In collaboration with Mendocino’s Kelley House Museum, MendoFever will be publishing their “This Day in Mendocino History” Facebook posts. The Kelley House Museum works hard to document and curate Mendocino County’s rich history and can be visited in the seaside town of Mendocino.
This day in history…
June 16, 1896 – A tidal wave struck the Mendocino Coast between 2PM and 4PM. The sea rose and fell in mighty waves, 7 feet beyond its normal level. The principal wave extended itself upriver to the Boom on Big River, raising the river by 10 inches, 3.5 miles distant.
The log boom at the mill was in danger, but withstood the onslaught. No damage was done, even though there was a vessel loading under the chute at the Point at the time.
The tidal wave was caused by a severe earthquake in Japan, where 60,000 lives were lost in the earthquake and resulting tsunami.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱! 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩. https://www.kelleyhousemuseum.org/volunteers/
