Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-12

damaged much by the first breakout OF
the storm. At O'Clock yesterday
morning, however, sort OF side-show
came down from the caflon with a roar
like an express train, and hurled the
fruit right and left. He estimated that
in the Alhambra district alone, 5000
boxes OF oranges are on the ground. To-
ward Al1ambra 5000 more have been
lost, and it is estimated that l5,0OO
boxes OF Sierra Madre oranges are a
dead loss. Most of the lemons were
ready to be picked and many OF them
had already been picked. The loss,
therefore, is not very great. A calm
estimate of the total loss will not by any
stretch exceed onethird of the crop in
the Pasadena district.
MINOR DETAILS.
The storm was not tornado, but came
in long rectilinear gusts, which very sud.
denly changed their directions, however.
The Pasadena soda works of II. w.
Stoll were blown down, the suparintend-
ent, Mr.. Gamshauser. being asleep in
the building at the time. He miracu-
lousy escaped injury.
The old rink next to the engine house
on DAYTON street was completely
wrecked, it's walls being only held up
by the bales of hay which were stored
within.
Colorado street yesterday was mess
of wires and wreckage, and hundreds OF
men were at work clearing away the de-
bris.
The guests at the Raymond hotel had
sorry fright for the opening night. No
particular damage was done. except that
wing OF the laundry lost its roof and a
few windows were broken In the hotel.
A movable cobbler's shop at the cor
ner of Little avenue and Colorado street
"got move on it" in the storm, and
went about twenty feet across lots,
cobbler and all.
On Marengo avenue rows of the largest
pepper trees were bodily up-rooted and
thrown across the street. One OF these
The beautiful Monterey expresses at
dena avenue, were all torn up.
The two Misses Webb, who live in
cottage Immediately adjoining the
fear all night in the danger OF being
crushed by the walls OF the falling
building.
The Arcade block suffered most among
the business buildings; roll of tin
roofing was blown through the plate
glass front and broke six panes worth
$1,000. The chimneys of this building
were also blown down, and the cornice
torn off.
On the roof OF the Arcade building
yesterday morning Mr.. Smith, the pro-
prietor, found a number of boulders as
large as mans fist, which had been
carried up with lot OF wreckage by the
wind.
The Brockway block On East Colorado
street was damaged 10 the extent OF
about $1,000, and five large plate-glass
panes were broken in the front of Bley's
drugstore and Torrey4 & Hagadorn's
grocery.
E. L. Frost's building, on Broadway
and Colorado streets, was destroyed b;
the storm and good horse was killed;
two buggies were also lost.
Wetherby & Kayser, the Exchange
block, the Williams building, Harkin's
blacksmith shop, the Hotel Green and
James Smiths buildings ell suffered
more or less about the roof copings
and cornices.
Further notes about the damage are
given by the Pasadena Star as follows:
Outside of the central part of the city
there are losses reported, but nothing
very serious. The Painter hotel lost
few odds and ends about its upper works
and few lights OF glass: at Olivewood
the store was unroofed, and house be-
longing to J. G. Shoup blown down
James Kelso's new house on Madison
avenue. the frame OF which only was up,
was laid low; an empty house near the
German Baptist church northwest of
town was partially wrecked; similar
fate befell small house on Fair o ks
avenue near Peoria street, occupied by
Mrs. Parks; T. G. Lynch losta small cot
tage on BroadN ay occupied by family
named Robinson; the cornice was torn
FROM MIR. Strong's residence on Herkimer
street; tent house occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. f. S. Wallace blew to shreds
an hour after they left it this morning.
The Pasadena steam laundry on Will
son avenue was completely prostrated,
and there is 10 hope of saving anything
but debris from the wreck. Fortunately
the machinery was not greatly injured.
The company have another laundry
near San Gabriel, where they will con-
tinue their business until they can re-
build.
A house belonging to Mr.. Doane in
the northern part of town was laid out /;
another on Pasadena avenue belonging
to Mrs. Burns will be nearly total
loss; E. L. Johnson's large frame on
Dayton street adjoining the fire depart
ment bouse was almost totally wrecked,
the south end being blown entirely out !;
an old store building on South Fair
Oaks, owned by Captain Thornton, is
prostrate across the sidewalk.
The damage to the school buildings,
! as stated, is very slight. The Wilson
Grammar and Washington buildings
suffered most, many windows being
broken and the plastering cracked to
some extent.
The old school building that was
moved from near the Washington school
to the fat nothwest OF it. was entirely
demolished, as were the little station
buildings on the Altadena road.
| AT POMONA.
| One-hfth of the Orange and Lemon
Crop Oestroyed,