Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-18
OLD BOREAS WAS VERY LEN|ENT
The Damage Done BY Yester.
days Blow Was Light.
No Harm Done to Fruit in the Great
Centers of Orange Growing.
A Few Places Near the Mountains Suf-
fer some Loss-Riverside, Pomona,
Rsd1ands and Orange Coun-
ty Suffer Very Slightly.

good. strong blow yesterday, that is as
good, strong blows 60 in this favored
section Of the land. The velocity of the
wind never went higher than "a miles
in the city, but as people are not edu-
Gated here for stiff breezes, everybody
agreed that it was hurricane. In the
center Of the town it was hard to find
anyone who could say whence came the
wind. It seemed to get in its work
from all quarters. While q person might
be steadying himself against heavy
zephyr, blowing directly in his face, as
he wended his way up Spring street, he
would be met by sudden gust from
Boyle Heights as he reached the corner
OF First street, which again nearly
knocked him off his feet.
It is not pleasant to navigate along
when il blows SO hard and from 80 many
directions at once, yet hardly anybody
was seen in the undiguiied position OF
chasing after a hat that would roll on
edge and escape just as the owner was
ready to place his hand on it..
Hardly any damage has been reported
in this city. A small terra Gotta CHM
ney was blown down on Toluca avenue /;
damage nominal.
In the southwest part Of the city a
number Of eucalyptus trees were up
rooted, and one telegraph or telephone
pole was also reported as having been
laid low by the storm.
Riverside was reported as suffering
considerably from the force of the gale,
and probably there the orange groves
will have suffered.
AT Santa Ana, where it was already
blowing hard yesterday, no damage had
been mentioned up sill late Yesterday
afternoon, and as the wind was not then
as strong ss it had been before, prob
ably no harm will succeed,
Nearly all the places adjoining Los An
geles felt the force of the gale, more or
lese, but, none have had to report acci-
dents of any consequence.
WEATHER sHARP's STATEMENT.
Observer franklin states that the gale
was from the northeast, and from its in
ception yesterday morning till O'Clock
in the afternoon its force varied from 10
TO "a miles. During the "a hours up to
yesterday the barometer fell slightly.
The cause of this high wind is to be
uoCflUcu W tuo tcnpoIdtuIc III tHlo ocC-
ton, which for some days has remained
higher here than it was in the northern
and eastern portions of the state, caus-
ing an in-draft of heavy winds by at
moepheric pressure.
Notwithstanding this high wind the
temperature is by no means low, and
were IL not for the breeze would be con-
sidered comfortable anywhere. This is
not the case in other states, as the chief
of the weather bureau OF Washington
telegraphed yesterday. He Gays that
the temperature Is near zero in Color.
ado, and that 1t will probably continue
below freezing point in Colorado, Kan
sas and Nebraska.
HEAVY LOSS AT LAMANnA PARK.
The manager Of the Earl Fruit com-
pany received advices from Lamanda
park to the effect that the severe wind
did great damage to the orange crop
throughout the San Gabriel valley, and
that at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
about one-third of the orange crop of
that immediate vicinity was on the
ground, and that the windstorm still
prevailed.
The report to the fruit company from
the Azusa district was to the effect that
about 25 per cent of the orange crop had
been damaged.
DAMAGE AT SIERRA MADRE.
Similar reports were received from
the Sierra Madre district. Mr.. Abbot
Kinney reported loss Of four carloads
of oranges nearly one half of his en-
tire crop.