New Britain herald., 1925-06-30
FIREWORKS SOUNDED
 LIKE EXPLOSIONS
Santa Barbara Editor Gives In.
 terestins Description


 Santa Barbara, June 80 R-One Of the interesting descriptions of the nrst earthquake by a Santa Barbara newspaper editor was that it seemed like a vast internal explosion. Ut seemed like the ground was pushing the buildings up and then vrenching them. There seemed to he a roar preceding the tembor and he first thought was that q great cxplosIon had occurred, but then the crashing of buildings proved 1t to be a real earthquake"
 Historical Houses Razed Many of the last remaining Nes- ,ses Of the old Spanish regime at Santa Barbara-the adobe houses were destroyed.
 Fl Patio, an adobe structure of spanish architecture, which figured prominently in the colorful days Of Governor Pic Pico, was the only one 10 remain nearly intact. The tile roof was piled in shattered bits in the old patio,
 be La Guerra, with history equal to Fl Patio, lay in dusty ruins last r,ght. The faded shutters were broken and twisted in the heap of rray c1av-once the social gathering place Of spain's gay bellcs and cab allaros.
 The tablets of death in yesterdays quake indicated that nine victims had paid with their lives their DOT tion of the toll taken by earth tremors that started yesterday morn Ing at 6:44 o'clock and continued at various intervals throughout the day and on into the night.
 Survey of Damage
 Tn the hospital lay 80 injured. Conservative estimates of material damage, which, however, cannot be definitely confirmed until an archi- tectDral survey is made today, fixed the loss at SIS, ,Oo0, 900. More liberal surypvs ran the damage as high as sGo,00o,ooo.
 The Known Dead
 Mrs, Charles F. Perkins, SS, mil lionaire widow of Burlington. Iowa Bertram R. Hancock, Fl, son oi G. Allen Hancock, Los Angeles mil llonaire.
 William Proctor. Patrick Shea.
 ,-.u.L;or C+prinr
 Nerrainima Micnestide.
 Dr. James C. Angle, dentist.
 Nerced Leon.
 Four others were reported in thu ruins.
 Those Injured
 The injured:
 William II. Hickman, broken leg G. Allan Hancock, Los Angele' millionaire. three broken ribs
 Mrs. Henrietta Best. genera bruises
 Mabel K. Knutson. general bruises I4errardo Charis. head injuries. John Eijingson. head injuries. Arthur Hensley. head injuries. Elizabeth Sneed. cuts and bruises Nscorria VilIemon, broken leg. An unidentified Mexican, uncon ,~ous.
 John Gonbertier, general bruises parlos Demos, foot crushed. Frank Zoto, head bruised.
 Mrs. Laura Arnheim, ankle brok en.
 Baby Uride, bruises
 Leo Stewart, broken leg.
 Ruth Clarke, back injured.
 Dr. Henry c. Hensy, broken ankle Mrs. Haner, bruises,
 Mir. and Mrs. Deiner, bruises. William Renwicke, bruises.
 John Girod, bruises.
 George Miller. bruises.
 William Macelroy, bruises.
 Chiffin, first name unknown bruises.
 Cronin, first name unknown bruises.
 Mrs. Eva Agner, bruises.
 The injured were treated at Cot taze hospital, the only hospital re maining fit to receive patients. N check has been possible of thos treated for injuries in their homes.
 State Street Wrecked
 State street, the main artery of thu torn and twisted business district pre- sented a desolate appearance tha threw into bold relief the optimism of the men and women who oWnet the wrecked stores.
 In front of one shop lay what va. left of a small automobile. Block of stone weighing 400 or 500 pound each had crushed it fiat and in thei fall had ground out the life of VII liam Proctor, window cleaner, wh' had just driven up 10 his earl, morning job when the first temblo came.
 Across the way stood a five tol truck, one of the hurly giants of th' highways. shattered under a simila avalanche Of stone. brick and nor tar
 Crumpled Ruins
 Tn the crumped ruins of the e1 elusive Hotel Arlington, the mecc; Of world travellers for years, the fal Of tank containing 60,000 gallon of water had swept to their death Mrs. H. Charles E. Perkins, aget millionaire widow Of Burlington Iowa. and Bertram B. Hancock, sol of c. Allen Hancock, wealthy Lo Angeles realty dealer. The latte escaped with three broken ribs an' scalp wounds after falling and slid ing three stories to the ground iron the room beside that in which hi son met his death.
 Store a Mass Of Junk
 Diehl's grocery, said to have bcel one of the finest stores of its typ, in the west, which represented al outlay of s25O,OoO, was mass 0 junk.
 The San Marcos building. a bocl below the Arlington hotel, recent, finished and held to he one of th' finest structures in inc city. was