Jose Perez, cattleman from Lerdo, witnessed 1891 earthquake
He rode out on his spirited horse to see their progress [1]. Upon arriving, he found the men struggling to keep a fence section upright as the earth shook [3]. Realizing it was an earthquake, he exclaimed “tremblor,” sat down, and prayed devoutly; his workmen quickly followed [3]. Perez also confirmed Gardner’s description of a great fissure in the Colorado River bed, noting it occurred late in the evening, not the forenoon, and that water still flowed on either side to the Gulf of California [2].
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- Jose Perez, a cattleman who arrived this… (1891)Jose Perez, a cattleman who arrived this afternoon from Lerdo, says that on the forenoon of the earthquake he had a force of men build- ing a fence, inclosing a space of ground which he intended using as a cattl…
- Mr… (1891)Mr. Perez stated also that Gardner's de- ■ scription of the great fissure in the bed of the I Colorado river is correct, but that it occurred I late in the evening instead of in the forenoon, 1 and that, …
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)not injured by the transpiring phenomena, broke out in a hoarse cry of distress and ran like the wild wind up the river bank toward Hanlon's. Many soon succumbed, but Miguel and Shampore even- tually made …