New Britain herald., 1925-06-30
THREE NEW EARTHQUAKES SHAKE SANTA BARBARA
 ALTHOUGH NO MORE DAMAGE IS DONE; TOLL OF
 DEATH PUT AT NINE; SAILORS DOING RELIEF WORK
Damage Is Roughly Estimated From Fifteen to Thir- ty Millions of Dollars Red Cross Already Active In Field.

~"ifbN Dui bcioI 1ditltg JuHN GU VFp Three new earthquakes--one of the most severe since the temblor which shattered this city yesterday rocked Santa Barbara between midnight and daybreak. The total number of dead was reported as nine today.
 No new damage was reported in the overnight disturbances, but workmen digging in the ruins for possible unrecovered bodies were struck by falling bricks.
 Sailors Join Land Forces
 Sailors from the U. s. s. Arkansas joined land forces early today in buildings in sections where footing was reported during the night. The Arkansas found the Santa Barbara lighthouse missing. It was shattered by the earthquake and as a result the Arkansas was forced to move into the harbor cau- tiously.
 The temblors during the early hours came at 1:22 a. m.. 4:Ss a. m. and at 5:54 a. m. The most severe shake came at 4S9
 The body of Mrs. Charles E. Per- kins of Burlington, Ia, was recov- cred from the ruins of the Airing ton hotel early today and efforts were being made to locate other pos sible victims of the disaster.
 Red Cross Relief
 Announcements were made that a meeting of all Red Cross workers in the stricken area would be held at once to plan a more efficient re- lief organization.
 The battleship Arkansas experi- enced some difficulty in feeling her way into the harbor before daylight when the navigating officers strained their eyes to locate the Santa Bar ha-s light The lighthouse had ceen cut Town by the quake.
 Ranchers coming into the city this morning reported heavy andslides across the highways 15 miles north of here in the direction of Paradise camp In the Santa Ynex valley They said, however, that no other damage had occurred in that sec tion.
 In this territory. is the Gibraltar dam, source of Santa Barbara's water supply, which earlier reports yesterday said had been demolished, but which was found later to be in- tact.
 Radio Serycie Fitted Up.
 The landing of the first forces from the U. S. s. Arkansas as a sig nal for the reorganization of the guards kept about the quake-numbed city. Thirty-fve members of the ships company came ashore at day break, among them a land radio out fit in command of Radio Gunner C. S. Denton, which immediately estab- lished a plant for communication be- tween the shore forces and Captain Frank Lyons, commanding the bat tleship.
 Naval officers estimated that a battalion of blue jackets would be ashore and in major command of the guard duties before noon. They will be under command of Lieutenant Commander H. B. Sampson.
 Police ReorganiZlng.
 Chief of Police Deagrandchamp Of Santa Barbara announced that the police and sheriff forces of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles combined. numbering about 450 men. would be reorganized for more efficient guard duty at once. Some cases of footing were reported during the night.
 At daylight a unit of Red Gross nurses and rehabilitation experts ar- rived from San Francisco under the direction of J. w. Richardson, relief organizer, and Dorothy Ledyarde. di- rector of nursing activities in the Pacific division of the Red Gross.
 Castle Rock Gone
 Castle Rock. a shore line sentinel of Santa Barbara beach, as familias to residents and visitors ss the ola mission. was swept to the oceas bottom by the earthquake. Follow ing the first tremor landslide surged over the rocky pinnacle and carried it out beneath the waves.
 Today the only flag that flew throughout the earthquake chaos the stars and stripes atop the Amer ican Legion building, dipped it's glis tening fold to the forces of recon. struction.
 The Legion citadel condemned as dangerous, vas razed by the fire de partment, but to the last Old Glcry waved from its gaunt staff