Evening star., 1925-07-03
FOUR NEW QUAKES
At SANTA BARBARA;
OTHER CITIES HIT
Buildings of Devastated City
Shake Violently for
Five Seconds.
LITTLE DAMAGE FOUND
SHOCKS CAUSE TERROR
Santa Barbara Streets Again
Lighted-Reconstruction
Goes Ahead Rapidly.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated tTes~.
SANTA BARBARA. Calf, July s.
A sharp earthquake shock occurred
here at S:39 o'clock this morning and
lasted about five seconds. The vibra-
tions loosened a few bricks and
wdened the cracks in some of the
shattered walls. \ few wrecked chin
neys toppled To the ground, but no
other damage resulted.
A second hard jolt came at 1921
which did not help the nerves of the
residents, but did no damage. A third
slight shake was felt at 10:4l, followed
by more prolonged shock at l0:46
am. The people have a feeling that
they will not be sorry when old, moth
er earth settles back to normal.
Survey Shows Little Damage.
Reporters of the Santa Barbara
News made a hasty survey of the
city and found only nominal damage.
The towers of the old mission shed
q few more pounds OF stone and
mortar and the walls were racked a
little more, but the old structure still
stands ii did after the heavy quake
OF Monday. St Anthonys College
and the st. Francis Hospital, which
were badly wrecked in last Monday S
earthquake. suffered little additional
one or two places plumbing was
wrenched and broken. but the power
lines and gas pipes that had been
repaired We're not disturbed.
Following the shock this morning
there were wild rumors concerning
the damage. but they proved to be
either without foundation or eXag-
gerated. One report said that the
mansion of G. X. G.. Billings of Chi
icI, io In,
had been destroyed.
City Hall Suffers.
A detail of police and a newspaper
man visited the place and found the
buildings of the estate in practically
the same condition as they were after
the quake of Monday. Some additional
plaster fell, but the employees say that
the building did not suffer to any
serious extent today.
A few persons who were working in
wrecked or damaged buildings were
bruised in their scramble to get out,
but a visit to the cottage hospital
where the quake sufferers are cared
for shows that not a person has been
added to the injured list up to 1915
am.
City officials report that the City
Hall, which escaped practically TN
damaged in the first shock Monday,
suffered a little in this morning s
quake Several large cracks appeared
in the wall, but the damage is not
regarded as serious.
City Manager Hurt.
The reconstruction committee was
in session in the City Hall at the time
of the shock and in the rush to get
from the building City Manager Her
bert Num- fell on the stairway. He
was taken home. but is not thought
to be badly hurt.
An exhibition of cool nerve was
furnished by the Associated Press
operator in the Office of the Daily
News When the building began to
rock he opened the key and announc-
ed the quake to the outside world
and took out his watch to time the
duration of the shock as he watched
the buildings roll and rock.
The vibration, consisting of two
shocks. appeared to be from east to
west. and swayed the buildings per-
hapS more severely than any of the
shocks following the major disturb
anceS of last Monday morning. SO
far as reported no damage resulted.
Occupants of buildings rushed into the
open for safety.
Santa Barbara citizens went about
their work of digging out from un-
der" the earthquake debris.
Most Of the city streets We're
lighted last night and efforts We're
to be made today to restore electrical
connections and possibly gas in many
sections of the city.
Inspectors are testing gas and
electrical connections. As districts
are completed the circuits will be
turned on for all places not con-
demned. Repairs will then be made.
Five motor busses We're expected
from Los Angeles today to take the
place of the street cars until the
power plant of the street car COM
pany can be reha bilitated. Power
for lights comes from hydro electric
plants in nearby mountains and is
available.
Engineers at Work.
Having estimated the actual dam
age to the business section at ap-
proNifnately $1,000. 600, the commit
tee Of expert engineers assembled
here from all points in California
under the craftsmanship of c. b..
Marx head of the Stanford UniVer-
SHY Engineering School. planned to
continue its inspection work, passing
upon the structures that must come
down.
Mail deliveries are again normal
and some bakeries are operati ting, but
ice is still shipped in from Los
Angeles. Trains are again on time.
Telegraph service is ample and less
than 1000 of the 5000 telephones in
service when the earthquake struck
the city Monday are unserviceabie
today.
Free distribution of food continues
and will be necessary on the present
large scale until gas and electric
service is restored. The food is
practically all being furnished by
neighboring California towns.
County supervisors planned to meet
this morning to order construction of
a new county courthouse of steel
and concrete.
Felt in Pasadena.
PASADENA, Calf, July UP.-A
slight earthquake occurred here at
S:3S am. The movement was ap-
parently north and south.
A second slight earthquake was felt
at 1919 o'clock this morning. No
damage.
Los Angeles Shaken.
Los ANGELES. Calf. July Up.
An earth tremor of fair intensity
was felt here at about 1922 am.