Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-03
PROPERTY LOSS
AT BRAWLEY IS
ABOUT $4,000
Damage To Store Stocks
May Increase Damage
Somewhat

Imperial Valley was treated to 4
series of earth temblors Saturday
which extended from the Salton Scf
to Mcxicali with the greatest shock
coming at $3.50 o'clock in the after
| noon. This shock was felt with
greatest force ins Brawiey, which
| city suffered most from its effects.
Immediately after the earth had
quoted again, startling rumors
| spread abroad of the terrible dam.
| age that had been caused. Several
persons were reported as having
been killed and the entire city in
wrcckage. &
y more careful survey after order
had finally been restored, showed
that not Il single person had lost his
or her life, due to the shake, n
though Mrs. L. C. Durham, walking
at the time along Main street, was
severely injured by falling bricks
from the shaken buildings and al,
though for time she was not eX.
pected to recover from the effect
she is now out of danger and on the
road to recovery.
Property damage, as would natur,
ally be expected, was rather great
and an estimate made this morning
places it at $4,000, according to c.
j. Park, city superintendent Sew,
eral small fires caused by overturn.
ed cooking stoves and heating ap.
paratus were quickly cXtinguished
by the fire department, which was
in action at the first alarm aud
continued on active duty through
out the afternoon and evening IN
til all danger of further shakes was
past.
The damage to buildings consist
ed chiefly Of cracked walls and fal-
len plaster with plat glass broken
and strewn about the main business
street. The buildings affcctc
were: Planters hotel, the st. Regis
hotel, Magnolia apartments, the
Dunlack hotel, the Plaza hotel. III,
Brawley hotel, the Il and K. build
ing, Stahl's department store, the
Piggly Wiggly building, the Bra
ley high school, which suffered
from cracked ceilings and damage
to the pillars of the portico, the po-
lice station and the offices Of the
Brawley News.
No Local Damage '' 5"'
Westmoreland and Calipatria, in
the vicinity of Brawley felt the ef-
fects of the shocks in lesser de,
gree. At Imperial, where the eou
ty fair was in progress, the tremo
was felt very sharply frightening
many persons in the grand stant
and in other places on the grounds,
but causing no damage to the ex.
hibits or property of the fair
At FL Centre, no damage from
the 1880 o Crock shock or any sub
sequent one has been noted. The
tremblings were felt throughou
the afternoon and evening but. they
decreased in activity and force un,
til they resembled mere -erttnlAinpd
without any danger connected with
them. G.
a report from authentic sources
m Brawley, secured on Saturday
evening shortly after telephone &c
nections which We're temporarily ip-
terrupted had been restored with
that city, stated that the shock was
the worst that city had feft since
1915, and that although some dam
age had been done, it was not as
bad as first rumors would seem to
indicate.
Today Brawley is going about the
business of rehabilitation. All dam
aged areas have been roped off to
keep curiosity seekers from being
injured by falling walls or other
debris, the broken glass has been
gathered up and the merchants
whose business were damaged. re-
opened them just as soon as possible