RAIN AND EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
APRIL 6 a light rain fell, covering a considerable extent of country. In Lathrop, San Joaquin County, it was accompanied with quite heavy thunder. On the 9th and 10th it rained much harder, the fall extending from Washington Territory to Los Angeles. It is timely, and almost certainly secures good crops throughout the State. Some frost in St. Helena and vicinity the morning of the 7th. Have not heard that it did any damage. A smart shock of earthquake visited Oakland at 2:10 the morning of the 10th. It was still heavier in San Francisco. But reports indicate that it was heaviest in the valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin. A Modesto dispatch says: “Nearly all the principal brick buildings are cracked, and other damage done.” “Buildings were shaken with great force” in Hollister. It was unusual in the extent of country it affected. At Ione the storm of that night was accompanied with thunder and lightning.