EARTHQUAKE

\l IK I indi:r'rintinrite HLI rricane llLrgo 26 days betore it. the Sun l:rancisco [:arthquake urought its clcstruction sclectivelr'. ler,eling onc busincss ancl br passing its neighbor. In totul. though. the 7 I tenrblor took it grcirtcr toll: at Ieast 6i clcaths ancl an r'stintatecl S7 billion in danrages.

\1os1 luntber cor.r'r punies \\erc spared. thcir tacilities rocking. ,r, ct withstancling thc October l7 qr-rake. "lt uas the scariest thing unr, ol' us had "'ver 1elt." saicl I-ric Ilrown. Sun .\ndreas Lunrber C'o.. tlollistcr. "The building startecl shaking realll hard. and we all ran outside. thirrking rrll the glass was going to shltter. [:rcnthing held up, but we wcre irtiaicl to go back into the building."

San Lorenzo Lumber Co.. Santa ( ruz. lost paint, mouldings. uppers ancl other inr,entor_\'. while lcss than lu block a\\av an entirc shopping mall carccl rn,

Story at a Glance

San Francisco Quake jolts Bay Area lumberyards. companies report escaping with minimal damage despite destruction around them side effects: lost power, possible increase in business, snarled traffic.

lumber. Lost power tentporarill' closed the mill. bur thc office continued to operate on a gencrator.

Big Creek's Watsonville retail yard lost about S10,000 in invenrory, as lunrber. hardu'are and boxcs crashed cloun from shelves.

llonter T. Ilalward Lumber Co.. llollister. also suffered about S10.000 irr dantaged inventory, as its cntirc t)aint dcpartntent went down. \lcKinnon Luntber Co.. Hollister. hacl lunrber racks lirll.

Whitc []rothcrs. the venerable Oakland hardwood wholcsaler. lost a Mrre k clrb-or cr-cngirrc scnti tritr'tortrailer during the Nintitz 880 lreeway's spectacular collapse.

Big Creek l-urlbcr ('o.'s [)avenport ntill sufl'crccl u crack in the planing ntill floor ancl lirlling stacks o1'dry

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