Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-10
| A. IS
SOAKED
BY rain
Severe HailstOrm Last
Night Gives Rise To
Snow RumOr.
STREETS FLOODED
Ridge Route Closed To
Travel AS Result OF
Deep Snow.

Scattered rains fell over Southern
California today as mild after
math to the weather display that
brought snow, hail, and tightening
TO the district last night.
The weather bureau said that oc-
casional showers would continue
through tomorrow with cloudy
weather prevailing, but it promised
that there would be no recurrancc
of yesterdays wild outburst.
The general downpour last night
was the heaviest of the year. bring
ing Joy to the farm districts and
completely demoralizing traffic IN
Los Angeles.
Hail fell SO heavily in the outly-
ing city districts that many mistook
It for snow.
In some instances it covered the
ground to depth of two inches.
Newspaper and radio station tele-
phone switchboards were flooded
with calls from citizens reporting
"sn0w in Los Angeles.
The rain, hail and slcet caused
downtown streets To run full OF
bilcs and street ears were stalled
IN the deep water.
Traffic was tied up in som" in.
stances for as long as an hour.
The weather was held responsible
FOR two deaths and ambulances an.
swcred more than 80 calls during
the hours of the storm.
Two Killed
William s. Gray, operator of an
I'll Monte service station, was killed
when he was struck down by Il car
said by deputy sheriffs to have been
driven by w. e. Griffin of clare
mont.
An unidentified woman wa =
struck down and killed when the
driver of machine failed to see
her through the rain and hail.
The downpour was general through
Southern California. Mt. Lowe re.
ported the heaviest snowfall in
years. Mt. Wilson reported - inches
of snowfall. The Southern California
Edison company recorded snow at
all its stations in the high Sicrras.
Big Bear, Arrowhead and Big
fines recreation camp all reported
generous snowfalls.
Because the ridge route was Gov
cred with ice and snow the sheriff 8
office put n temporary ban ON auto
mobile travel over it unless the ma
chimes were equipped with chains.
The weather bureau here said no
damage was reported in the citrus
district.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10. (U.D-
Winter laid an icy hand on most see
tions of California and the Pacific
coast today.
From the Sierra Ncvadas to San
Diego, snowfalls of varying intensi
ty had been reported
There was furry of snow yester-
day in the heart of the San Francis
60 bay region, Berkeley citizens re-
porting that considerable snow fell
in the early morning, but melted
soon after touching the ground.
The high mountain peaks, Tamal,
pals and Mt. Diablo, were coated
with snow, while further north, at
MaTNSNllle anu oIoNliic, seNCia III
ches had fallen.
In the Feather river and Yosemite
valley regions the snow accummula
ton had reached several feet in
' depth.
The weather bureau anticipated
no further rain or snow today, ex
cept in Southern California, where
unsettled weather was forecast but
it was likely that the cold spell
would continue.
CHICAGO, Jan. 10 UP'-S n W
barrage had made no mans land
of the midwest today, leaving a toll
of death, suffering and crippled
transportation and communication
facilities.
A practically unbroken realm OF
white stretched from upper Texas
TO the Arctic and from the Rocky
Mountains to the Appalachiars. II
approached record depths at nan!
points in the midwest. Galeshurg
Ill.,, had recorded 1S inches of snow
and more was expected.
Six deaths attributable to the
storm, were reported.