The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-08

III LUIS AldnOS are nuudleQ around
large bonfire awaiting The break OF day
No one is so brave as to enter his home
and remain there during the night. No
damage is announced from the 1880
o'clock quake but developments are ex-
pected tomorrow.
MIA BARBARA. July 31.-Terror
reigns in the Los Alamos valley, one of
. t.-, most IIuruI .,.4I uIstIICtS in the
/ northern section of Santa Barbara
county. Since an early hour this morn
ing LUs AlamOs has Ueen the center Of
| the most severe seismic disturbances
that have visited the PaCihC Coast in
several years, the shocks recurring at
close intervals. Nearly one hundred
have occurred already and each seems
to be more violent than those preceding
the heaviest of all occurring tonight
shortly after 7 o'clock
At an early hour this morning there
was shock which Jared all Of South
ern California, and at Los Alamos,
where it was most severe, buildings
were demolished and the residents who
mad the courage to return to their homes
after the previous shocks, rushed into
the streets in the widest terror. Los
Alamos is now being deserted as fast
as railroads and other means OF trans
portation can be pressed into service.
There will be very few people, indeed,
/ in the place by tomorrow.
Throughout the day the earth con-
| tinued to tremble, with occasional
| shocks which gave forth a report as
from the discharge of a cannon. Dur
ing the afternoon the citizens telephon-
ed to the railroad company which is
operating the narrow-gauge line, with
headquarters at San Luis Obispo, ask
ing that special relief trains be dis
patched to them at once.
At o'clock a message was received
saying that a special train containing
fourteen cars would be sent to the
stricken district at once. Meanwhile
the on going regular train was crowded
to the platforms with passengers EN-
deavoring to reach a place of safety
while the highways leading toward San
LUIS OOispO ana other neIghDOring
points were filled with the loaded e.
hiCles of those who possessed that
means of transportation.
HEROISM OF TELEPHONE GIRL.
At 7:15 o'clock tonight, while the
"ChrOniCle" representative was talking
with Miss Mamie Leslie, the agent for
the telephone company at Los AlamOs
heavy shock occurred, the sound of
which could be clearly heard over tne
wire. Stricken with terror, Miss Leslie
rushed away from her post, returning
five minutes later to answer the call
She was weeping at the time, as she
explained that the shock had been so
severe that she rushed into the street
expecting that the walls of the building
would surely fall on her.
Miss Leslie is a daughter of Il. Leslie
who is an attorney of prominence in
Santa Barbara county. Mr.. Leslie and
his family deserted the place early this
morning, leaving their home and every
thing behind them. Miss Leslie was
urged to accompany them, but she was
determined to remain faithful at her
post and declares that she will cor
tinue at the telephone office as long as
the wires can be operated
EARTH GIVES OUT GREAT HEAT.
Reports from Los Alamos state that
since the beginning of the trouble the
temperature in that section has been
most oppressive, as much heat appar-
entity coming from the earth as from
the sun, which, for the most part of
the time, has been shining brightly.
With the first shock this morning,
buildings in every part of the town
tumbled down. The roof of the Pres
byterian Church, a large and substan-
tial structure, was completely RUM
ed falling in upon the pews, while the
rear wall was thrown distance of
about eight inches from its foundation.
Fred w. Wickenden, who conducts a
general merchandise store, suffered the
greatest loss, which he estimates at
$1,000. The rear brick wall of his store
caved in, allowing a portion of the ROOF
to fall and a considerable amount of
crockery which was shelved in that
part of the store was totally destroyed. !
Shelving which was nailed to the brick !
wall fell, and had the contents of the |
store been thrown down a steep preci- |
pice the destruction could not have !
been more complete. Everything in the |
store is in a heap.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, July 31.-A strip |
of country fifteen miles long by four |
miles wide, rent with gaping assures !
and dotted with hills and knobs that |
sprung up during the night as if by |
magic-a village in ruins and hundreds !
of people fleeing for their lives, are the !
results of last nights seismic distur-
Dances in the prosperous and fruitful !
valley of Los Alamos, in the northern
part of Santa Barbara county.
During the past four days that section
of the county has been shaken by a
series of earthquakes that is positively |
without precedent in the history or ira
dition of the Pacific Coast, and the con-
tinuanCe of the disturbances and the
increasing severity of the shocks have
so terrorzed the inhabitants that they
are leaving for other parts as rapidly
as possible and even now the village
is almost entirely deserted.
The disturbances began on Sunday
evening with a shock which caused sew
eral thousand dollars worth of dam
age to property in the village and the
country, being more Sc
we're and more disastrous in the vicinity
of the Western oil Company's oil wells
on the Carreaga ranch. This shock was
followed by a number of disturbances
less severe and less disastrous, cOntin-
a of 4
night and Monday forenoon. on Tues
day night, beginning at 1910 O'Clock,
there was another series of seven
shocks all of which were light, The
general direction of these disturbances
was east and west and in action they
resembled the waves on a pool of
water.
RIOT AND TROOPS,