The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-13
EARTH SHOCKS ARE
LESSFREQUENT AND
FEAR IS SUBS|DINC
Only Two Tremors Have Been
Felt in District DURING
Last q Hours
ESTIMATE 119 ARE DEAD
1000 in Hospitals; Approx.
matsly 1000 Others Get
Emergency Treatment
ESTIMATE. 11s ARE DEAD

Los Angeles, March l3-(R-The
third day since the earthquakes Of
Friday brought another tremor which
sent thousands Of Southern Cali.
fornians out Of bed ct Sis q. m. Mon
day and caused slight damage In Long
Beach, scene Of most destruction.
No further casualties were report
ed, although short time before the
shock the cororner's office reported
the death Of the 1l9th victim. Henry
Ufen, Is. of Los Angeles. His was
the fourth death reported in Los An
geles.
Another, but lighter, shock was felt
1T 1880 q. m. It apparently did no
damage. It was the thirty eighth In
three days.
The tremor Monday morning was
felt with varying intensity In al Of
the devastated areas, but the only
report or damage came from Long
Beach, where about So were killed In
the original earthquakes.
Sections Of the coping Of q large
department store fell into the street
in the heart Of the business district.
No one was hurt.
ID Chased Az Heavy
The disturbance was classed in Long
Beach as one Of the heaviest since
the first shock, and likewise In San
Pedro, where damage had been ex.
tensive. Pasadena. Santa Ana, 1ngle-
wood, Santa Monica and Compton
joined in q description Of 1t @
pretty heavy.
The latest tremor was the third
Of more than passing interest since I
a. m. Sunday. At that hour the 3Sth
shock was recorded. At 833 p. m.
Sunday came the seth disturbance.
The weekend Of terror left shat
tered Southern California cities with
property damage near the 80, 100000
mark.
Threads Of confusion still weaved
through the work Of relief squads.
centering principally among the In
jured. Officials estimated there were
about 1000 In hospitals and 1000
others probably received emergency
treatment. Nearly q score Of persons
were listed as missing.
In the piles Of twisted wrecksee
which have not been explored search
ers believed other bodies lay and they
considered 1t likely that the final toll
Of the earthquakes would b about
125 lives.
Although the unidentified dead had
been reduced to approximately 10, the
address Of . considerably larger group.
OF the names Of their relatives, had
not been learned. Particularly among
the injured was this true because Of
the vast amount Of medical treatment
necessary to relieve their suffering.
Three principal plans to bring about
. quick start toward reconstruction
were to be laid before civic and gov
erning bodies Monday.
s. Dead IN Long Beach
In Long Beach, where the catas.
trophe reached its apex, claiming
about So lives and working havoc to
property estimated ct $25, 000, 900, !
state emergency council met at II q.
m. to hear the needs Of surrounding
communities with ! view Of obtaining
liberalization Of rules on the use Of
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
funds.
Under the present restrictions Of
the corporation, funds for the relief |
Of q disaster may not be made avail
able.
In Los Angeles. the directors Of the
chamber Of commerce Indicated they
would take up discussion Of applica-
lions for loans from the finance cor.
poration.
Frank Shaw, chairman Of the Los |
Angeles county beard q supervisors. |
announced he would present two re-
solutions before that body. the first |
calling upon heads Of oil cities and
unincorporated territories where dam |
age occurred to submit estimates Of
their losses.
Il the resolution u adopted. shaw |
said he will seek TO obtain from the |
finance corporation . loan for rehabll- |
itation Of property.
A second resolution would ak the
finance corporation for . loan Of 4lo.-
600 900 to build . new county court.
house here. The present structure
damaged BY the quake. cannot - o.
cupied.
A ray Of hope that the seriousnes3
AZ the disaster would not b Increased
81 the spread Of disease was seem -
the second full day passed since the
convuldonS ON Friday
night without the presence q cpl
denies.
-. ). L. pomeroy, county health
Officer, organised 126 sanitary inspec.
tor into squads Of five each and 9ent
them into every stricken sone % n.
spect sewage, housing. water. dairy
supplies and general sanitation. Lab.
oratory testing stations were Get up In
central areas.