The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-15
\ Ragged for Forty-Eig lit Hours on OIL
California Coast, Bit
& NTH. s Nov Over. s
MUCH pRoPERTY 4. u EsT j j go
Towns Swept By Floods a y q s.
"a vt,arves, essels ard Piers ,s
Ruined One Life Lost. &
I 3. 8
EtBy Associated Press.

55SS5S TX SIAM les Z, Marcel,
day da%ficd clear md cold III Los Angeles
II and apparent tint the grcn!t storm rim
~ that Has ged ulniost ilcessltitly along
~ tfd southern coast for tho past forty
exit hours III ovcr. fnra as has been
learned but one life has beer, lost as NJ
II result of the ssto rn t lila 5of q aborer '
who was drowned near ca ion The
total damage scat tered over q
II stretcl, oi territory Is co,,seryat Yely es-
N tinlhtcd at an amount Ii excess Of half
million dollars e Il!
This includes tic damage TO- street
buildings. bridges ana other property ~
n this city tho; loss OF the steam and cleo
S8S tf.tc ri ilways and tho damage D. ~hn ryes,
plcrs ana shipping nll along TIL coast n
9r1io totnl fail n OF g rn III for he 9E storm
M measures 3.52 inches, n accordln IL to tho
NY government raj y gauge but q OtherS
~ pointsFil,&the storm belt this am cunt VIII
.t ID grc tly exceeded. pproachlnE at some ON
Il places as high as $50 inches. 395
Unusual Plen or1cna ,.sI
3 s rio storrn was accompanied by most
unusual phenomena In tie shape OF ~
59 strong southeastern gale OF wind a con
(. tinuolsS rolls OF heavy thunder ZIG shes!
s5 or lightning and occasional &; showers o..
u hail .5s,rhc wind, wiict1gat times attained
III a 5yellclty Of sixty threc miles an hoIr,
II wrought immense dainnga al q g ong Inc
III coast Telegraph and ely phone ~
y ere blown&to tho ground In many place
md for hours LOB Angeles was 5prac ' IS
& cally d Isolated from the outside WORLD.
Jyitl, tho except Ion of one telegraph wire
81 "a Chicago. which was In opera ton only,
intervals. all communicable on wi IN tina y
sect ION was cut OF. Until to-da the
telegraph Il llas not been able TO a reach3
San Francisco sirce earl sunday morn
s Ing. oil y ~
III lama 20 IL rom the flood wa tiers %
3 streets III this cisy.i Is cstl mated 70 & pc
over $500 1000 Paycmcnts and GU rb os q es
II Ia "a been torn lip and washed 4 away
~ sewers n and US storm M drains broken ana
g mics 81 street is covered with thick SINE III.
81 81 sd nd NJ gravel and petro Hasn y
d down from the OIL region above tho. eils.
4S5fThc worst II tlisast err was the stilns
Ait ~ ffe Seventh Street Bridge across
s8t ma % Angeles River where fourteen
~ noon e were ca FRIED down irto the 1000
~ nndf5 fiye OF them Including one VIC oman
@ ar In,,sly hurt ~ was II flrst rs rted
thai va men had lost their ives ~ inc
w accident, but so "a n no ona has been ,Ic u
ported lnissin rlio Sanga .,.n,.
and other strca ms chargen ,ninnr
RI fiji capacity, but causes ys hlnof3
dana Is Il Is
Raging / orrents T. 4, Stree cts:
n thc city proper the flood waters r,
rom tho n surrounding ILLS CONVERGE
many of the principul thorough "a reg M.os
ia gtng torrents. two Zee deep !. so "a
q ualI ngs inS the lower par t OF tn Y clty
Fl we're flooded on the lower floors ana ~; son
Ia aIdera lie damage was DONE street GU
JS4 s, ft,c was tied up for hours ana en-
AS tirey suspend ed on several 1lnc .
On tho southern Pacific and Santa re :,s
RAILROADS there occuIre eS tens We
outs that tied up all Rs - 6 pua..
directions for more man sh.t y e. !,
The Southern Pacf lc Goa st Inc Ito psi
Il 1rra 4 Isco was washed out In three B Q. Of
81 yo,,r} Ma ces and at least one lar ge trestis
- ! ~ 1.,I cd on Saturdays SOU npounuB
IA III, ia hnye I,o 81 arrived here, but u Is
* pected that the line Will be llpola
riiy repaired to-day and $traf fc resumes
THE Southern Pacific line " y sillo eaes
Is ,a Z Hrnmnil,cd UNI damaged and trains pro-
cendnr slowly have been kept moving
ISL q 10Th direc Ions. It'll A Cajon I'ass b q
4 iards lila buried the roadbed benea IN tons
Az on tn The Santa F'e mas a1hu4Ae ~
IL esatbound trains ana led nil5sWcss-
i,nnnfl trains It Iarstow. pending the
repairs to lie ROAD peg ss
Seacoast Town Damaged. II
tho various seacos towns the dam lam 4
" "a from wind and va yes vii foot, up y
in tho neighborhood of $500 ooo.gs pleEs
us ,ynra wrecked # whnrYcs torn y o. pieces, y
S scores OF snnull craft driven ashore a m
broken III, ana many buildings along the
coast battered and badly damaged 81,
AZ santa Monica tbs, loss Isl est nlAtefl
g55, ~ y soo(,, o0o. Two piers #and one wharf
81 were ruined and ex tensiy leach improve.
IA monts Il, course OF CONSTRUCT lon were re
pounded to- pieces. Isl X, q. /. ! s !, !,
Z $50, 900. 3. 3..% " /, ~ y.
san Pedro the governm ~ : u break
water#ia&tlc course Of construction was
damaged $12 900 nnd .other MINOR tossss
occurred on Ahorc. The wireless station
hero sustalned damage arlountln e 70 sew Soy!
oral hundred dollars Il. ,ss$ IA
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