The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-22
QUAKE KILLS ONE
South Pacific Coast Well Shaken
Last Night.
Three Distinct Shocks Caused
Much Property Damage.
HURT BY FALLING BUILDINGS
TremOrS Were Intermittent for
Nearly Twelve Hours.
Property Loss Estimated Now
at Over 100000.
HURT BY FALLING BUILDINGS

Los Angeles. June 22.-The sharp
est earthquake shock since the one
which damaged Inglewood last eve
, ming was felt here at 1886 this after
noon.
According to some counts 1t is the
tenth in eighteen hours.
Los Angeles, June 22.-Earthquake
shocks which started at 6:47 o'clock
last night and continued intermittently
until o'clock this morning caused
property damage in Los Angeles
county estimated at 100000, three
fourths of which was in Inglewood,
ten miles southwest of this city.
One death was due indirectly to the
most severe of the shocks and several
persons were slightly injured by fall
ing debris. Inglewood, where 81
business building were wholly or par
TALLY demolished and nearly every
dwelling damaged to some extent
seemed to have been the center of the
disturbance.
The southern sections of Los An
geles city closest to Inglewood, suf-
fered more than the northern residen-
tial and central business districts.
Los Angeles Damage $4,000
In Pasadena, three slight shocks
were felt and the damage was trifling.
The beach towns south and west of
ln2leWOOQ also T6pOIleu uO
losses. The damage in Los Angeles
city, estimated at $4,000. was due al
most entirely to fallen chimneys
broken windows and breakable arti-
cles in stores and residences.
The damage in Inglewood was esti-
mated at $4,000. The buildings
which suffered the most damage
were on Commercial street. the main
business thorofare. In most cases the
fronts of the buildings fell into the
street. leaving the three other walls
standing Several of the business
houses had been patched up so that
their proprietors resumed trade early
today Stone facings on a group OF
five school buildings at Hyde Park. be-
tween Los Angeles and Inglewood.
tumbled down. the damage being esti-
mated at $4,000.
The first two shocks. which were
the most severe, came in quick sue
cession the two covering period OF
about fifteen seconds.
Many Resorts Feel Quake.
A survey early today of the damage
done by an earthquake which occurred
last night, indicated that lnglewood;
ten miles southwest of here. suffered
much more severely than was at 1irs'
reported. Twenty-one business build
ings in the town were practically de-
stroyed, the town was deprived OF
light and gas and scores of dwellings
were seriously damaged.
Many plate glass windows IN Los
Angeles were shattered by the shock,
several buildings were otherwise in
jured and persons were struck b"
bricks shaken from chimneys. San
Pedro. Long Beach, Santa Monica and
Venice also reported minor damage
The death of Mrs. William Shippy, of
Los Angeles at Venice, beach resort.
was attributed to the earthquake.
She jumped from an automobile fol-
lowing the tremor and fell dead from
heart disease. The earthquake area
was confined to Los Angeles county,
Inglewood bearing the brunt of its
severity.
Several Persons Injured.
The front walls of the Inglewood
hotel, a theater. an undertaking es-
tablishment, a real estate office. three
grocery stores, two meat markets. two
garages, a pool room, a drug store.
furniture store and other downtown
buildings collapsed. The steeple of the
, Episcopal church toppled into he
street and the buildings occupied by
the Citizens Savings bank and the
First National bank of Inglewood were
practically destroyed.
Several persons in Inglewood We're
slightly injured by falling plaster and
bricks and broken glass, but no serious
injuries were reported. The Edison
! building and the Laughlin building
! formerly separated by a space of few
inches. were discovered to have be-
como fiOGe1U ioinaT al +ha ch0