Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-26
SAN FRANCISCO
IS VISITED BY
SEVERE STORM
Many Coast Points Suf-
fer Damage from Gale
on Holiday.
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san FRANCISCO. Nov. %. =
! yesterday took Il heavy toll in life
and property damage. today gave the
Pacific coast area little despite from
| strain of near cloudburst and near
/ hurricane difficulties.
The United States weather bu.
from dclugcs of rain and gale winds
GA III" coast for ut least "a hours
and held out little hope that the
storm would abatc before next week.
Two distinct gales swept the coast
yesterday and were still raging, in
: som, what diminished form today.
One storm is ceutcred off Nancou
yer, h. G., moving slowly northeast
ward.
The other gale is ccntcred off En-
rcka. Ships 300 to 400 miles off the
coast reported gales blowing that
far ont.
\ terrific wind lashcd Point
Reyes. just north Of san Francisco
last night. Hinge breakers pounded
/. the rocks with an inccssant dcafcn.
ing roar throughout the night. The
maximum velocity was o. miles per
hour. The wind had died down to 2S
miles early today.
North Head, Wash, was getting
tIs mile b,ffcting early today aud
the storm was becoming more intense
hourly.
Ships up and down the coast rc.
ported difficulty in battling the
high seas but no distress calls had
been received by coast stations dur
ing the night.
The rain was general throughout
the coast area. Only the extreme
southcrlv strip of California escaped
the downpour.
While property damage is report
ed heavy, particularly in the san
Francisco bay region. agricultural
experts point out the rain viii
prove Il boon to the farmer. sum
mer fallowcd grain has been greatly
benefited. grazing lands have been
made vcrdant and valley orchardists
have been aided.
Streets Flooded
The storm was felt III the High
Sicrras where six inch fan was
reported during the night.
An inch of rain fell during the
night in san Francisco and clouds
continued to pour precipitation to-
day. During Il 20 minute period
late yesterday a half inch of water
fell
Downtown Easements were flooded
with heavy property damage result.
ing.
A half dozen persons were injured
in automobile accidents.
\ fire truck, answering one of
hundreds of "storm calls - collided
with Il street ear in the business
section, partly dcmolishing the truck
and injuring fireman.
Street ear Subways were flooded
ticiug up traffic in one section of
the city.
Rocks washed down from Twin
Peaks cluttcrcd street car tracks,
blocking several lines. The entire
upper Market street rail system was
dcmoralzed.
Three feet of water stood in one
street in the business section.
A market street cafeteria was
flooded with a foot of water. Pa
irons, undaunted, ate Thanksgiving
dinners with feet propped up on va
cant chairs, while the girl cashier
stood at the counter barefOoted.
Lights were out in some sections
of the city early last night.
The rains were heavy on the Oak
land side of the bay. During go
minute dcluge late yesterday police
and fire departments received 200
calls from frightened families, when
Easements became choked with water
and torrents sccpcd through roofs
INTO homes.
Manholcs and sewer caps were
blown up under impact of water all
drainage systems in the bay district
were ONcrtaNcd.