Arizona republican., 1918-04-22
Two Southern California Cities Completely Demolished by Shock
 But Angel City Damages Slight
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

LOS ANGELES, April 21-A general earthquake shock felt throughout southern California at 330 this afternoon took toll of life at nearby resort caused the serious injury of one woman in mad rush from a downtown theate broke large plate glass windows shook down cornices and cut off communication with at least two small towns whence unvered reports of seri ous property damage and possible loss of life.
 HEMET AND SAN JACINTO DESTROYED
 Hemet about twenty five miles east and south of Riverside and San Jacnto the next town north of Hemet on branch line of the Atchson, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad which both points, reported to be tualy destroyed reported in San Bernardino late today that both telephone offices had been destroyed and the telephone companies said they were unable to get any response from that or nearby sections.
 At San Bernardino the quake was said by old resi- dents be the worst of years Scores of plate glass dows broken hundred feet of brick wall from one low building fell into the street. and cracks developed ill several other walls There was panic at the ball grounds where game was m progress and one man was hurt i'll the rush to escape Another running out of theaer into the street. down by passing automobile and serious Fly injured Riverside suffered shock of similar intensity Ornaments shaken from the courthouse cornce and windows were broken
 At Banning the front of the Odd Fellows building fell out striking two automobiles which had just been vacated by their passengers.
 FIRST FELT AT BARsTOW
 The tremor first reported from Barstow at 3:30 p. and apparently moved east and south from that point It became most in the Hemet and San Ja cno section and further north about San Bernardno
 Coming toward the coast, the tremor did slight damage at Whittier and other intervening points and then struck Los Angeles at 332 there being two shocks They estimated at ten seconds and thirty seconds respectively
 In the city, the earthquake broke number of large plate glass windows in office buildings There almost panic in the heaters and picture houses and wonan Mrs A. Jacoby, struck the head by an iron fire escape lowered from above she stepped from theater side entrance
 LOS ANGELES CITY HALL MOVED
 The city hall stands two inches from an adjacent building The tremor swayed them together and crushed off brick and stone dust well grinding outside pipe into the walls
 At the city jail there panic among the prisoners when glass crashed from the upper windows Bricks fell from the cornice to the street.
 meeting of the Half Century Club was in pro- gress at the old Normal center in the heart of the city The chandeliers swayed about and panic was narrowly averted by the band playing My Country Tis of Thee MEETS DEATH IN PANIC 5 At Santa Monica, seaside town near here crowd the municipal per which swayed perousy and in the rush to escape, Frank E. Darnel retired manu facurer of Los Angeles, thrown down and tramped e to death
 The bath house at Santa Monica canyon also was the of panic when the building swayed and creaked Feminine patrons emerged entirely uncothed and there mad scramble first to get away from the dressing rooms and then to get back q Several hundred pleasure seekers on the Redondo pier rushed for land when the pier began to sway and several were slightly hurt in the resulting crush Q LONG BEACH SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
 At Long Beach large office buildings were shaken and numerous windows broken while dishes shaken from plate rails and other minor damage done. There were small pancs in public meeting places but reported S that no one had been seriously hurt
 The earthquake apparently not serious very far south as reports from Imperial Valley points said it had damaged any of the towns in that part of the state $ though it reached there at 3:39 p. m. e HEMET, Cal, April 21.-The towns of Hemet and San Jacnto which lie north of here about two miles on the branch of the Atchson Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, were both seriously damaged by earth quake shock at 33O D. today Every business house in Hemet and in San Jacinto laid flat but only two lives h were lost