The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-26
CALIFORNIA GETS
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
Southern Towns Are Badly
Shaken Up.
Elk LIVES ARE LOST.
Adobe Walls Fall In On An In
dian Dancing Party.
n San Jacfnto and Hemet Every
Brick Building In the Town II
Badly Damaged, Several of Them
Being Nearly Destroyed, and
stocks Of Goods Also Suffered Sc
verely, I'm some Quarters Every
Article ON the shelves BEING
Thrown In . Heap Into the Middle
of FIoor-Chimneys Thrown Down

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 25.-At 4:25
o'clock this morning severe earthquake
shock was felt over large portion OF
Southern California. The undulations
lasted about twelve seconds. The entire
center of the shock appears to have been
at San Jacinto. small town in Riverside
county.
The business portion OF San Jacinto
consists Of two blocks OF two-story build
ings, some of which are built of brick.
Ten or fifteen buildings were damaged.
chimneys being toppled over and walls
cracked and shaken.
The total damage at San ,Jacinto and
Helmet. small town near by, Is esti-
mated at $4,000. The large tourist hotel
at Hemet was damaged and the hospital
at San Jacinto also suffered. The shock
was heavy at Santa Ana, Anaheim, San
Bernardino, Riverside and other places.
but no particular damage is reported cx-
cept from San Jacinto and Helmet.
The only loss Of life so far as known
was at the Indian reservation. where
six squaws were killed by falling walls.
A number Of indians were seriously in
jured.
Damage at San Jacint0.
RIVERSIDE, CAL, Dec. 25.-Word re-
ceived here today says that San Jacinto
suffered badly from shock OF earth
quake which occurred there about 4:3Q
a. m. Every brick building In town IL
badly damaged. The county hospital at
Bowers shared the fate of other build
ings, but the greatest damage was sus-
tained by the following stores and busi-
ness houses:
Diamond Bros. grocery. Seift's store.
Chinese restaurant, postoffice, Claire's
tailor shope. Shaver G. Spence's hardware
store, McKim's drug store, barber shop
In Domongeni block, DR.. Toland's office.
'Eright's drug store. Ralston's store,
Bankers grocery and Kauffman's drug
store. In many stores large damage
was done to stock and in some instances
damage to the buildings as well. No lives
were lost and no one was seriously in
jured. although many people occupied the
buildings destroyed.
Great Excitement In Town.
The town is all excitement, and people
throng the streets. Electric wires arc
down and part of the power house has
fallen in. Artesian wells are flowing
abundantly. The loss is very heavy. A
report says that ten Indians were killed
at Saboba by falling walls of building
where a dance was being held.
The shock almost shook Hemet to
pieces.
Hemct Badly Shaken Up.
The damage is great, but just how much
it amounts to in dollars and cents 1t Is i'm
possible to say. There are but two CHM
Ioft u, Tha Ave
bers brick store fell out, and the plate
glass windows fell and were smashed.
The entire stock of goods is on the floor
In heap. Chimneys of the Hotel Hemet
fell, many of them crashing through the
roof. The verandas are all down and
the walls are badly cracked The rear
wall of the Johnson block fell outward,
and the whole building was badly demol-
ished The third story Of the Hemet mills
is down, and the second story walls fell
in. Prugh's grocery store fixtures were
all shaken down and the goods were piled
on the floor. The new Whittier block was
but slightly damaged. The front of Par
ker's store fell out and the shelving was
shaken down.
Slight Damage mt Corona.
The shock was severe at Corona, but
no special damage is reported aside from
slight wall cracks. The shock was also
severe at Perris and Moreno, and in the
latter place brick buildings were dam
aged
Damages of $4,000.
SAN JACINTO, Cal, Dec. ga disas-
trous earthquake occurred at 425 o'clock
this morning. Nearly every two-story
building was wrecked and it is estimated
that the damage will aggregate over $780,
600. The main shock was preceded by
loud roaring, and awakened many Just in
time to escape from the doomed build
iugs. The business street was such a wreck
that tons of debris had to be removed
before buildings could be entered.
At Saboba Indian reservation six squaws
were killed by falling walls, two were
fatally and many seriously injured. The
shock caused dry artesian wells to flow
larger streams than ever before. Consid-
erable damage is reported in nearby VII
lagos.
Felt at Orange.
ORANGE, CAL. Dec. pa severe shock
of earthquake was felt here at AIS o'clock
this morning.
Needles Gets u Dose.