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Show FAMILIES IN 1 1 TO OPEN AIR IN I i FEAR Of SHOCKS I Citizens Work to Clear Away I Debris Rusting in Wreck i of Buildings l j WATER MAINS 'DAMAGED I t H AND LIGHTS GO OUT ' H Los Angeles District Feels ' Series of Tremors Com- , mencing Last Evening LOS ANGELES. Cal Juno 22 ! l Earthquake shocks which started at j t G :-l 7 o'clock Inst night nnd continued j H intermittently until 5 o'clock thi f J morning caused property damage In i H Los Angeles county estimated at ? 100,- I fi H 000, three-fourths of which was In Jit- f j 1 gltswood, ten miles southwest of this ' II H city. One death was due indirectly to V IH the most severe of the shocks and . several persons were slightly injured ll by falling debris. ' jl The shocks appeared to have been almost entirely local. Ventura, River- i n l side and Orange county points border- H ing on Los Angeles county reported ' j i IH having foil a slight tremor about the IH Buildings Demolished. I i JM Inglowood, where twenty-one bus!- ft ncss buildings were wholly or partial- I! IH ly demollshcdmd nearly every dwell- V Ing damaged to some extent, scorned jH to have been the center of the (lis- turbaucc. The southern and soutlv 1 , western sections of Los Angeles city, . which aro clozost to Inglewood, suffer. 1! 1 H cd more than the northoru rcsldontlul H and central business districts. In Pas- j adena three slight shocks were felt f M and the damage wns trifling. Tho i W beach towns south and v.-est of Inglu- I U H wood also reported no losses. H Tho damage in Los Angeles city, 0St - f M tlmatcd at about $20,000. was due- al- most entirely to fallen chlnino'S..brolfr en windows, smashed dlshes" and brlo-J . hH a-brac In Residences and breakubieSans,' , I , H RSltSs -In dru?, and gi'befy sToTTJS. Dnmago on lain Street. H Tho damage In Inglewood was cstl- f H mated at $75,000. Tho buildings I which suffered the most damage there ( H were on Commercial street, the main .1 IH business thoroughfare. In most cases. H the fronts of the buildings, fell Into H tho street, loaving the three other H walls standing. Several of tho busi- H ness houses had been patched up so JM that their proprietors resumed trade JM early today. H Stone facings on a group of five , i H school buildings at Hyde Park be- ( H twecn Los Angeles and Inglewood H tumbled down, the damage being esti- H mated at $5000. ' M Tho first two shocks, which wero ' H the most severe, came In quick succcs- 1 H slon. tho two covering a period of f i'l about fifteen seconds. Following B .1 shocks, variously reported au number- f 'H Ing from three to six, were slight , I tremors, perceptible chiefly because of r 1 the rattling of buildings. H LOS ANGELES. Cal., June 22. An- I H other slight earth shock was felt In j H the Inglewood district, near Los An-. H geles, at o o'clock this morning. There H was no additional damage. H The Inglewood Water company, ' .H which supplied the town, reported that, . M its mains had been damaged to some ! H Inglewood residents worked all 0 iH night clearing debris and boarding up fronts of buildings which had' beon ; partially demolished. During the pe-- 1 H riod that the town lights wore off au- ) H tomobile liwidlight.s were used by the j jH workers. .Many families slept in the H open air rather thuu occupy their' ' shaken dwellings. I H Woman Escapes Jlni in. j I H inglewood is a town of about 3000- H population on the Rcdondo beach H branch of the Atchison, Topcka and 1 jH Santa Ee railroad and Is also reached j. ,H by a suburban line or the Los Angeles g Knlluuy company. H .Mrs. W. 15. Muglli was seated at a lH front window of the Inglewood hotel last yeur when the shock came. The wall dropped away leaving her within IH two feet of the open air. Shu was un- liarmed. H Clock Starts Going. Nearly every clock in. Inglewood was stopped by the earthquake. An j M exception was one owned by G. Van H Eaton, who said St had not run in ton H years, but wns started up by the H tremor arid has been going ever since.' 1 rl Telephone service In Inglewood and : rH ihff southern section of Los Angeles 'H (batteries in exchanges, officials said. i TH Police Protect Property. ' 1 ! Los Angeles county deputy' sheriffs j H I'werc sent to Inglewood early today to 'M aid the local police In protecting prop- 1 iH Members of the Flsliprmen's club ' H (were assembling at the Bib lb institute on South Hope street when tho shock - H cume. They were joined by other stu- 1 H dents In front of the building where ' H they sang hymns. : H At the hotols guests on the upper floors hurried to the lobbies, prepared to leave the building if need arose. iH Pasadena J?cclh Shock. Reports from Pasadena were to the effect that tlirco distinct shocks were jl icported. No damage was reported f At the moving picture theatres I H many patrons sought the return of their money for tickets purchased but I H there was lacking any evidence of con- t jl fusion or concerted rushes by persons I H actually within the show houses at fH the time of the shock. IH on I M |