The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-13
LOSS IS NEAR
S6O,OOO,OOO| IN
COAST QUAKE
Severe Settling TremorS
Spread Fear Through
Stricken Area.
FATALITY LIST AT 1876
Rehabilitation Problem Is
Made More Acute by
Banking Crisis.
BY FRANK BARTHOLOMEW
United Press staff Correspondent

BY FRANK BARTHOLOMEW
United Press staff Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, March BIN
creasing intensity of settling ire
mors" spread fear through south
ern CALIFORNIA; earthquake-stricken
area today.
Counting its dead at 1875 and es-
timating its property damage posi-
bly, as high as $60,000,0OO, the sec
ton was disturbed by heavy recur-
rent shocks.
A temblor at 5:15 a. m. was the
strongest since the original $50
p. M jolt Friday.
The new loss figure was almost
ten times the initial estimates of
damage sustained by Long Beach,
Compton, Huntington Park, Los An
geles and other cities within the
shaken area.
Quakes Are Continuing
The problem of rehabilitation was
the more acute because of the ma
tional financial crisis, and the fact
that southern California at the mo-
ment was unable to help itself
through open banking channels.
The rank and file of citizenry in
the damaged towns viewed with
renewed alarm the apparently in
creasing intensity of the settling
quakes."
Thus far, siesmologists estimated
more than 1000 separate Settling
quakes" have rolled northWard
across the Los Angeles-Long Beach
San Pedro triangle, but the people
believe the intensity has increased
over the week END.
Minor tenblors occur almost
hourly, but of late the graph has
been punctuated by heavy, jolting
shocks.
Danger Believed Past
Despite popular fear that the
temblors were increasing intensity,
DR. H. o. Wood of the Carnegie in
stitute at Pasadena and other emf
nent seismologists said the affected
area merely was sustaining the nor
NAL settling quakes which e.2ntu-
ally will die out.
Damage estimates we're compiled
by the United Press today from the
following sources:
LONG BEACH-Charles S. Hend-
erson, reconstruction dictator, wired
Governor James Rolph at Sacra-
mento asking the legislature immed-
lately to appropriate 100000 for
emergency food supplies.
D. w. Pontius, president of the
Pacific Electric Railway and mem
Der Of the Governors disaster-reliei
committee, estimated property dam
age at $25,000000. Later, Hender-
son said current estimates rand tC
$5OO0O,O00."
Appeal to r. F. C.
Board of education telegraphec
the Reconstruction Finance Corp
grafton an appeal for a million dol
lar loan to rebuild the school sys-
tenn alone. Appeal denied.
Long Beach Press Telegram sur
veyed the suburban area and esti-
mated the additional damage al
100000.
A conservative average of the
total drawn from the above sources
would be about $40,000,000.
Other estimates and sources from
which the United Press obtained
the figures.
HUNTINGTON PARK-$2, 500 900
Stephen F. O'Donnell, publisher Of
the Signal.
COMPTON practically Wiped
Out)-$2,O00,000 Civic and police
authorities.
LOS ANGELES-$12,0 900 900. Basec
on resolution before board of super
visors asking $10,000,000 R. F. c
loan to rebuild courthouse anc
estimated damage of 100000 tt
public school system. Latter estimate
by board of education.
| SANTA ANA-$7500 900. Author
tiles ask R. F. C. loan in that
amount
HUNTINGTON BEACH-S500, 600
Elementary schools valued at a half
million was practically demolished
Wilmington, Watts, Garden Grove
and other communities reported a
total estimate of $1,00O,000 damages.
Total of available estimates to
date-s58, 100000.
Encamped Out of Doors
A survey of the east side resi-
Dental district of Long Beach in
dicated IS per cent of the homes
had sustained visible exterior DAM
age, ranging from caved-in roofs
and shifted foundations to total
demolition.
Almost without exception the resi-
Dental community was encampec
ont of doors, on front lawns and
parkings. Cots, bedding and stoves
salvaged in cautious forays into the
homes. were visible on lawns anc
between palm trees everywhere.
The medical situation Throughout
the area was well in hand, DR.
Charles Decker, Los Angeles city
health officer, appointed co-ordina'
tor for the quake zone, said today.
DR.. Decker said there was no cpl.
demic of any kind in Long Beach
or surrounding territory.