The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-22
EARTHQUAKE FELT
IN WHITTIER. CAL
But the Chief Damage from Disturbance
Was at Other Points-0ne Life
Lost Near Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal. April ga genera
earthquake shock, felt throughout south
ern California at $3.50 yesterday after
noon, took one life at nearby resort
caused the serious injury of one woman
in mad rush from downtown theatre
broke large plate glass windows, shook
down cornices and cut off communication
with at least two small towns. Unveri-
| fed reports from about these towns said
I there had been serious property damage
and possible loss OF life.
Hemet, about 25 miles east and south
of Riverside and San Jacinto, the next
i town north of Hemet on branch line
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road which serves both points were re-
ported to be virtually destroyed. 1t was
reported in San Bernardin1 late yester-
tday that both telephone offices had been
destroyed and that the telephone com
, panies said they were unable to get any
response from that or nearby sections
AT San Bernardino the quake was said
by old residents to be the worst of years
Scores of plate glass windows were brok'
en-, hundred feet of brick wall from
one low building fell into the street and
several other walls were cracked.
There was panic at the ball grounds,
where game was in progress and one
man was hurt in the rush to escape An.
other, running out of theatre into the
street, was struck by passing automo
bile and seriously injured.
Riverside suffered shock of similar
intensity. Ornaments were shaken from
the courthouse cornice and windows
smashed At Banning the front of the
Odd Fellows building fell ont, striking
two automobiles which thad just been va
Gated by their passengers.
The first tremor was first reported
from Barstow at $3.50 p. m, and appar-
emily moved east and south from that
point. 1t became most severe in the |
Hemet and San Jaeinto section and far |
ther north about San Bernardno.
Coming on toward the east, the tremor |
did slight damage at Whittier and other
intervening points and then struck Los
Angeles at 1882 p. M, there being two
shocks. They were estimated at 10 sec
onds and 80 seconds each
In the city, the earthquake broke
number of large plate glass windows in
Office buildings. There was almost a
panic in the numerous theatres and pic
ture houses and one woman, Mrs A. ia
cobs, was struck on the head by an iron
fire escape, lowered from above as she
stepped from theatre side entrance.
At Santa Monica, a seaside town near
here, crowd was on the municipal pier,
which swayed perilously, and in the rush
to escape Frank L. Darbell, a retired
of Los Angeles. was
thrown down and trampled to death
Several hundred pleasure seekers on
The Redondo pier made rush for land
when the pier began to sway and several |
we're slightly hurt in the resulting crush.
At Long Beach several large Office I
were severely shaken and nu- ,
nerous windows were broken. There |
we're several small panics in public meet !
ng places, but it was reported that no {
me had been seriously hurt :
The earthquake apparently was not
erious very far south. as reports from I
imperial valley points said it had not /
any of the towns in that part 4
# the state, although it reached there at I
i;39 P. m. a