The Arvada enterprise., 1920-07-01
D. 8. PORTER WRITES OF Elk.
PERlENcE IN QUAKE CITY
Dear Readers

The summer season is on in ear
nest and with it comes few esrtn-
quake shocks, which we have been
experiencing since week ago last
SUNDAY morning, to date we we have
had eight distinct tremors, and need
less to say, most of US here nave
been more or less worried on &C.
count of them, as no one seems TO
know jusr how severe nor when the
next one will be felt.
felt the first one at about two
o'clock a week ago last Sunday
morning, experiencing rocking OF
the bed, but was too tired and sleepy
to fully realize just what was going
on. From all reports this shock did
no material damage, and but one or
two Los Angeles daily papers made
any note Of it. j.,
The next one came at about b
o'clock last Sunday morning, which
was rather significant, but the one
we all felt about 6:45 p. m. last
Monday was one of some import
ance. / happened to be riding home
on a street car at the time and felt
NO shock at all. made inquiry
of a lady on the street car as to
what extent the shock was and she
told me she was on the fourth floor
of a brick building when the shock
came and they all lost no time in
getting out on the sidewalk. The
streets were lined with people gaz-
ing up at the buildings, evidently
expecting to see them crumble and
fall to the pavement below. But
such was not the case.
However, the city of Englewood ic-
Gated midway between here and the
coast, suffered heavily as q dozen
business buildings lost side or
front wall, but luckily enough, no
one was injured but the material
damage was estimated at about one
hundred thousand dollars. Dishes
were thrown from cupboards, pic
lures fell from the walls and the
plastering was knocked from walls
and ceilings, the water mains weak
ened and the city gas mains were
broken, but have all since been re-
paired.
People residing in the southwest
portions Of Los Angeles felt the
shocks more than was felt in other
portions of the city, and many stor-
les and fake rumors are floating
around, which, of course, are exag-
Rerations Of the truth. However,
as the s1ioek came ut xboue yupper
time, many people were eating in
downtown restaurants and rushed
out on the streets for safety, leav-
ing the restaurant men to get the
pay for their meals the best way
they could.
We experienced another smaller
shock yesterday afternoon At 1890.
and I felt it in that I stumbled and
fell with my load Of mail which l
scattered all over the city street car
tracks, but the joke Of it was that
I did not realize that there had been
an earth quake until lady ten min
utes afterward asked me II l felt
the shock. Many people faint, 9TH
ers become hysterical and the sensa-
ton you have is something far diff
ferent from anything you ever ex-
perienced before and to many 1t is
quite alarming, when you realize
that an earthquake Is something you
can't get away from.
Another small quake visited us
about 4:3O this morning and many
thousands Of people remained up
from that time on. no material dam
age done, tho the quake felt Monday
evening wreckedmany chimneys in
the southwest portion of the city.
Mother, Ralph and I visited with
friefds In Long Beach and Hines
last Sunday. spending very
pleasant day autoing, the weather
being ideal and we are all well.
We look eagerly forward to the
time when your country newspaper
should get here ard scan its columns
closely for news from Broomficld,
where I was once your correspond
ent for some time.
Yours truly,
n DnDTEp