Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1909 — ROCKS SINK INTO SEA AS RESULT OF QUAKE [ARTICLE]

ROCKS SINK INTO SEA AS RESULT OF QUAKE

Earth Shock Causes Menace to Calltomia Shipping. Lob Angeles, Cal., Feb. 16. —It Is reported that Beggs Rocks, located in the outside channel between Santa Barbara and San Nicholas islands, have recently sunk Into the ocean, probably as the result of an earthquake, and now constitute a serious menace to navigation. Captain Keegan of the schooner Cecilia Sudden, arriving at San Pedro, reports that he came near the rocks, which are charted as showing forty feet above high tide, and found them but four feet above the water at almost tow tide.