New Britain herald., 1925-06-30

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 Another comparatively new hotel, the Carrillo, two large wings of iill- ed concrete construction, was badly shaken in It's two lowest floors, but labove that the walls seemed to be as good as new, The interior furnish ings, however, all showed the mark of the temblor,
 Pavement Cracked
 Here and there throughout the downtown section the pavement bulged and cracked, while in some locations Ii had been slashed and chopped Into fragments foot square by the grinding force of the successive tremors.
 In the older and less pretentious residential districts the earthquake had played queer pranks with the W Wooden homes built A quarter and half century ago,
 One sagged crazily in front, it's gable hanging two feet nearer the road than its foundation posts. An other had buckled in the middle and )eered at the passing world through bare bay windows which until yes terday had been sheltered from the summer sun by an old fashioned Vcranda.
 lmme diateiy next door Was q lit. tie home Of two stories, which looked much weaker i1 build than Its neighbor, but here not a bit Of damage had been dono except to the chimney cap, which had been cata- quilted into a bed Of roses. Torrents from broken water mains had rushed through a number Of home tracts, burying gardens end side walks.
 Old Mission stands
 Back of the hills the old 7iqsion of Santa Barbara, founded by the Spanish Fathers who came with the conquistadores to the new world, still stood in part, defying its sec ond earthquake. It had gone through a similar shake In the carly eighties and was rebuilt only 10 suf- fer again yesterday.
 The, missions tower, with its sweet toned bells. crashed while a kneeling congregation bowed within. Then the congregation walked out over the adobe wreckage, led by the priest.
 Walls that could be saved were propped up with great timber stays | and throughout the night crews worked steadily clearing away the ruins.
 Now and then now tembIor made itself felt reminder of the terrifying leading shake that had started the work Of damage. and the rick axe and shovel squads spranG back for moment, beyond the swaying piles, awaiting it's passage l before resuming their work. Nowhere, or only in very rare in stances, did the men. women and children of Santa Barbara spend last night within doors. Many whose homes were wrecked were forced to sleep in the open.
 Others slept on their lawns from | choice, not knowing when a fresh earth tremor might bring their cell irgs down about their ears.
 Two facts stood out from many striking features in this city today. One was the continued, determined calm with which its Citlz"ns faced their destiny and their duty, and the other was the absence of any serious fire, which in earthquakes elsewhere added 10 the horrors of stricken communities.
 Reconstruction Plans
 The leading bankers and business men of Santa Barbara planned to meet in general session today and outline the reconstruction. Last night they started the program by raising &l0,500. In ten minutes at a. hastily summoned assembly 10 finance the clearing away of the wreckage.
 Just how the volume Of insurance carried in the demolished territory will compare with the loss could not he ascertained early today. This will be one of the estimates likely to be prepared at the business mems session this morning.
 No insurance adjusters were ob- served at work yesterday or last night and these. in all probability, will not take up their tasks until the city engineer and his staff sur vey the wrecked buildings today. It was freely reported about the streets that there was but little earthquake insurance in Santa Bar tara but the statement could not he verified.
 Morbid Curiosity
 Morbid curiosity centered around the gaping walls Of the paladal Ar lington hotel.
 Leaders of society from cities stretched across the continent walked about the lawns or sat ner- yously in camp chairs watching squad of wrockers combing the ruins for the bodies of Mrs. Charles Per kins, millionaire widow, Of Burling- ten, Iowa. and Bertram E. Hancock, son Of G. Allen Hancock. Los An geles millionaire realty dealer.
 Red Cross workers manned relief stations which were opened al strategic points In the devastated business area.
 An oppressive pal of golden haze hung over the whole Santa Barbara section from dawn 10 sunset, typi- cal Of "earthquake weather" said many who have gone through other earthquakes in the west.
 Not a breath of wind passed over the city and the day was sultry. The voices Of the small knots of officials and guards and the intermitted crash Of bricks and glass seemed cushioned against an ominous