THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



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DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY AN EARTHQUAKE 



An earthquake that occurred 

 Southern California, on June 23, 

 killed ten people and damaged 

 along the Mexican border. It 

 $1,000,000 worth of property 

 shook off part of the upper story 

 of the building. 



One of the several wrecked 

 buildings at Calexico, Cali- 

 fornia, following the earth- 

 quake. 



How the ice plant in the 

 city of El Centre looked af- 

 ter the earthquake. Not 

 only frame buildings, but 

 even those built of brick 

 destroyed by the 

 shock. 



After the telephone building of 

 El Centro was converted into sec- 

 ond-hand lumber, a temporary 

 central office was established 

 under a tent in the streets. De- 

 spite the loss of life and prop- 

 erty occasioned by the earth- 

 quake, the telephone girls went 

 about their work undaunted. 



Photos. Copyrighted International News Service. 



