The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-22
PROPERTY LOSS
ENORMOUS OVER
SOUTHERN PART
Many Injured and One Man
Killed When Buildings
Begin to Fall.
SMALL CITY ENTIRELY
DESTROYED BY SHAKE
Shocks Said to Be Heaviest
Since Horrible Disaster
IL Years Ago.

Los Angeles, April 21.--A general
earthquake shock felt throughout south
ern California, at about 2:3O this after
noon. took toll Of one life at n nearby
resort. caused the serious injury of one
woman. In a mad rush from n down
town theater, broke large plate glass
windows shook down cornices and cut
off communication with at least two
small towns, whence came unverified
reports of serious property damage.
One man was killed at Santa Monica
in a panic. when he fell off a pier.
Hemet, about 25 miles east and south
of Riverside and San Jacinto, the next
town north OF Hemet. on a branch of
the Atehtson. Topeka and Sante Fe
railroad. were reported practically de-
stroyed. 1t was reported in San Ber-
;nardfno late today that both tele-
phone offices had been totally de-
stroyed, and the telephone companies
said they were unable to get any re-
sponse from that or nearby sections.
Shocks Most Severe.
At San Bernardino the shock was
said by OLD residents. to be the most
severe in many years. Scores of plate
glass windows were broken. 100 feet
Of brick wall from one low building
fell into the street. and cracks devel-
oped in several other walls. There
was a panic at the ball grounds.
where game was In progress and one
man was hurt in the rush to escape.
Another. running out of theater into
the street, was run down by an auto
mobile and seriously injured.
Riverside suffered a shock OF SINH
lar intensity. Ornaments were shaken
from the courthouse cornice and win
dows We're broken.
At Banning the front of the Odd
Fellows building fell out striking two
automobiles which had just been Va
Gated by their passengers.
Hemet Wiped Out.
The tremor was first reported from
Barstow at 8: 80 and apparently moved
coming the most severe in the Heme'
and San Jacinto section and further
north about San Bernardino.
Coming on toward the coast, tn.
tremor did slight damage at Whittie
and other intervening points. and ther
struck Los Angeles at 332 p. m. tw'
shocks being recorded. Their duration
was estimated at 10 seconds and 8
seconds respectively.
In the city, the earthquake broke I
number of large plate glass window
in office buildings. There was afmos
n panic in theaters and picture show
and one woman. Mrs. \. Jacoby. wa
struck on the head by an iron fire es
cape, lowered from above. as sh
stepped from n theater side entrance
The city hall stands two inches fror
an adjacent building. The tremo
swayed them together and crushed ol
brick and stone dust. There was
panic among the prisoners in the cit
Jail when glass crashed from the up
per windows. Bricks fell from III
cornice to the street.
Crowd Seattsrs.
At Santa Monica. n crowd was on II
municipal pier. which swayed peri
ously. and In the rush to escape. Fran
E. Darnell. retired manufacturer
Los Angeles. was thrown down ar
trampied to death.
The bath house at Santa Monit
canyon was also the scene of pan
when the building swayed and creake
Feminine patrons emerged entirely al
clothed and there was 8 mad scranb
first to get away from the dressiI
rooms and then TO get back.
Several hundred pleasure seekers
the Redondo pier made a rush for la
~,,han thu picr hepap fo SWAY and y.
eral were slightly hurt in the RESULT
crush.
At Long Beach several large off
buildings were severely shaken and n