Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
Damage to Orange and Lemon
Groves Not So Great as Be-
Heyed While T0rrentiaI Rains
Were FaIIiOg,
WIND AND WATER WORK
HAVOC WITH ROADS
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
Take Energetic Measures to
Prevent Destruction Of Their
Tracks and Bridges,

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lua Angeles Feb 2l-Wlth loss
of probably more than Si5O0, 900 and
10 toll of seven human lives since
Wednesday southern California be-
Igan to recover tonight from the eff
fleets of the worst storm IN its history
swept hy wind and rain for the past
thrpe days most Of the territory be-
tween the TchaChapi mountains and
the Mexican line wns flooded hut with
the sun shining most of the day the
situation improved considerably, and
Whtic nearly AN Of the towns affected
remained Isolated tonight progress
was made toward re-estahllHhlng wire
and RAN communication According tu
an estimate made hy A g. Hansen,
ussistant city engineer Los Angeles
wns damaged 10 the extent of az least
S a0n 00n one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars represented the dam
nge 10 city streets alone The balance
represented losses sustained hy rail-
roads and hy citizens who lost their
homes. which were swept away hy
the floods with an their household ef-
fects
Orange Groves suffer Little.
Except in the vicinity of Pomona.
this county where Young groves sur
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ported comparatively little damage.
Ranches ana small farms IN the low
lands were inundated. but no reliable
data could be- obtained ass 20 the losses
Sustained hy them
The flood situation about los An
seles became acute early last night
Hna conditions We're greatly aggraNui-
ED ut thp same time hy q gale which
reached yelociues 81 from thirty
eight to ffty miles an hour ut various
points inland and along the Pacific
ocean shore.
Weakened by the rush of waters
poles ana towers carrying power lines
and the wires of telegraph and tele-
phone companies went down. under
the assault of the winds, ana with
railroad and suburban trolley lines all
ready ont of commission the situa-
tion became ut once one OF complete
prosifaii0n For nearly four hours
there WAS no street car service and
during the entire day the city had only
brief periods OF communication with
the east surrounding towns. with but
few exceptions remained entirely iso-
lated without communication hy wire,
railroad or .trolleY
Railroads report that the collapse
of hig bridges over the Lus Angeles
river in this city and the washing out
of heaN spans elseN here made it I'm
certain whether traffic could Dee re-
suned fut hrRe gangs of men were
srul uut o. Work m continuous shifts,
LA efforts to repair damages as quick
lN aa possible
big Steel Bridge Crimpies.
After % big steel bridge over the
river crumplcd and broke early to-
day. the Southern Pacific and Santa
ne railroads sent heavy cars loaded
with scrap iron and hfayy houders
plunnlng into the flood boo efforts tO
divert further lnroads hy the storm
waters which threatened railroad
trneks HNirung the river banks. The
sweep of lhc floods was So strong at
times. however that these heavy bar
flcrs were turned aside aud crowded
lut af the way Of The waters.
Besides numerous houses that top
Piled off the cltlnr banks. the river.
usually dry bed called river 10y
courtesy swept away The Los Angeles
pigeon farm Extensive cotes tumhled
INTO the stream before daylight and
thousands 81 pigeons were drowned
Ions Beach, on ITS landWard sides,
Nas surrounded hY flood waters, while
surf The floods inundated "a
liE salt works and 10000 tons of salt
we're washed haek into the sea-
At san Pedro several of the In
lef channels OF the harbor were tillad
Iy ilt washed down hy the floods
some channels depth of only SIX
20 ten feet wis found 400 high tide,
Where normally they should show
lepth of twenty 90 thirty feet Ship
llng however Was not intertered
Win us the silt did not affect amy OF
he malu channels
ln sam bcnardiuo AN overflow of
ttte creek damaged the water sys-
em. cutting of great portion of the
itNs supply hy putting pumping sta
fnns ont ot commission East Cotton
suburb. was inundated a $1,000.
900 railroad citrus fruit preceding
lHut was flooded