Show VIBRATIONS OF LESS FORCE CALIFORNIA IS ST STILL LL BEING SHAKEN I f Reports of Damage at Los LosS Alamos Alamos' Probably Exaggerated S Thrilling Thrilling Es Escapes Escapes Escapes Es- Es capes Fro From l Death BULLETIN SANTA BARBARA Cal Cat Aug 1 Shortly after 9 0 ocl o'clock ck this mornIng mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing two very severe shocks of f earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake were felt in Los Alamos val val- ley ey They were nol not as severe as the shocks which caused such Widespread destruction of ot property at an early hour yesterday morning Several buildings not already destroyed were badly cracked ono one immense structure structure ture belonging to Juan Careaga n n. chort hort distance from front Los Alamos being being belag be be- ing lag turned partly around on its foundation Not a n house was inhabited Heel last night the people building huge fires in tho streets and spendS spending spending spending spend spend- S ing tho the night huddled d about about in In inS S groups Others slept in straw stacks I in the open fields LOMPOC Cat Cal CaLAug Aug 1 The l-The The most se seVere seere severe se- se vere ere earthquake shook shock experienced here pi tinco nee the one of or Sunday las Ja t occurred after 7 o'clock last Jast night when t two o JeEser shocks followed close upon the heels of or the first none of C the disturbances disturbances dis dis- doing any material damage I Damage amago Overdrawn While It Is true that the populace Isn Is la lan In n a state of extreme anxiety and that considerable damage has been done I In Ir various localities ties It Is the thc Impression S of or the thc Associated P Press ess corr correspondent on the scene that th the reports from Los IMS Mamos have been overdrawn A great many nany chimneys have been laen taken down because of their lon and anda a a. great deal of or the damage actually done must unquestionably mabl he be attributed ted to faulty masonry and the unfitness of ot various structures structures' to withstand tanJ oven r the slightest earthquakes Continue Since the initial hock shock of or Sunday last Jas which was most severe fie vibrations hew c continued with unabated vigor and at al close Intervals threatening many oC or the chimneys that have been n ee-n hatly hastily r re re- re moved mo Window sl glass ss I la shattered Hun time to time but the vibrations have hav diminished In force and there is no panic Janie here amon among the residents as as' yet Hot Hotel Botel l Damaged d. d S The r rear ar se section tl n of the Hotel Arthurt Arthur t nt this pla a was cr cracked on Waynes W l es r. r S da the two windo v wt inthe hoteL A fc miles mUeS ri north of oC the foyn own two water h have ve been demolished releasing ten thousand gallons of water which escaped aped b by way of oC a n neighboring ravine and did 1111 little dama damage e. e Landslides in Mountains Heavy landslides are reported from the mountains north of or here with no damage done lone beyond ond the closing of two roads Gangs of or men were at once put pUl putto putto to work worl clearing up the obstructions THRILLING ESCAPES S FROM PROM DEATH DEATE IN LOS 4 ALAMOS EARTHQUAKE AXE LOS ALAMOS Cal Au Aug 1 Al I-Al- Al Although though no more severe earthquake shocks chocks have been experienced here since o'clock last lat night the p pc ople are aie panic stricken Many olan of ot those who have not already lied fled from their homes are arc preparing to leave lea In case the sels' sels mb disturbances continue The dam damage damage a age e done lone Is variously estimated at from to It would have been much greater had not most of the buildings been built of or wood The few feu- brick structures here were not of oC the most niost substantial 1 kind and have been so badly damaged that they are not likely to be rebuilt Severn Several 1 narrow es escapes escapes es- es capes from Crom death are reported A Lucky Escape Arthur Foxen a young oung man was asleep In a room at the rear of oC Wick Wick- endens enden's store when the terrifying shock came last night The fall Call of or the big safe sate blocked his exit through the door lie He turned to the window but could coule not for a 3 moment raise raille it That dela delay saved laed his life for tor or an instant afterward the th the tear rear wall crashed clashed down past the window freeing Its fastening and giving him exit A Doctors Doctor's Quiet Wit Dr H Ii C C. Bagby of or Santa Maria was wasIe Ie sleeping Bleeping In the home of or aged Mrs D. D P. P Whitney when the earthquake and the crash of oC bricks from the Wicken- Wicken den wall wail aroused him His eyes eye saw sawan sawan sawan an unusual lI light ht and with quick k wit withe withe witlie he lie decided that Mrs Whitney had been reading by a u lamp and antl that the lamp had hall been overturned o Without a thought for Cor his own safety he ru rushed h d up upstairs stairs and found Cound Mrs Irs Whitney vainly fighting the flames and seemingly sur suri surL rounded b by them Drawing her from rein her place of ot peril he ho beat heat out the fire with the bed hell clothes and thus save 1 a alife alife life and a large portion of oC the business sec section In the the adobe home of oC Casper Orena a boy lay Jay sleeping Just where a n great V-shaped V section of ot the heavy wall twisted out and cast aside but he escaped ed unscathed Havoc in the Hills HUls Parties Partie from Cram Lompoc and outlying districts have o reached ached Los Alamos with stories of or ha havoc yoe In the hills A great landslide down doun hundreds oJ of tons of or earth arth occurred near the Hoo Hoover r ranch The road from Lompoc wa was burled for Cor fifty feet As far as the cy cycan eye can reach from rein this grade there ar are arc white while spots on the mountain sides In indicating In- In where hugo huge boulders boulder were sent ent thundering down to the valleys alles John H. H Drum a n mountain farmer reports a n road destroying la landslide In Drum canyon canon The face nce of the hills hum are arc charged with noises which h Drum DrumS S describes as the most terrifying sounds sound he ever heard heare S LOCAL CONDITIONS NOT NOr VOLCANO CAUSE CAUSES OP OF TH THE EARTHQUAKE S r SAN IRA FRANCISCO CISCO Au Aug 1 Johh l.-Johh Hr H H. r r Conway who was one o of the first t mento men mento to discover cr the thc mineral possibilities ot ol f S the Los Alamos district belle believes that the disturbances are In no wa way due hiL tn tf L I activity lt but occasioned by local 10 lo- cal cat conditions His theory based upon a. a life lite study of oC the geology of ot the country country coun coun- try is 18 t that at the earthquakes are arc occa occa- 1 k S 'S bys fi the the the-nc- ac- ac tion of the subterranean n gases and oils In which the region Is known lo to abound It has been known for y years rs that gas was being generated beneath the of or Los earths earth's surface In the vicinity Alamos PI Prof or Silliman of ot Yale in 1866 put forward orward that theOl theory and added that he had nowhere no seen such evidences of ot tho the presence of ot hydrocarbons This was substantiated lately by F F. F McMillan 1 lan Ian a San Francisco mining engineer eng For many years ears there has been a n. small mall active e volcano on the Los Alamba Alamos Ala- Ala mos mba side of oC the mountain which lies be between be- be tween that place and Santa Barbara Smoke and steam constantly constanO issue from various fissures fit along alone the summit of a plateau or she shelf near the northern slope of or the mountains Viewed from the disI distance dis dis- dis- dis I tance tar of ot the old stage stanc road these manIfestations manifestations man man- appear like small campfires They rhey have never neer developed any alarmIng alarmIng alarming alarm- alarm Ing tendencies and have attracted very lit little tle direct investigation tion |