European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes Foj Marcos denies involvement in uprising Page 2 d Waldhelm sworn in As austrian president Page 3 q Bubka sets world recording pole vault Page 21 vol. 45, no. 83 thursday july 10, 1986 d 8693 a earthquake hits California store in film Springs Calif., Stowt quake effect. M � Rickover dead m 86 g. A Kemrer Kanrn aide usher dear Navy died t3fc at the his Oner a and 60. See a tories photo Mph on Hyce 28. Palm Springs Calif. A a severe Earth quake Shook Southern California Early tuesday dam aging a major Aqueduct shattering windows and blackouts and causing some minor injuries. The quake Felt As far away As Arizona and Nevada measured 6.0 on the Richter scale the strongest in the Southern part of the slate in seven years said seismologist Kate Mutton of the California Institute of tech a ology in Pasadena. Palm Springs police la Lee Wei cd said five people were admitted to hospitals complaining of Chest pains they said were caused by the quake and 10 people we retreated in emergency rooms for sprained wrists from falling out of chairs or for hours after the quake which lasted 20 to 30seconds, there were numerous aftershocks above magnitude 3.0. Fourteen such smaller temblor were registered in the six hours after the initial quake. Authorities reported broken windows cracked Walls and spilled merchandise. Preliminary indications were that the ground slipped about two inches sideways along a stretch 10 Miles Long and six Miles deep said Mutton. The slip probably occurred on the Banning fault Section of the san Andreas system in a sparsely populated area Between the communities of desert hot Springs and Cabazon she said. If it had happened downtown it might have been different Story said Thomas Heaton a . Geological Survey scientist at Cal tech. It probably Wouldhave damaged pre-1930s buildings those built be fore earthquake safety rules were adopted. Most of the damage was in the desert and Mountain resort cities near Palm Springs some 110 mites cast of los Angeles. Eight Mobile Homes were knocked of supports just North of Palm Springs and several Homes 12 Miles Northwest of the City suffered major structural damage. Rowna Melland 32, said her refrigerator and Stow were heaved into the Middle of the Kitchen and that cupboards ripped Loose from the Walls. I was just totally scared she really fell it but fortunately i was in a water bed and the surf was up said Bill Falkenstein. 45, whose Flower shop in Palm Springs had heavy damage from shattered than 100,000 Homes Tost electricity but Power was restored in about five hours said Bob Hull of Southern California Edison. Major damage was done to a 500,000-Volt transformer however. The Power outage shut Down two pumping stations on an Aqueduct bringing Colorado River water into Southern California and forced officials to dump up Toa billion Gallons of water into the desert triggering minor flooding. Earthquake Ohio train derailment forces 17,000 to flee Miamisburg Ohio a a Railroad tank car carrying a chemical used in rat Poison derailed and caught fire tuesday releasing a 1,000-foot-High Cloud thai caused minor injuries to More than 140 people and forced the evacuation of More than 17,000. Moil of those reporting to hospitals in the Are around Miamisburg a Southern Dayton suburb complained of shortness of breath and burning eyes from inhaling the White phosphorus fumes. Nine people were admitted Hospital spokesmen said Miamisburg development director Ron Parker Taid none was believed to be seriously injured. De Kovar Miami Valley disaster services director warned residents to stay indoors and to close their Taid evacuation centers were being set up at Madigan a spokeswoman for the Ohio Environ mental Protection Agency said several tankers one of them carrying the poisonous chemical derailed it the miam Burg West Carrolton line near the Busy Daw Highway. Fire officials Aid the flames had diminished 4vjhours alter the Accident hat most residents still woe not being permitted to return la their Homes. White phosphorus is used in it Poison incendiaries fireworks and Luminescent coatings. Madigan said the fumes could came nausea vomit ing and diarrhoea and can bum the skin and eyes on Contact in sufficient concentrations the fumes can be fatal she said. Parker said 10,000 people were evacuated from the Northern part of Miamisburg. About 3,000 from West Carrollton and 3,500 from Moraine. About 1,000 people were evacuated in Jefferson township police officer Walter Heizel said. Moraine police it James Atchison said residents of that City were permitted to return to their Homes at about 10 p.m., but there was no indication when other would be Able to return. No additional evacuations were anticipated. The Tanker could have contained 20,000 to 60,000gallons of the phosphorus Parker said but he did not know Bow much was being carried or How much had burned. I heard the crash said Ron Hinton a Foreman Atka Rollon envelope co., about 200 Yards from the crash looked out and saw All the smoke and flame Corning out so i just told everybody to shut their machines Down and get the wreck occur Ned in the last four or five can of a44-ear Baltimore & Ohio freight train beading toward Cincinnati. The cause of the derailment was no known. No Crew members were reported injured
