Arizona republican., 1915-06-24
Series of Earth TremOrs Wreak Damage EStimat- ed at $1,500.000, Kill Four Persons and Injure q Score of Others
SHOCKS CENTER
 ABOUT CALE\ICO
In McXicali, Across the Border. Men and Women Are Crushed Beneath Wall of Dance Hall as / Visitors Flee for Lives
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

Fl, CENTRIC. June 23.-ln an area extending roughly from the shoulder of the Cocopah mountains of Lower California to San Bernardino and Needles on the north, Yuma on the east and a point near San Diego on Ihe west. series of earthquakes last night and today wrought damage now estimated at about -$1.5O0.000. killed I persons and injured perhaps score. none seriously The tremors continued intermittently today. decreasing steao- ilv in strength and doing only negi- s-ible damage.
 The zone in which the tremors were felt most centered about CaleXico and NexIcali. the Mexican town opposite. in Lower California. where the free revelrv of the frontier collection or szaIoors and dance halls was haltei when the first shocks put out the lights and where all the fatalities occurred.
 The men and women killed were crushed beneath the wall of a dance han as the visitors fled panic strick- en to the street. As far as ascer- tained. the Alamo wasteway, connect cd with Sharps Heading, controlling q unit in the s5.000.000 Imperial Val ley irrigation system. was severely stsa other important units of the system withstood the shocks, although lis Sures were opened in the ground around them. and unless further uuakes render one of the headings { useless there will be no lack of water. . II is said. for the 100000 acres under cultivation and dependant on the vast network of canals and laterals. The water may be shut off at Hanlons Heading. where the Colorado enters the irrigation system. southwest of Yuma. in order to repair the damage ta the wasteway. but if it is the i engineers do not believe it will be shut off for more than thirty-siN . hours
 Rebuilding has already begun in Fl i CentrO. where an entire block in the i business section was ruined and . gangs of men are at work clearing The debris
 In CalexicO similar work is in . progress The damage at Fl Centro is estimated at close to s2OO.O00 in Calexico it was something less than this North of Fl Centro the damage was comparatively slight.
 Several fires at Calexico added to the damage done by the quakes.
 
 municipal water tank which fell from it's so foot tower This deprived the town of water pressure and hampered the efforts at fighting the fires which burned several residences and two business buildings
 Imperial and Brawley and towns further up the valley suffered only slightly At Yuma and Needles the shocks were slight, while barely per age was done anywhere outside the valley Communication with CaleXico was entirely dependent today on au- tomobiles and railroad trains The telegraphic headquarters were in the building damaged and telegrams were sent here by a messenger for trans mission. The meager reports thus brought stated that six or seven men and women were killed in Mexicali. and that the bodies of two men had been taken from the debris and iden- tified. The names given were Bert ArbuckIe and James Stencil. Ar buckle is said to have come from Los Angeles. ii
 A strict guard was established in ! the various towns affected as soon | as the quake began. Fifty special deputies were sworn in here and at Calexico troop of the United States ' cavalry, which had been patrolling the border. kept order and protected } property.
 Across the line Colonel Centu. the (