The Washington weekly post., 1899-12-26

| Los Angeles. Cal. Dec ZJ.-At As
/ COCK this morning a severe earthquake
shock was felt over a large portion of
| southern California, the undulations last
! ing about twelve seconds. The entire cen
| Ter or the shock appeared to have been az
San JacintO. a small town in Riverside
! county. The business portion of San
/ Jacinto consists of two blocks of two
story buildings. some of which are built of
| brlck. Ten or fifteen buildings were dam
aged. chimneys being toppled over and
walls cracked and shaken The total
/ damage at San Jacinto and Hemit, a small
| town near by, is estimated at $4,000. The
/ large Tourist Hotel at Hemit was dam
/ aged, and the hospital at San Jacinto also
/ suffered The rear wall OF the Johnson
/ Block at Hemit fell
The only loss of life so far as known
was at the Saboba Indian reservation.
| where six sqUaws were killed by falling
| walls. number Of Indians were serious
| ly injured. The shock was heavy at Santa
Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino, River
side, and other places, but no particular
damage is reported except from San ia
cinto and Hemit
In this city no damage was done though
the shock was particularly violent. The
| houses here are well filed with Eastern
tourists, and they were in many Instances
terrified at the unexpected disturbances
and rushed from their rooms in alright
Wild reports concerning the earthquake
soon spread. and the telegraph and tele-
phone wires between this city and ad-
jacent towns were kept busy handling in
quiring messages. 1t was reported that
several lives were lost in the collapse of
the hotel at Hemit, but fortunately there
was no truth in the rumor.
S50. 600 Damage al san Jacinto.
San Jacinto, Cal. Dec. 25.-A disastrous
earthquake occurred at AS this morning.
Nearly every two-story building was
wrecked and il is estimated that the dam
age viii aggregate over $4,000. The main
shock was preceded by a loud, roaring
sound and awakened many just in time to
escape from the doomed buildings The
business street is such a wreck that tons
of debris had to be removed before the
buildings could be entered.
At Saboba Indian reservation six squawS
were killed by falling walls two fatally
injured, and many seriously injured. The
shock caused dry a-tesian wells to flow
larger streams than ever before. Consid-
cradle damage was reported in nearby
villages.
San Diego, Cal, Dec 25.-The most Sc
we're shock OF earthquake experienced in
this city n fourteen years took place at
4:2J a. m. to-day, and was accompanied
by a loud rumbing noise. The taller
buildings in the city were severely shaken,
but no serious damage was done. \ high
wave struck the beach ocean front soon
after the shock but no damage was done
10 shipping. a Slighter shock followed
the first one a few seconds later.
Santa Ana, Cal, Dec. 25.-The severest
earthquake in years visited this section
this morning at 4.25- Third-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 people were
on The streets a few seconds after the
shock, some appearing in night clothes
and remaining up until daylight.
Anaheim, Cal, Dec. 25.-The heaviest
earthquake shock ever known here oc-
CURED at 4:25 this morning 1t lasted
fully ten seconds and was violent from
the beginning Lodging houses were
emptied and the streets were nIIed with
shivering people A nUmcer OF buildings
We're cracked, but no serious damage
was done