Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-22


Los Angeles. April 22.-More than
one-third OF the business district OF
San Jacinto and smaller proportion
OF the town Of Hemet. both in River
side county. about seventy-five mites
east of here. were in ruins today, and
acres Of residences in the two little
towns we're wrecked by a series Of
earthquake shocks which caused all OF
southern California to tremhle late
yesterday afternoon.
The property damage Is estimated at
800 900 to s15o.oo0 in the two places.
Half dozen other towns, including
Los Angeles. suffered minor damage.
Hemet and San Jacinto have popuia-'
tions Of less than 1000 and lie within
three miles OF each other in the coun-
try made famous in Helen Hunt Jack
sons romance, Ramona"
Only one life was known to have
been lost as result Of the quake, that
facturer Of this city. who was drowned
NbCu lGli oil pici ~ 'N0Itt<b sho-
MICA, beach resort near here.
Panic on Pleasure Pier.
Hundreds OF pleasure seekers on tho
pier made a wild dash for solid ground
when the shock came at S:3s p. M. and
Darnell was swept from his feet.
There were near panics in scores of
theaters and motion picture houses in
this vicinity and many persons sus
1 4.
the exits.
When night fell over the towns Of
Hemet and San Jacinto order had been
completely restored and organizations
Of home guards patroled the streets.
Four blocks of San Jacintos busi-
ness district were wrecked and one
block at Hemet.
Business Blocks Leveled.
Three distinct shocks we're felt at
San Jacinto. The first tremor threw To
the ground a number, OF persons pnd
horses. At the second shock all the
buildings on the south side Of the main
street began to collapse and the third
shock brought down those on the north
side.
Electricity failed Immediately and
within ten minutes the breaking Of gas
mains made it necessary to shut of the
water supply The water mains were
damaged but little.
Freaks Of Earthquake.
One OF the freaks of the earthquake
was the sudden flow in wells. Many
artesian wells. several dry for years.
showed n sudden free supply OF water
Tho San Jacnto river. dry before the
earthquake, showed flow OF twelve
inches in depth and forty three feet in
width
The earthquake OF yesterday WAS al
most a repetition OF that Of Christmas
day. 1899. when the two towns suffered
shocks of like severity.
Fear was expressed in Los Angeles
that several Office buildings had been
thrown out OF plumb.
Mrs. Mary Scear. OF Chicago, a patti
ent at the Lolinda sanatorium. south
OF Redlands. San Bernardino county.
was injured when two chimneys fell
thru the roof.
Miners Caught in Slides.
At the Magnesite mine, near Hemet
and at one in the vicinity OF Winches-
ter workers were injured by slides.
Several injured miners were taken to
hospitals at Riverside.
Scores OF plateglass windows were
broken Mt San Bernardino. Cracks de-
veloped in brick walls and several hum
dred feet OF wall Of a low building
fell.
One man was injured at the baseball
mark at San Bernardino in n rush from
the grounds.
The front of the I. o. o. F. building
at Banning fell out.
Long Beach Buildings Shaken.
Large office buildings at Long Beach
were severely shaken and many win-
dows broken.
Concrete roads leading from Hemet
and San Jacinto were broken ana
buekled by the quake.
The northern extremity OF the quake
was at Fresno. Cal. Tremors also were
felt at Phoenix and Seligman. Arix..
and at Milford, Utah.
Starts at 6arstow.
The tremor was first reported from
Barstow at $3.50 p. m. and apparently
moved east and south from that point,
r became most severe in the Hemet
and San Jacinso section and further
north abont Sam BsrnaSdinA