The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-22

Los Angeles, June PA survey
early today OF the damage done by an
earthquake which occurred early last
night, indicated that Inglewood. ten
miles southwest Of here suffered more
severely than was at first reported.
Twenty-one business buildings in
the town were practically destroyer,
the town was deprived of light ana
gas and scores Of dwellings were SER
iously damaged.
Many plateglass windows in Los
Angeles were shattered by the shock,
several buildings we're otherwise in
jured and persons were struck by
bricks shaken from chimneys. San
Pedro, Long Beach. Santa Monica,
and Venice, also reported minor dam
ages.
The death Of Mrs. William Shippy
OF Los Angeles, at Venice, beach
resort, was attributed to the earth.
quake. She jumped from an automo-
bile following the tremor and fell dead
from heart disease.
The earthquake area was confined
to Los Angeles county. Inglewood
bearing the brunt of the severity.
The shock which caused the dam
age was followed by two slighter tre-
mors, few minutes apart, and at
10:4O o'clock a fourth tremor was
felt in the southwest section Of Los
Angeles, and at Ingewood. No dam.
age resulted from these.
Another slight earth shock was felt
in the Inglewood district, near Los
Angeles. at o'clock this morning.
There was no additional damage.
The lnglewood water company,
which supplied the town, reported that
its mains had been damaged to some
extent
lnglewood residents, worked ali
night clearing up debris and boarding
up fronts of buildings, which had
been partially demolished. While the
town lights were off, automobile
headlights were used by the workers.
Many families slept in the open
air rather than occupy their shaken
dwellings.
Inglewood is a town of about 5000
population on the Redondo Beach
branch of the Atchison, Topeka AMI
Santa Fe railroad, and is also reach
ed by suburban line of the Los
Angeles Railway Company.
Earthquake shocks which started at
6:47 o'clock last night and continued
intermittently until five o'clock this
morning caused property damage in
Los Angeles county estimated AT
100000. threefourths of which was
in Inglewood, 10 miles southwest Of
this city. One death was due indi-
rectly to the most severe Of the shocks
and several person were slightly in
jured by falling debris.
Inglewood. where 81 business build
ings were wholly or partially demolish.
ed and nearly every dwelling damaged
to some extent, seemed to have been
the center Of the disturbance.
The southern sections Of Los Ange.
les city. closest to Inglewood suffer
ed more than the northern residential
and central business districts. In
Pasadena three slight shocks were felt
and the damage was trifling. The
beach towns south and west of Ingle-
wood, also reported no serious losses.
The damage in Los Angeles city
estimated at about $4,000 was due
almost entirely to fallen chimneys
broken windows and breakable arti'
cles in stores and residences. The
damage in Inglewood, was estimated
at $4,000. The buildings which suf'
fered the most damage were on Com.
mercinl street, the main business
thorpughfare. In most cases the fronts
OF the buildings fell into the street,
leaving the three other walls stand.
ing. Several of the business houses
had been patched up SO that their
proprietors resumed trade early today.
Stone facings on q 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 success
sion, the two covering period OF
about Is seconds. Following shocks
varlcusly reported as numbering from
three to six, were slight tremors, per.
ceptible chiefly because Of the rafting