Mayor calls in the military to help in snow removal. An estimated 130 major transmission towers and 30,000 wooden utility poles brought down by weight of the ice.
Lumberjacks stick close to camp for fear of falling trees and branches.
Hundreds of barns collapse under weight of snow. Beaches of Santa Monica whitened. Cars and buses are stranded all over the city as close to 24 million tons of snow lay across the area. The heavy snow causes the roof of the Knickerbocker movie theatre to collapse killing 96 persons. The avalanche destroys seven villages and one town, leaving over 3,500 dead.