The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
TWO CALIFORNIA TOWNS ARE
PRACTICALLY DESTROYED.
-FOUR KILLED And MANY HURT
Three Entombed Men Saved BY Eel
low Workers Who Drive Airshaft
to Them After Accident. Shocks
Recorded in the East.

ruins. and more than a score OF people
injured today as the result of the
earthquake which rocked Southern
California yesterday Buildings dam
aged are estimated at over a million
dollars.
! San Jaeinto and Hamlet towns of
about fifteen hundred population were
policed today by home guards. The
towns are without wafer, gas oreelec-
tric lights and telephone communica-
Ition was not re-established until late
to-day.
Miles Of pavement in southern Calf
ornia was rolled, hIlged and cracked
by the earthquake.
Mt. Jaeinto Lighted Up.
San Jacinto people assert today that
as the earthquake rolled and buildings
pitched into the streets geyser light
flashed up in smoke from Mt. Jacinto
to heighth of an eleven hundred foot
volcano Then a huge cloud of smoke
poured up from the Mountains obscur.
ling.
Had the quake happened on week
day scores must have been killed"~at
Jacinto and Hamet.
| Roofs of the buildings locked up for
the day caved in, thus destroying the
merchandise.
f At Mont Jacinto the roof of a tele-
phone office caved in burying the lone
operator. She managed to crawn out
with but few minor cuts and bruises
about her head
Fifty business buildings in both
towns were completely destroyed.
\ Early Reports of Disaster.
Los Angeles, Cal. April 22.-All of
southern California and part of west
Tern Arizona and Utah were shaken
lat $3.50 o'clock Sunday afternoon by
Ian earthquake which wrecked virtual
Ily all buildings and residences In
Helmet and San Jacinto, two inland
towns, about 80 miles southeast OF
Riverside, Cal, caused minor proper
Ity damage in practically every town
and city.
One man, Frank f. Darnell, of this
, city was killed at San Monica in a
panic when he fell off pier. A
woman was injured by falling from q
. second story window at San Jacinto
. and a number of persons were in
, ljured there. and elsewhere, some
seriously. Three men entombed in
a magnesite mine tunnel near Helmet
probably were saved by fellow
: workers who drove an air shaft to
them and were expected to dig them
tout before morning.
Severe Inland. an
The severity Oh the shock seemed
greatest inland, but it was distinct
ly apparent at nearly every point ovel
+ California south from line from Bar
stow to the coast and in some parts
of Arizona, although no damage was
! reported there.
} In Los Angeles and vicinity the
: damage was apparent mainly in
, broken windows. Hundreds of large
plate glass windows here were shat
! tered. Several large buildings show
ed cracks or bulges, but the extent o.
, such damage to buildings ciuld not bt
definitely ascertained.
Many Homes Shaken.
Homes all over southern California
were shaken, dishes ratified. furniture
moved and in many places the SHOCK
was such as TO cause the occupants
to yacate hastily.
In Arizona the shock was reported
TO have extended as far east as Selig
man and Milford in Utah.
4 Utah In Quake Area.
, San Bernardino, Cal, April 22.-Ac
eording to reports received here by
Santa Fe railroad officials, the earth.
quake which caused much damage at
Helmet and adjacent points Sunday
was felt as far east as Milford, Utah
and was also felt at Seligman, Ariz.
The damage here included about
$4,000 destruction at the Santa Fe
railroad shops. were the machine shop
roof was badly damaged and other
buildings were thrown out of plumb.
| At small station on the Southern
Pacific called Cabazon, freight train
was derailed by the shock eleven cars
leaving the track
i Much Damage at Hemet.
/ San Bernardino. CAL, April a.
Twenty brick buildings were destroy
ed and one woman probably fatally
injured when the earthquake reached
Helmet Sunday. according to J. o.
Ridenour OF this city, who left Helmet
by automobile Immediately after the
tremor occurred
The telephone and telegraph lines
were down and water and gas mains
were broken in many places.
The only buildings left standing in
| the business district there are the
post Office and the bank, according
to reports received from persons who
fled after the earthquake late today.
It was reported that there had been