The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-25
100000 Loss IN
CALF 0RN|A QUAKE
EFSEs @s~
Several Persons Hurt in Los An
geEeS and Suburbs.
INGLEWOOD is HARDEST HIT
BIG Buildings Totter and Many Homes
Are Damaged-PIate Glass Win
doWs Shattered-SeVere Shock
Causes Woman's Death.

bric-a-brac in residences and break
quake shocks that started at 6:47
o'clock Monday night and continued
internationally until II :35 p. m. Tues
day, caused property damage in Los
Angeles county estimated at 100000,
ree-fOurths of which was in Ingle-
wood, ten miles southeast of here.
One death was due indirectly to the
most severe of the shocks and several
persons were slightly injured by fall
ing debris.
Los Angeles railway officials an
nOunced that a slight earthquake at
10 80 a. m. put It's power plant at
Huntington lake, 20 miles east Of
Fresno, out of commission for % min
uteS. Las Angeles traffic was tied up
for that period.
Among guests In Los Angeles hotels
who were shaken up were several par
ties of delegates from scattered sec
tons of the country, en- route to the
Democratic national convention at
San Francisco.
The shocks appeared to have been
almost entirely 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.
II Buildings Shattered.
T1-Io-rood ,,,t,oro o. ID,,c;roce, t>,,fId
ings were wholly or partially demOl-
ished, and nearly every dwelling dam
aged to some extent, seemed to have
been the center of the disturbance.
The southern and southwestern sec
tons of Los Angeles, which are closest
to InglewOOd, suffered more than the
northern residential and central bust
ness districts.
In Pasadena three slight shocks
were felt and the damage was triffing.
The beach towns south and west of
1nglewoOd also reported no serious
losses.
The damage In Los Angeles city, es-
timated at about $4,000, was due al
most entirely to fallen chimneys,
broken windows, smashed dishes and
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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 prOprietors resumed trade dur
ing the day.
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 success
sion, the two covering period Of
about fifteen seconds. Following
shocks, variOusly reported as number
ing from three to six, were slight ire
mOrs, perceptible chiefly because of
the rafting of buildings.
Big Office Building Damaged.
The Edison building and the Laugh
lin building, formerly separated by
space of a few inches, were discovered
to have become closely joined after
the shock. Cracks over the main en-
trance to the o. T. Johnson building
on Broadway showed the effects of the
tremOr.
The chimney of the w. G. T. q.
building was lOOsened and a 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 and
rushed to the door, and in some in
stances were pursued by the propri-
etors, who demanded payment for the
food.