Show THE TERRORS OF earthquake THE san francisco Chron chronicle of april contains detailed reports of the recent earthquake disturbances 1 in california it says the shock on the was the severest experienced adnee the lone pine disaster of 1872 the vibration extended from gabroy and fresno on the south to oroville and chico on the north and from santa ross on the west entirely across the state and into nevada the area which experienced the severest portion of the shock was however very limited it was confined to portions of solano and yolo counties on the morning ot of the earthquake the scene in the town of jacaville vacaville Vao Va aville caville is described as am one of the wildest disorder the first shock was felt at am while the inhabitants were sleeping soundly repeated vibrations and the erash crash of falling buildings soon aroused the people who poured into the streets in their nightdresses night dresses screaming and terror stricken they remained outside until morning fearing to enter their homes lest further shocks might prove wore serious several costly buildings were completely wrecked the scenes at WI winters oters woodland esparto slid and other towns were somewhat similar to that at vacaville jacaville Va caville though the shook shock was felt more emphatically at the latter place the vibrations were felt the whole width of the state for about 20 miles north of the meridian of san francisco the alarm created amounted almost to a panic but it gradually subsided the Chro chronicle niels says of lt it editorially I 1 this earthquake is a decided confirmation of the explosive theory every indication di cation is that of a subterranean ex plo ston on of gas or superheated super heated steam or something om ething of that sort the shock traveling in along the lines of least resistance and 34 beefing being felt most perceptibly in the vicinity I 1 of the central point of the explosion re the moral of this shook shock if it have any to that the proper way to build houses and nd stores and similar structures is to put good materials into them and to put them together baher 1 I strongly brick walls which jure are only two bricks wide and held together with mortar which is little better than sand cannot be expected to stand against an earthquake and that such was the character of many of the buildings that were injured yester yesterday dav is I 1 parent apparent an ear earthquake is bad enough an and terrible enough at best and there is no need of making it worse than it is by attributing to it results which are due primarily to defective construction |