Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-17
FOUR QUAkES CAUSE GREAT EXCITEMENT
 AT LOS ANGELES Several Are Injured; Build ings Are Slightly Dam-
 aged HOSPITALS FILLED BY THOSE WHO FAINT Earthquake Weather" is Followed by Shocks Which Come at Widely Separated Intervals and Gre
 ate Near Panic

LOS AngeleS, July lo-f our severe earthquakes here today threw the city and it's suburbs into excitement, in- directly caused a number of injuries to men, women and children and slightly damaged several buildings chiefly old ones, butn noe to a grea, extent.
 While the shocks seemed to center in Los Angeles some were felt more than 30 miles away but as in this city, no material damage was reported from any other city or town.
 An unusually warm morning pro. duced from citizens the remark "good earthquake weather" It was said in jest and none were more surprised than those who made the remark when the first trembler came at 10:1( in the morning. It felt much as does the sudden stopping of a street car operated by an inexperienced motor man, only that the trembler produced the unpleasant sensation multiplied many times.
 
 cal, followed the first shock and had hardly been calmed when at 10:27 ir the afternoon came the second, fol lowed two minutes later by the third These two were sharper than the first Then the agitation of the citizens be- came prolonged and it was some time before it was case of "business as usual"
 Courts and other public places were scenes of near panic, some people run ming for the open, some fainting, some stopping to pray. Many gathered al street intersections and others walked down the middle of the streets with watchful eyes on the buildings. Many sought Pershing square, in the heart of the down town district, as sane tuary and remained there for hours Pictures were jolted from hooks; mortar jared from brick walls and plaster from ceilings; cracks appear ed in some older structures, water main was broken, a few copings and chimneys fell, part of an embankment collapsed, throwing dirt and brick into the street and plate glass windows in some department stores were broken
 While the excitement was at its height rumors of horror travelled fast but when it had subsided there was not one report of any extensive dam- age while the worst injury recorded was broken leg, caused when a brick fell from the top of building and struck an elderly man. For hours the receiving hospital maintained by the city was crowded with women and children who had tainted in the ex- citement.
 For hours the receiving hospital, maintained by the city, was crowded with women and children who had tainted in the excitement. Some, however, suffered more serious acci- dents. Private and emergency hos pitals also were overcrowded with hysteria and fainting cases.
 Elevator operators reported their cars rocked back and forth in their shafts in a north to south direction The greatest clamors came from pris- oners in the county and city jails.
 In the former, 400 prisoners felt the morning shock with comparative calm, but became wildly excited at the first of the two in the afternoon They yelled, shook the bars and screamed to be taken out. The turn keys were trying to quiet them when the third tremor came. The resul- tant uproar lasted an hour.
 The prisoners in the city hall were less excited, although the building was slightly damaged.
 Adding to the excitement was fire alarm turned in when piece of cop ing fell from building at Main and Market streets, breaking fire alarm box. Then the fire department re- sponded. Some excited persons brought out city ambulances by tel ephoning to the police that num- Der of persons had been injured.
 A man sustained broken leg when brick was jared from a building at First street and Broadway.