Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-25
fMenty-0ne Business Buildings
Destroyed by Tremor at
lnglewood, Cal.
SCORES OF HOMES DAMAGED
Severe Shock Causes Woman's Death
MANY Plate Glass Windows in
Los Angeles shattered-ouake
Confinea tc Country District.

log Angeles, Cal, June 23.-Earth-
quoNe shocks that started at e.47
oIaock Monday night and continued
Internationally uutil Y .35 D. m. Tues
oah caused property damage ia Los
angeles county estimated at 100000.
'iiree-fourths of which was In Iagle-
"oou, ten miles southeast of here.
one death was due Indirectly to the
most severe of the shoeks and several
persons were slightly injured by fall
ing debris.
Los Angeles railway officials an-
nouneed that a slight earthquake Mt
1V;ao a. m put its power plant at
Huntington lake. 20 miles east of
Fresno out Of comreission for 25 min
utes Las Angeles traffic was tied up
for that period.
Among guests In Los Angeles hotels
VINO were shaken up were several par
ties OF delegates from scattered sec
uons Of the country, en- route TO the
democratic national convention at
San francisco.
me shocks appeared to have been
almost endrely local. Ventura. River
side and Orange county points border.
ing on Los Angeles county reported
having felt slight tremor about the
time Of the heaviest shock here.
lnglewood, where q business build
iiigs We're wholly or partially demol-
ished, and nearly every dwelling dam-
aged 70 some extent, seemed to have
been the center Of the disturbance.
The southern and southwestern sec
tions Of Los Angeles. which are closest
70 Inglewood suffered more than the
northern residential and central bust-
ness districts.
Ia Pasadena three slight shocks
were felt aud the damage was trihing.
The beach towns south and west OF
lnglewood also reported no serious
losses.
The damage In Los Angeles city. es-
tmated at about $4,000, was due al
most entirely to fallen chImneys,
broken windows. smashed dishes and
bric-a-brac In residences and break
able articles In stores.
The damage in Inglewood was esti-
mated at $4,000 Buildings that suf-
fered the most damage there were on
the main business thoroughfare. 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 their proprletors resumed trade dur
ing the day.
Stone facings on a group Of FIVE
school buildings at Hyde Park be-
tween Los Angeles and Inglewood.
tumbed down. the damage being esti-
mated at $1,000.
The first two shocks. which were
the mos severe, came in quick success
sion, the two covering period OF
about fifteen seconds Following
shocks, variously reported as number
Ing from three to six, we're slight tre-
mors, pereeptible chiefly because of
the rattling OF buildings.
The Edison building and the Laugh
lin building, formerly separated by a
space 0f a few inches, were discoveries
70 have become closely 3eined afsas
the shock Cracks over the main en-
trance to the @. T Johnson building
on Broadway showed the effects of the
tremor.
The chimney Of the ". C. r. q.
building was loosened and d police
guard was placed on the street below
to warn pedestrians Of the danger
There were lively scenes In the va
rious cafeterias, where hundreds OF
persons were carrying trays Of food to
tables. Many dropped their trays AID
rushed to the door, and In some In
stances were pursued by the prepri-
etors. who demanded payment for the
food
Assurances that there need not be
any apprehension Of a repititiou OF
the tremblers was given by G. L. Ken
nedy, an earthquake expert.