Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-26
Southern Part Of the State Con-
siderably Damaged by Quake.
SIX INDIANS ARE KILLED.
Many uuiidIng. Damaged with Lose
At About s5O.OOO-Tourists
Get n scare.

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. 25.--At t:25
o'clock this morning severe earth
quake shock was felt over a large por-
tion Of Southern California, the undu.
latlons LASTING about twelve seconds.
The entire center OF the shock appears
to have been at San Jaclnto. "A small
town In Riverside county.
AT san Jnclnto the main shock was
preceded by n loud roaring and awak-
oncd many Just In time 10 escape from
the doomed buildings. The business
street was such a wreck that tons 81
debris had to be removed before build
mss could he entered. Every bfick
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
postofiicc. Cla.ro's tailor shop. shaver
a Spence. hardware. Mcl<im drug
store. Domongonl barber shop. DR.. To-
land's office. Dangers grocery. and
knufmnnn's dry goods store.
In many stores large damage was
done TO stock In some Instances az 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
Il 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 IL very heavy.
The shock almost shook Helmet to
pieces. The damage IN great There are
but two ohlmneys left IN town. The
fire walls Of wcbber's brick store fell
out. and plate glass windows were
smashed. The entire stock OF goods 10
on the floor In a heap. Chlmneys OF the
Hotel Hemet fell. many " them crash
Ing through the roof. The verandas are
cracked. The rear wall of the johnson
block fell outward. and the whole
building was badly demolished.
The third story OF the Hcmet mills
IL down and the second story walls fell
In. Pugh's grocery store fixtures were
all shaken down. and the goods were
piled on the floor. The front % Park
er's store fell out and the shelving was
shaken down.
In this city no damage was done.
though the shock was particularly vlo-
lent. The hotels here are well illlcd
with Eastern tourists and they were
In many instances terrified at the un-
expected disturbances and rushed from
their rooms In a fright.
At san Diego the taller buildings
were severely sht .en up and plaster
was shaken on and few broken artl-
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 slightor
shock followed the frst one n few Sec
onds later.
The only loss OF life 80 far as known
was at the Sahoba Indian reserve.
where six squaws We're 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 at PERKS 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 high wind and heavy sea.
Santa Ana reports the severest earth
quake In years. Third-story hotel
guests We're 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 "a few seconds
after the shock. some appearing In
nlght-elothcn and remaining up until
daylight.
Anahelm ndvlces are that the heav-
lest earthquake shock ever known
there occurred nj ii25 this morning. II
lasted fully ten seconds and was vio-
lent from the beginning. Lodging
houses were emptied and the streets
were Allied with shlvcring people. a
number OF buildings were cracked. but
no serious damages was done.
Orange and Needles both report ter
rife shock OF earthquake. stopping
clocks, rafting windows, broke glass
ana gave the town u thorough shaking
up.