Imperial Valley press., 1929-08-05
Traffic Held Up
By Heavy Rain
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to that reached Los Angeles was
the motor bus that makes connec-
) tions with the transcontintal
/ crack train, Sunset Limited, at
INLAND at IL O'Clock yesterday
| morning. The Golden State limit
ed from the east is being held up at
! inland awaiting reconstruction of
the track washed out. Service on
, the San Diego and Arizona railway
was not hampered, officials said.
1 Trains Nos. II and 4s operating
between Ca!exico, and Los Angeles,
! have been amulled until the tracks
, are repaired. Train No. 46 which
was due in FL Centre this morning
is being held up at Indio.
The Southern Pacific company
now had more than 1000 men work
ing today on the washout between
inland and Salton Sea. The com
pany was prepared for such a near
castastrope and had train loads of
rocks, gravel and other eQnstrue
tion material in the s. p. yards at
Los Angeles ready for just such an
emergency.
Three MeXicans, two men and one
woman. whose car stalled yesterday
eight miles west of Kane Springs
when caught in the cloud burst that
Grenched the northwest section of
the valley. were found at Kane
Springs this morning by deputies
from the sheriff 5 office who were
sent ON a searching party.
The deputies carried bread ami
water to the marooned victims and
left them after being assured they
could get their ear out of the wash.
Two deputies from the sheriff 5
office were searching the washes
and sage brush today for a family
believed to be marooned some
where in the desert between Ilarpers
Well and Borego ON the San Diego
Julian highway, due to the excessive
rains that made travelling on the
highway impossible Sunday.
Mrs. Thomas Juvenal, Of Braw-
ley. who had started for the valley
but was forced to turn back at
Borego and travel via San Diego
reported to the. sheriff 5 office this
morning that a family of three, Il
man his wife and little daughter,
were brought back to Borego after
their roadster had been caught in
a cloudburst and washed down one
of the washes. The family, resi-
dents Of Los Angeles, told officials
at Borego they saw a car driving
ahead Of them and that the three
were doubtful if the car and pass
engers, the names of whom were
unknown, had reached safety. 1t
was he opinion of the man driving
the roadster, Mrs. Juvenal said,
that without a doubt the car ahead
was caught in the same cloud burst.
Sheriff Gillett stated it is pos
sible that the ear and passengers
made the trip through in safety
and, not knowing of the anxiety
felt for their safety, did not make
4 report of the trip.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. ). U.H-
Heavy rainfall along the southeast
ern border of California disrupted
train and automobile traffic t.
day.
\ section of track on the South
ern Pacific line was washed out
near Wister station, making il I'M
possible to operate trains between
INLAND and IndiO. Officials of the
company said traffic might be re-
sImed sometime late today.
Southern Pacific trains temper
ariIy were routed over the Santa Fe
line
Torrential downpours in the vic
unity of Joshau, Kelso, Yermo, Cali
ente and Gina delayed travel on
the Union Pacific lines. The worst
damage was near Joshua where
portion of a bridge was washed
out.
The Union Pacific continued to
operate its trains although they
were running slightly behind SEIZED
ule
Dry washes We're reported run
ming with water from bank to bank
and while traffic suffered, the rain
was welcomed by stock growers and
farmers.