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Show SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE. People ln Several California Towns Panlc-Strlcken Over Seismic Disturbances. San Pranclsco, Cnl , July 2 At several sev-eral points In tho State violent earthquake earth-quake shocks occurred list night nnd this morning Tho Lompoo valley experienced a severo earthquake shock at 10 rA last night At Hut time n violent shock wis felt which lasted fully thirty seconds nnd was so sever that dishes, clocks, house plants etc wero thrown from shelves, insetting furniture nnd other articles Ihe pinilo wero stricken with terror and ran from their houses, somo fenrlng to return ns other tighter shocks continued for several hours afterword Another heavy shock wos felt at In m and one nt nam A large witer tank was knocked over, the earth crocked nt many different places and the Santa Ynez river bed sllgbtls changed nt places The direct disturbance seemed to bo of n local nature na-ture !.ns Alimos reports a severe shock of cnrthqtinko last night nliout 11 n clock, doing gicnt damage to tho property of the Western 1'nlnn oil eompnny at tho Car-resgui Car-resgui wells The dnmago Is vnrlouily climated at from li:rt to Jiywo 'two tanks containing I'M barrels of oil wero destroyed . ti At Harris stnllon on the rnllroid, n fissure fis-sure Is reported to hnvo opened nnd frnm It a stream of wnter two feet deep nnd eighteen feet wide Is now flowing A slight shock of earthquake was felt In Santa Ilirlmru shortly before 11 o clock but no ilamlge wns done, Sn Luis Dblspo reports two distinct earthquake shocks were experienced In tint rliee last night The first and heavl-est heavl-est of tho two occurred at 10 57 p in and ha! n duration of Ave seconds The se. nnd occurred at 6(0 o'clock this morning nnd listed three seconds The generil ellrectlon of both disturbances was cast At Santa Msrla n heavy shock of enrth-qmko enrth-qmko was felt at 10 50 last night The vibrations wero from east to west nnl lo'sle.l forts--flvo seconds The waves weio a steady swas Old-timer, saj It was the heuvlest shock ever felt there. |
