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Show Prophesied Earthquake Woman Scared San Francisco People Out Of Their Wits Several Years Ago. The terrible earthquake disaster reported from San Francisco and vicinity recalls a prophecy made In 18U0, by some woman whose name has been forgotten, that caused the wild, est excitement and resulted in a scare that vlll be remembered alwa)s by everyone who was a resident of San Francisco at that time. The prediction was to the effect that on a certain night an earthquake would occur that would be so terrible in Its foice that San Francisco, which Is built on a peninsula, would be completely com-pletely wiped oil the map, the coast range of mountains which Isseparated from the Sierra Nevada range by the beautiful Sacramento and SaiiJoiqulu valleys would, after the earthquake, be separated by an Immense Inland sea. Towns and villages by the score were to be destroyed and In fact the entire topography of the coast country was to be changed. It was predicted that o -,eete would be the quaking of the earth, that a great tidal wave would sweep In from the 1'aclllc and complete the dust met Ion of the earthquake. The story, when llrst published, seemed to excite but little interest, but as the date of the predicted disaster dis-aster drew near, the subject became widely discussed. The papers published pub-lished opinions from prominent geologists, geolo-gists, that Instead of reassuring those who had become frightened, had the Immediate ctlect of sending a wave of fear and apprehension oer the entire state When the dale of the now sbsotb-Ing sbsotb-Ing topic was but u few days distant even those who had not taken tho matter seriously before caught the growing feeling of fear. People owning own-ing line homes worth thousands of dollars were trading them for any sort of a team with which to reach the mountains. As the night approached the papers sent ships far out to sea to signal the approach of tho tidal wave and on every promontory In the neighborhood l of San Francisco watchers were stationed. sta-tioned. The night was 11 tcirlble one The uncertainty alfccled every one. And as the houis wore on people could hardly contain themselves About midnight the earth began to tremble and Immediately a report became be-came current that the wae was coming. Women ran shrieking into the streets and fell fainting with fear. Strong men gathered loved ones about them and started to lice, Ihcy knew not where. The general panic was made the more awful for tho season sea-son that the source of the supposed danger was so Hi t Ic understood. The earthquake passed, but tho tidal wave did not materialise. Morning found the city totally exhausted ex-hausted but still Intact, but weeks passed before the fear abated. The courts llnallj decided that transfers made durl.ig the excitement were Illegal. Hut the fright suffered lb) those theio will never be forgotten. |