Show I QUAKE BRIEFS I IBy By Associated Press From the historic altar of ot Mission Mission Mis Mis- sion slon Santa Barbara a priest with upraised hand exhorted those as assembled assembled assembled as- as at early mass to resume prayer when the earthquake struck the church The congregation obeyed By Dy a providential turn the pew occupants were not injured Instead they walked over ruins which fell felt from the exterior of the building Had they left in panic they would have ha been struck by material which fell tell outside the building An earthquake fault described as dead but definitely located was responsible for the temblor at Santa Barbara The fault starts in the Pacific ocean off Point Conception Conception Con Gon- and touches land at Naples fifteen miles north of ot Santa Barbara Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- bara and aM runs through the city terminating in hills to the east Movements of the earthquake In Los Angeles yesterday morning caused downtown buildings to sway considerably but tho the movement was slow and even en and there was no damage Telegraph companies held large extra forces In service at San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and Los Angeles last night to move thousands of ot messages message which deluged in from eastern points to the Santa Barbara earthquake- earthquake stricken region I The messages were principally inquiries regarding the safety of friends and relatives When water mains buckled aria ana parted in Santa Barbara streets after the temblor yesterday geysers geysers geys geys- ers s shot up through the broken pavements Dr Bailey Willis noted Stanford seismologist predicted the earthquake earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake which struck Santa Barbara By a strange chance he left Palo PaloAlto PaloAlto PaloAlto Alto for tor Santa Barbara last Sat Sat- Eight miles mUes of Southern Pacific track north of Santa Barbara Darbara was twisted by the temblors Attempts were being made today to restore service over the track-torn track areas Dr Frederick Vining Fisher of Los Angeles saw the Santa Barbara earthquake from the window of a moving train I looked out of ot the dining car window and saw tr trees es shaking houses moving chimneys falling and people running from their homes he lie s said id The train twice narrowly missed being burlea buncO in slides I have been through many ny quakes but never one m like e this said Manager lanager Richmond of ot the Arlington Ar- Ar lington hotel It Just took the hotel TOB Strong as a af f fort fortress fress ss and it back and f forth rth as If it were a rag Father Englebrecht an aged in invalId invalid invalid in- in valid priest was being carried down the stairway of the historic old mission by a companion Father Augusten With the second shock they fell through a new hole In the floor below Neither was injured The Santa Barbara Dally Daily News the Associated Press afternoon paper paper paper pa pa- per despite the lark lack of or power issued a small extra three hours after the first shock hit Santa Bar lIar bara The Standard Oil company gasoline gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line storage tanks at Santa Barbara burst and the earthquake area was partially covered with the oil The area was roped off oft because of the hazard Heavy sultry weather weather earth earth earthquake quake weather weather was was prevalent In Santa Barbara yesterday Many adobe houses t the last vestige vestige ves yes tige of the Spanish at Santa the Barbara were destroyed by temblor Included in these was El EI Patio which figured prominently in the colorful days of Governor Pico 10 lo Of De Dc La Guerra with a history equal to El EI Patio the Associated Press correspondent wrote The faded green shutters were broken and twisted In the heap neap of gray clay once clay once the social gathering place dof dot Spanish belles and leros Montecito where ra the homes of ot many millionaires are perched was struck by the quake Damage was done to the homes of W. W H. H Cowles of ot Spokane George Owen Knapp and Frederick 1 F Peabody and others |