Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-01

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Los Angeles had its first rain Of th'
season last evening when the outskirts
of storm center passed over this city
During Saturday night and Sunday
the rain storm held full sway in the
mountains and gave them generous
soaking.
AT 6:45 p. m. Sunday the advance
drops began to fall and in a few min
utes the rain was coming in shower.
Theatergoers and church folk got a
little wetting. but the good done by the
shower in laying the dust and cooling
the air more than compensated for the
slight discomfort.
In short time the water had run
off the streets and nothing but the
pleasant effects remained.
Judging by past experiences. the
early shower last night promises well
for the coming seasons rainfall, and
the annual rainfall aided by the Won
derful climate makes California the
garden spot of the world. The shower
last evening was welcome not only be-
cause of the temporary good it did,
but because it is a promise of more
to come.
The records of the weather bureau
show that October is good month for
rain.
During the past twenty-nine years
the average precipitation during Oc-
tober has been rs inches.
In 1889 occurred the greatest precip-
itation on record, 6.96 inches, but three
years later the other extreme was
reached when the month passed with
out any rain.
October 2O-21 holds the record for
the greatest precipitation in twenty
four years, 1852 inches having been re-
corded during that space Of time on
those days.
While not everyone who was wet by
the shower appreciated the rain last
night, almost all loyal Angelenos re-
joiced at the first rain of the season,
the first of many that are to follow.
Tens of thousands of trees of the
finest quality have been blown down.
1t is possible that some of these may be
saved, but most of them are lost beyond
recovery The number of logs that
have been carried out to sea or driven
into accessible swamps is enormous.
The great majority of trees that had
been weakened by being tapped for
turpentine were leveled, and dealers in
turpentine are very gloomy oyer the
outlook.
Pasadena Cars Blocked
For some little time last evening
there was no street car service in or
about Pasadena. as one Of the wires
had been struck by lightning and the
power was shut Off.
Details of the accident are impossi-
BILE to obtain, but the dispatchers at
the Pacific Electric headquarters state
that It Is their understanding that the
lightning ran down one Of the power
wires into the big switchboard and
burned out several Of the fuses.
No one was, fortunately, standing
near the board at the time and there
was no damage which could not be re-
paired within half an hour after the
stroke put the cars out Of business.
Rain In the Arroyo
Sunday was the hottest day OF the
year in Pasadena, the thermometer
registering In one locality 104 at
O'Clock. Between O'Clock and s O'Clock
in the evening the thermometer did
not drop below a hundred and the
rather heavy shower which sprang up
at 6;S5 and lasted for about twenty
minutes helped to relieve the oppres-
sion.
About one-tenth Of an inch of ram
fell and over in the hills and along the
upper ranches OF the Arroyo Seco there
was plenty of lightning The clouds,
however, passed to the northwestward.