EUREKA, Cal., June 6 (AP)—
Four separate earthquakes shook the northern California coastline today, killing one person and injuring two others In Eureka and causing widespread, bat minor damage.
The quakes appeared to have centered along the coast line In Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, but were felt over an area 250 miles long and as far inland as Roseburg, Ore.
Mrs. Wallace McCutcheon, 35, was killed while asleep when a chimney crashed through the wall of a rooming house. Her husband suffered a broken leg and several crushed ribs.
Ralph Young, the only other person reported injured, received two broken ribs when, he was thrown against a machine in a bakery.
Reports from Crescent City, about 85 miles north of Eureka, Ferndale, Fortuna Arcata, Field. Brook and other small towns in Eureka County showed the tremors were felt in equal proportions there.
Small landslides were reported. One of them blocked the highway two miles south of Eureka when the side of a cutbank slid onto the road.
Property damage was estimated in the thousands of dollars.
Wed May 30, 2012 4:06 pm