Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
FLAMES SWEEP
VALUABLE LAND
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geles, a deputy, turned out every avail
able man.
The men at the Annandale Country
club turned out to fight the fire, but in
reality had little to do, as the green
grass of the well kept course offered
nothing for the fire to feed on, and 1t
simply encircled the club grounds and
swung down into the arroyo. Here,
deprived of the western wind which
had urged it on, the fire was caught by
the arroyo draft and started north. 1t
swept the west bank of the arroyo as
far as Jumbo Knob at the new Linda
Vista bridge, and was there stopped
after hard fight.
This turn north encompassed Linda
Vista on two sides, the east and SOUTH
and for a time it appeared as though
the village was doomed to total de-
struction. But the fire fighters under
Catlin and Johnson performed Won
ders, and while there were many mar
row escapes, but one house was actu-
ally caught and destroyed by the fire.
This was the bungalow of the Misses
Falkenburg and Burnett, which was
directly in the path of the hottest sec
tion of the line.
Flee for Lives
The women fed for their lives as the
flames came on, and, save the clothes
they stood in, all their possessions,
valued at about $1,000 were destroyed.
The house of J. M. Williamson was
saved by back-firing In the nick of
time, and even then the flames were so
hot that it was considered unsafe to
allow a 40-gallon tank of gasoline to
remain in the heat. and it was accord
ingly rolled through the flames of the
back-fire to a place of safety. Will
Hanson had not cut the stubble about
his place and the fire came to within
two feet of the house on one side:
A freak of the wind saved the house
OF Mrs. r. M Schoonermaker. Just as
the advancing line of fire was descend
ing on the structure a gust blew 1t to
one side, and it passed, leaving an an
gle of unburned scrub in which the
bungalow stood. The members of the
Pasadena street department. did yeo-
man service in saving the town.
Twenty men under the leadership of
Superintendent of Streets Byer re-
sponded to the first call for help. They
took with them one of the city's wa
tering carts, which proved of value In
many ways. An amusing incident at
the Linda Vista wooden bridge proved
the resourcefulness of the fire fighters.
The bridge caught fire, there was no
water and the only dirt available Tor
the shovelers was at either end. But
sharp-eyed member of the gang
espied an iron pipe fastened to the side
of the bridge. A bloW OF an ak SeNereu
II and as was expected 1t proved to
be a water pipe. Buckets filled at the
severed pipe speedily extinguished the
fire on the bridge.
North of the village the, fire again
gathered headway, and here all tho
forces were concentrated about 8
O'clock under w. p. Morgan of Los
Angeles and his assistants, Bert Lund
Of Los Angeles and C. B. Youel of Pas
adena. The fire was checked when the
afternoon breeze died down, Just after
the flames swept through Sycamore
canyon. doing great damage to the
trees there. Small fires have been
snringing into life all the evening, and
the fighters assembled there will prob
ahlv stay until morning to prevent an
other outbreak which would reach the
hills and sweep into the mountains,
where the lives of scores of campers
would be endangered.
or the 1000 acres which suffered to-
dav 700 belong to the II. r.. Huntington
nreseryes. The remainder Is part OF
The watershed of the Pasadena compa-
uies and it Is feared the exposed sur
face may have an appreciable erect on
the local water supply.