The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-07-31
A SEVERE SHAKING
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Town of Los Alamos, CAL, Badly
Damaged. 81
BY A so-sEcoND EARTHQUAKE
Presbyterian Church Demolished
and Not a Chimney Left
Standing. =

Los Alamos, CAL, July 31.-The sever
est earthquake in the history Of the place
occurred at 1920 this morning. It is not
possible AS yet to estimate the damage,
but 1t Is very heavy. No lives are known
to have been lost, though there were
many narrow escapes. u
i Every brick buiIdingin town was dee.
every house. windows We're broken The
Presbyterian church, a large and hand
some brick structure, was raced to the
ground, and a similar fate befell the
brick store Of W. S. Wickenben. H.
The shock scemd to have a spiral mo-
ton. Goods were hurled from shelves OF
stores and piled In the middle of the
rooms. Not chimney Is left standing
In the town: All brick walls are badly
damaged, but frame structures generally
escaped serious injury. In the drug
stores not single bottle escaped and
Mohn's saloon was flooded with liquor
from broken bottles = j.
The whole town was aroused, and peo-
pie fed from their homes to the streets
in panic There have been several light
shocks since July e., when the first heavy
shock occurred, but that Of this morning
exceeded in violence anything yet expert
enced. - -.- H. - ? 1zfs<EGE5 - i
1t lasted thirty seconds and threw peo-
pie from their beds. z. sfI5ll:, -%~'
Los AlaInos Is a town of about 900 In
habitants in Santa Barbara county, s1s>:s
Santa Barbara, CAL, July 31.-An earth
quake shock lasting ten seconds was felt
here about 1920 O'Clock this morning.
The people of this city and vicinity are
terror-stricken and are fleeing from their
homes to places of safety on account of
the increasing severity of the earthquakes
that have visited this section since the
night Of the 9th, since which time 1t is
oSff tod hof 6jef3p not
shocks have been felt. The people are
pantc-stricken and many are leaving town
by train and in all available vehicles.
Three distinct shocks were recorded be-
tween and 1880 O'Clock this morning and
the latter disturbances add much to the
terror OF the Inhabitants. - >. < -.s-- -
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler; Of the
University OF California, was communi-
Gated with by telephone and advised the
people to quit the town as soon as posi-
Bile. Scientists of the university were
away on vacations, but President Wheel
ed advised that the people fbe ready to
flee at moments notice, and that the
doors Of residences and places of business
| be left open SO that those in doors might
! escape to the streets without delay in the
event of further disturbances. The ad
vice of President Wheeler was communi-
Gated to the people at once and was i'm
mediately acted upon.
| It Is impossible to estimate the hnan-
! ctal loss at this time with any degree OF
| accuracy, but 1t is believed that the dis
| turbances of the last three or four days
have damaged at least $4,000 worth OF
| property.
Reports from other sections Of the val
| ley probably will increase this amount by
many thousands,
/ No loss Of Life is yet reported.
| The Western Union Oil company Is the
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tanks being demolished, releasing thous-
ands of gallons Of oil.
| Shortly before 8 O'Clock two more dis
tinct shocks were teit, Word comes from
! the town of Santa Maria, distant about
/ twenty miles from Los Alamos, that the
disturbances Of last night were felt bud
! slightly.
Lompoc. Cal. July s1.-Three distinct
shocks Of earthquake were felt here last
night, two OF the shocks being very severe
/ lasting over half minute each.
/ The Shocks Continue.
1 Santa Barbara, Cal, July 31.-A stretch
/ OF territory in the upper portion Of SAINTS
Barbara county in which are situated
ELampoc, Santa Ynez, ballard, Los AlamOs
i and other smaller towns, was again Wis.
/ tied by an earthquake early this morning
/ Much the heaviest Of the shocks WAS re
/ ported from Los Alamos, where heAv.
1 damage was caused and where the Ia.
/ i1abitants fed for their lives.
4 Other reports of damage are coming In
but thus far there Is no loss OF life mol
4 serious injury to any one.
Telephone communication with the dis
1 trict lis interrupted. A slight shock wa
/ felt at Santa Barbara at 1920 a. 40.
The seismic disturbances at Los AIamol
i have continued during the morning
though none SO severe as that Of Ia
q. N. A severe shock was felt at 10 a. M
4 The oil wells at Careago are believed tx
y a,A 11I1intt1red