people from their sleep steep another lighter shock was experienced several ho hour urs later at half after 0 on wednesday morning the severest shock known k in lit this region visited us buildings 0 s rocked shutters shook as if by a strong gale of wind whid furniture danced about tiang hanging lamps were set get swinging door beils belli ell eli 4 rang and general consternation prevailed in lit some iii instances stances the tile frightened inmates ran from front their dwellings partly clothed and others escaped from front their precincts precinct for fear of the build ilma tims 11 failing falling I 1 1 the wildest excitement prevailed for a few minutes many were made giddy by the tile vibration and those on 04 their feet reeled like drunken meli moli mon men in a few instances water was slopped over from front full vessels and articles thrown from shelves to the floor many persons who had never felt the tile shock of an earthquake u ke before experienced the tile sensation tit this time the rolling of the earth seemed to be from east of north to west of off south couth and continued apparently for from fifteen to twenty seconds another 11 lighter liter ilter vibration was remarked by a number half an hour later all these shocks according to the tile bay papers were experienced at about the tiie same time and with a like ilke intensity in san francisco tim tiie IN SONOMA bonoma COUNTY the santa rosa deni devi rat of march lith has the tile following six distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in this vicinity on tuesday night and wednesday morning within the tile short space of eight hours the first shock occurred at five minutes past eleven on oil tuesday night and was very severe scaring searing the birds from the tiie trees tree A and causing the dogs to bark at a terrible rate we think this was waa the s everest shock of all but others differ with us its in lit believing the one which occurred about six on wednesday morning was tile the most severe most of our citizens were out doors at the time and some of them describe the tile scene as its terribly sublime the tops of the trees were distinctly seen to wave back and forth and the tiie houses wc re observed to move in the upper portion of Be linett valley vailey a few in miles lles lies from this place the shock appears to have been more severe than here chimneys were thrown to the ground and a stone fence was wms knocked down manion a farmer had his chimney thrown down and the tiie fire rolled upon the tile floor A number of clocks werm stopped by the vibration and a good many peo people I 1 ae badly scared seared for a few fow seconds rife tife the chimney of a blacksmiths forge in this place was also thrown down and several pieces of crockery were thrown from the tiie shelves and the tile plastering fell in a number of brick buildings wo we have not heard of any more serious damage one man in Bennet bennettt fc valley vailey reports that lie he himself was waa thrown from his feet to the floor 1100 r six distinct shocks were vere felt during durin the morning ni orning but that which occurred six A it did all the damage the eleven p ar M shock chock appear appeared eti eZi 0 o come from front the tiie southwest and the six A af M shock from the southeast there is however how eyer cyer a diversity of opinions as to the d direction of all andian fiant mr C A parker writes to the tile territorial enterprise Enter enten ze nevada thata cap wells march 14 I 1 attacked ft a camp of 30 0 O Jud indians ians lans near mud lake lako a few miles below pyramid amli amil amiI lake i killed all ail but one guns and 9 horse horses 4 and destroyed AM alamp vj ll rw amp n 1 none sone one of the troop troops were khe |
