Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-26
CALIFORNIA Gets
A SEVERE SHAKING
Southern Part Of the State Con-
slderably Damaged by Quake.
SIX INDIANS ARE KILLED.
Many buildings Damaged With Loss
at About s5O,0OO-Tourists
Get u Scare.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 2s.--At i25
o'clock this morning a severe earth
quake shock was felt over large pOr-
tion Of Southern California, the undu-
lations lasting about twelve seconds.
The entire center Of the shock appears
to have been az San JacntO, a small
town In Riverside county.
AT San JaclntO the main shock was
preceded by loud roaring and awak-
ened many Just In time 10 escape from
the doomed buildings. The business
street was such a wreck that tons Of
debris had to be removed before build
lngs could be entered Every brick
building in the city was badly dam
aged. The county hospital at Bowers
shared the fate Of other buildings, but
the greatest damage was sustained by
the following stores and business
houses. Diamond Bros, Hard's gro
Gerry, Sits store, Chinese restaurant,
postotiice, Claire's tailor shop, Shaver
& Spence. hardware, McI<im drug
store, Domongonl barber shop. Dr. To-
lands office, Dangers grocery, and
kauffmann's dry goods store.
In many stores large damage was
done TO stock In some instances as well
as damage TO buildings. No lives were
lost there, and no one was seriously
injured, although many people occu-
pied the buildings destroyed. The town
Is all excitement and people throng the
streets. Electric wires are down and
a part Of the power-house has fallen In.
Artesian wells are flowing abundantly.
The loss is very heavy.
The shock almost shook Hemet TO
pieces. The damage Is great There are
but two chimneys left IN town, The
fire walls Of Webbers brick store fell
out, and plate glass windows were
smashed. The entire stock Of goods Is
on the floor In heap. Chimneys Of the
Hotel Hemet fell many Of them crash
Ing 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 demolished.
The third story OF the Helmet mills
Is down and the second story walls fell
in. Pugh's grocery store fixtures We're
all shaken down, and the goods were
piled on the floor. The front Of Park
er's store fell out and the shelving was
shaken down.
In this city no damage was done,
though the shock was particularly vio-
lent. The hotels here are well filled
with Eastern tourists and they were
in many instances terrified at the un-
expected disturbances and rushed from
their rooms In fright
At San Diego the taller buildings
were severely sht EN- up and plaster
al ~ fatts 20 1T l.
cles OF household furniture were report
ed but no serious damage done. a high
wave struck the beach on the ocean
front soon after the shock, but no dam
age was done TO shipping A slighter
shock followed the first one few sec
onds later.
The only loss Of life so far as known
was at the Saboba Indian reserve,
where six squaws were killed by falling
walls. A number Of Indians were serl-
ously injured.
The shock was severe at Coronado.
but no serious damage is reported aside
from slight wall cracks. The shock
was also severe al Perrls and Morono
and In the latter place brick buildings
were damaged.
At Ventura houses were badly shaken
and clocks stopped. but no damage re-
suited The vibrations were followed
by a high wind and a heavy sea.
Santa Ana reports the severest earth
quake In years. Thlrd-story hotel
guests were almost rolled out Of bed.
Clocks were stopped all over the city
and the walls Of several brick buildings
were badly cracked. Hundreds Of peo-
pie were on the streets few seconds
after the shock, some appearing In
nlght-clothes and remaining up until
daylight.
Anaheim adyices are that the heay-
lest earthquake shock ever known
there occurred nj i;25 this morning II
lasted fully ten seconds and was vio-
lent from the beginning Lodging
houses were emptied and the streets
were filed with shiyering people, A
number Of buildings were cracked, but
no serious damages was done
Orange and Needles both report a ter
rife shock Of earthquake, stopping
clocks, rafting windows, broke glass
and gave the town thorough shaking
up.