Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-01
p,eo,rIng to Leave Their Homes in
Los AIamOs.
SOME NARROW ESCAPES.
ro,yer,Ity OF California Professor
Esr,bauake Was No More Than
Might Have Been Expected.

,freody fled from thelf MONIES are pre-
.,,s, IN leave IN case the seismic dis
,a,hopces continue. The damage done
,arlously estimated at from $4,000
a t2oo0O II would have been much
..oter had not most Of the buildings
Kan built Of wood, The few brick
,.,octpres here were not Of the most
suvsa,onfal kind and have been so
saWy damaged that they are not likely
~ hs rebuilt Several narrow escapes
tson, death are reported.
thur FOXen, young man, was
e., in a room at the rear of Wicken-
- Store when the terrifying shock
- last night The fall of the big
n 80, saSa blocked his exit through the door;
I'M tp,ned 10 the window bat could not
~. moment raise It. That delay
IWsops5 his HE. for an instant afterward
4,bs ,op Of the rear wall crashed down
bpast The window. freeing its fastening
and giving him exit.
Dr. II. c. Bagby Of Santa Maria was
1 sleepng in the home of aged Mrs. ID.
~ Whitney when the earthquake and
me crash of bricks from the Wicken-
Ham wall aroused him. His eyes saw
an unusual light and with quick wit he
decided that Mrs. Whitney had been
Ireadlng by lamp and that the lamp
had been overturned. Without a
H thought for his own safety he rushed
"A upstairs and found Mrs. Whitney vain
"a Ii dghting the flames and seemingly
a surrounded by them. Drawing her
"A from her place Of peril he beat out the
N fre with the bed clothes and thus
a saved life and a large part of the
4 business section.
"A In the destruction Of the adobe home
q Of Casper Orena, a boy lay sleeping
a just where a great V shaped section Of
4 he heavy adobe wall twisted out and
u cast aside, but he escaped unscathed
4 All he family Of Dr., Graham was away
4 when their house crumbled this morn
4 ing They had gone north to bury one
4 Of their little ones and so probably es-
4 caIed death,
\ Parties from Lompoc and outlying
i districts have reached Los Alamos
n with stories Of havoc I'm the hills. A
i great landslide carrying down hun
4 drais OF tons Of earth. occurred near
4 the Hoover ranch. The road from
I lOmpOc was buried for so feet. As far
as he eye can reach from this grade
4 there are white spots on the mountain
4 tdss indicating where huge boulders
were sent laundering down to the val
lys
John R. Drum, a mountain farmer,
reports road destroying landslide in
Drum canyon The face of the hills
was charged with noises which Drum
describes as the most terrifying sounds
he ever heard
The oil wells around the town Of Los
Aam0s seem not to have suffered The
CsTe2go wells, owned by Los Angeles |
capitalists are located five miles from |
lere and fears for them filled the minds
q al as the seismic disturbances in |
creased. The casing OF the wells 10 in |
humber are almost 1000 rect into the
efih yet not well was injured.
Since the beginning Of the earth
quake shocks the temperature has been |
nost oppressive, as much heat appar-
nlly coming from the earth as from
De sun which, for the most part Of
q The time has been shining brightly.
Mss Mamie Leslie, in charge Of the
kephone Office here has remained at
isr post though her family has sought
3 place OF greater safety. She Is the
laughter Of a prominent attorney,
j.. II, CoNwAYs THEORY.
John H Conway, who was one OF the
tisl men 10 discover the mineral posi-
hllies OF the Los Alamos district. be-
lsYes mat the disturbances are in no
way due to volcanic activity but occa-
hohel by local conditions. His theory,
ussed upon a life study OF the geology
u me country is that the earthquakes
w occasloned by subsidences caused
W lhe action Of the subterranean gases
no OILS In which the region is known 10
abound x
mas been known l6r years that gas
VS. being generated beneath the earth's |
snItace IN the vicinity OF Los Alamos
Ilot stllliman, Of Yale, in 1866, put
e'sard that theory and added that he
laq nowhere seen such evidences OF
ue presence Of hydro carbons. This
was suostantlated lately by +. McMl-
IAN, San Francisco mining engineer
~ many years there has been a
slnal active volcano on the Los Ala
mos side Of the mountain which lies
s.'S,'en mat place and Santa Barbara.
, u'.gAe and steam constantly Issue from
,I tivus assures along the summit OF
SOU OF shelf near the northern
~ Oh the mountain. Viewed from
~. u1s1ance OF the old stage road these
s,au'iesntlons appear like small camp
49,, Ihey have never developed any
s,,ui,,,ng tendencies and have attracted
w H''t direct Investigation. s
WHAT SCIENTISTS sAy
u, BERKELEY Cal, July si.-Regardlng (
e S-. Unprecedented severity Of the earth {
So N Santa Barbara county. Prof. l
rs,.t.e B. Chrlsty OF the University OF !
Isio.uSolhla, said: while southern Cal {
r,. "i9 earthquakes were unusually Sc \
L was nothing more than could v
,,,,lhpecled The western coast Of this d
n urn liable TO have such shocks h
n ,h9 une. Any great contraction $
: sss, cailh on the Pacific coast may ]
/ r. Unnamed by damage to property. j
/, \, wei known scientific fact that 0
~ EARN cools In the interior the
, 81 'usl on which we live Is bound d
srylrs producing jarring effects OF
!. 49, Maddrill, who has charge OF 4
siit',1el Fatory OF the University OF | Il
ro@ SSIua this summer. said: From !.
y a sources We have learned that h
an soV1thefn earthquakes were prac- Il
y localized This Is strange. since ~
, ,spCks were so severe. In quakes a
. ,teht vibration to raze a build
! ue mock Is generally plainly felt :
en-. iaulus OF hundreds OF miles. The
nj ,gtaHce. however, was scarcely felt
C.H W. selsmogrsph AT the University
4 . 1"'o'hla showing but faint rec
,l,aL.. Heaton Of the University OF
l NJ said: while scientists are
pse on the theory Of the probable
,rhs,.o' lhe earthquakes IN Santa
ohstta county the exact reason win
issr,iy never be known. There was
nh a slip In the stratas Of the
~, IN such cases a slight displace-
oet No ulnes produces a fearful
a, - he theory has been advanced
An ' s removal Of great quantities
mi. 'gln the earth in southern Cal
M, s responsible for the seismic A
Il 'toahce. hardly think this prob. Il
os. = on wells do not penetrate deep
sn INTO the hot region"