Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-30
100000 Loss IN
CALIFORNIA QUAKE
Several Persons Hurt in Los An
geles and Suburbs.
INeLEWooD is HARDEST HIT
Big Buildings Tottsr and Many Homes
Are Osmased-Plate Glass Win
dows Shattered-Severe Shock
Causes Woman's Death.

Los Angeles. Cal. June 23.-Earth-
quake shocks that started AZ car
O'clock Monday night and continued
internationally until l. ~ p. m. Tues
day. caused property damage in Los
Angeles county estimated at SlO0OOo.
three-fOurths of which was In lngle-
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
Inc debris
Los Angeles railway officials an
nounced that slight earthquake at
10 80 a. m. put its power plant at
Huntington lake. 90 miles east OF
Fresno. out Of commission for - min
utes. Las Angeles traffic was tied up
for that period.
Among guests I'm Los Angeles hotels
who were shaken up were several par
ties Of delegates from scattered sec
tons OF the country, en- route 10 the
Democratic national convention at
San Francisco.
The shocks appeared 10 have been
almost entirely local Ventura, River
side and Orange county points border
Ing on Los Angeles county reported
having felt a slight tremor about the
time Of the heaviest shock here.
q Buildings Shattered.
InglewoOd, where 81 business build
ings were wholly or partially dem0l-
ishcd. and nearly every dwelling dam
aged 20 some extent, seemed 10 have
been the center of the disturbance.
The southern and southwestern sec
tions of Los Angeles. which arr closest
Ia InglewoOd. suffered more than the
northern residential and central busi-
ness districts.
In Pasadena three slight shocks
were felt and the damage was trihing.
The beach towns south and west OF
Inglewood also reported no serious
losses.
The damage In Los Angeles city, es-
'lmated M about $4,000. was due al
most entirely 10 fallen chimneys.
broken windows. smashed dishes and
brlc-a-brac I'm residences and break
able articles in stores.
The damage In Inglewood was esti-
mated at $4,000. Buildings that suf-
fcrcd 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 group OF five
school buildings az Hyde Park. be-
tween Los Angeles and Inglewood.
tumhled down. the damage being esti-
mated nc $1,000.
The first two shocks. which were
the most severe, came In quick success
sion. the two covering a 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 few inches. were discovered
20 have become closely Joined after
the shock. Cracks over the main en-
trance Ia the O. I. Johnson building
on Broadway showed the effects Of the
tremor.
The chimney Of the w. c. T. U.
building was loosened and police
guard was placed on the street below
10 warn pedestrians Of the danger.
There were lively scenes in the va
rious cafeterias. where hundreds OF
persons We're carrying trays Of food 10
tables. Many dropped their trays and
rushed 10 the door. and In some In
stances we're pursued by the propri-
etors. who demanded payment for the
food