Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-24
CALIFORNIA TOWNS
ARE SHAKEN BY TEN
'QUAKES IN ONE DAY

LOS ANGELES, June 22,-The
sharpest earthquake shock since the
one which damaged Inglewood last
night was felt here at 1886 p. m. to-
day. According to some accounts 1t
was the tenth in eighteen hours.
Inglewood, Los Angeles suburb,
which was damaged by earthquakes
last night, was shaken by a new
series of tremors this afternoon.
They started at 1886, when a sharp
shock also rocked Los Angeles.
Reports from Inglewood were that
in the hour following 1886 this aft
ernoon there was frequent light
shocks and vibrations.
Practically all the business houses
nj the town closed and many people
left the place.
Telephone Communication with In
glewood could not be secured this
afternoon.
A telephone message from Redon-
do, ten miles from Inglewood, said
that afternoons earthquake did as
much damage at Inglewood as the
one last night.
The report said several rlore build
ings had been shaken down.
LOS ANGELES. June 22-Earth-
quakes which began at 6:47 O'CLOCK
tently until 5 o'clock this morning,
caused property damage in Los An
geleS county estimated at 100000
three-fourths of which was in In
glewood, 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 falling debris.
Ventura, Riverside and Orange
county points bordering on Los AM
Slight tremor about the time of the
heaviest shock here.
Inglewood, where 81 business
buildings were demolished and near
ly every dwelling damaged, seemed
the center of the disturbance. South
Los Angeles City, closest to Ingle-
wood. suffered more than other dis
tricts. =
In Pasadena three slight shocks
were felt and the damage was tri-
fling. Beach towns south and west
of Inglewood reported no serious
losses. ,.. 1922. ..t
Damage in Los Angeles estimated
at about $4,000 consisted mostly of
fallen chimneys, broken windows,
smashed dishes and bric-a-brac.
The damagse. in dngleWood was es-
which suffered the most damage
there were on Commercial street, the
main business thoroughfare. La
most cases the fronts of the build
ings fell into the street, leaving the
three other walls standing. Several
patched up so that their proprietors
resumed trade early today.
The first two shocks, which were
the most severe, came in quick sue
cession, the two covering a period of
about fifteen seconds. Following
shocks, variously reported as num-
tremors, perceptible chiefly because
of the rafting of buildings.
The death of Mrs William Shippy
of Los Angeles at Venice, a beach
resort, was attributed to the earth
mobile following the trenlor and fell
dead from heart disease.
The shock which caused the dam
age was followed by two slighter
tremors, a few minutes apart, and
at 10:40 o'clock a fourth tremor was
Angeles and at Inglewood. No DAM
age resulted from these.
The front walls of the Inglewood
hotel, a theater, an undertaking es-
Establishment, real estate office, three
grocery stores, two meat markets.
two garages, pool room, drug
store, and other downtown buildings,
collapsed. The steeple of the Episco-
pal church toppled into the street
and the buildings occupied by the
Citizens Savings. bank and the First
National bank Of lnglewood, vir-
tually were destroyed.
The Edison building and Laughlin
formerly separated by
space of few inches, were found to
have become closely Joined after the
shock. Cracks over the main en-
trance to the @. t, Johnson building
on Broadway showed the effects of
the quake. - es,5 .a..--
The chimney of the w. c. T. U.
building was loosened and police
guard was placed in the street below
to warn pedestrians of the danger.
Inglewood residents worked all
night clearing up debris and board
ing up fronts of buildings which had
been partly demolished. During the
period that the town lights were off,
automobile headlights were used by
the workers. Many families slept in
the open air rather than occupy their
yiyocr