Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-04
MORE BODIES
RECOVERED IN
FLOODED AREA
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local and county authorities to
prepare an emergency project loan
application to the civil works au-
thority in Washington, for at least
S17,500 with which to repair the
broken water system.
An additional emergency appli-
cation for Sl,500,000 for storm re-
lief work was pressed by the Los
Angeles city council. Part of tie
funds would be used to replace
bridges, more than so of which
were destroyed, and to repair sew
ers which blew up under the tre-
mendous pressure.
The American Red Cross, which
was at work in the field before the
greatest torrent of water swept
Montrose, launched a drive for S75,-
600 needed for rehabilitation, in
Guiding shelter for the homeless,
food and medical attention.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. U.P)-The
gigantic task of reconstructing the
flood area of metropolitan Los An
geles moved forward today as an
army of workmen dug through de-
bris and silt in search of addition
al victims of the New Years day
storm.
Steam shovels plowed through
the Uttered streets which Assistant
Roard Engineer j. P. Feddersohn es-
timated would not be cleared for
weeks. He had two crews of 600
men each engaged in the project.
The known death toll mounted to
~ with the discovery of three ad-
ditional bodies. In addition, 81 per-
sons we're still missing. Authori-
ties believed at least IL of these
were dead.
The body of Mrs. Eleanor Clark,
38, was recovered from the wreck
age of the First Methodist church
in Montrose. Searchers dug deep
er, believing they would find more
victims who had sought refuge in
the church only to be hurled into
oblivion by the torrent that swept
through the town.
Bodies of a man and a woman
were found, covered with silt, in
Glendale.
A Doctors presence of mind saved
Howard Keogh, aged 8, who was
found in an orchard, buried to his
neck in mud. Although believing
the boy dead, DR.. E. r. King, Tu-
iunga health officer, injected ad-
renalin directly in the heart. The
boy regained consciousness and to-
day was reported we'll on the road
to recovery. The place where he
was found is two miles below his
cabin home from which he was
snatched by cascading waters.
Relief Fund Needed
Warm suns were fast drying out
the mud, complicating the task OF
workmen.
Governor James Rolph, Jr., toured
/ the stricken area. Earl Lee Kelly
i his state director of public WORKS
was scheduled to arrive today and
take personal charge of rehabilita-
ton work. One plan under consld-
Grafton was to coordinate all relief
agencies in an attempt to raise suf-
| ficient funds, federal included, for
reconstruction. Officials believed
/ S.. .OOO, 900 would be needed to repair
roads and bridges alone.
In addition, hundreds of homes
were wrecked or badly damaged and
in excess of 500 automobiles were
estimated buried in the flood.
Health authorities said there was
no evidence of an epidemic out
break but took close precautions by
chlorinating the city's entire water
supply.
Seeking federal funds. the Los
Angeles city council voted to ask
for an emergency federal ALLEGATION
of s1,5OOO00 to replace demolished
bridges. Senator William G. Nc
Adoo pledged his cooperation in a
telegram sent from Washington.