Imperial Valley press., 1935-10-23
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Judd Cabin
Included in these was the cabin
where Winnie Ruth Judd, convict
cd murd derers. hid two days while
fleeing after Staying and dismem-
bcring the bodies of two women
friends in one of the southwest S
most sensational murder cases.
The fire, denuding the mountain
slopes of vegetation. created new
dangers from floods when the win
ter rains set in two months hence.
A similar blaze preceded the New
Years flood Of 1884 when more
than 65 persons were drowned in
the La Crescenta foothills area.
The high wind, which sent the
flames roaring alCng on their path
OF destruction, was general through
ou! Southern California In some
districts it was reported officially
as high as 56 miles an hour
Oil Fields Damaged
Thousands cf dollars damage was
done in the oil fields, In the Hun
tington Beach fields, l8 dcrricks
were sent crashing tc the ground,
D4ONIA-4iG 4OdLo III SOIllG lllSl 1IlLGS.
The wind blew down street lights
in Huntington Beach and Balboa
Beach. Il harried airplane travel.
4 50-mile an hour gale clustered
across Union air terminal.
Small shipping suffered aome
losses. A 36-foot power boat was
driven onto the beach by the
pounding surf at Newport Beach,
Numerous smaller boats were
swamped as they lay at their moor
ines.
other Blazes
Another blaze was fought by $50
men near Malibu Beach. summer
playground of Hollywood film stars.
Riverside county forestry service
men fought a blaze which threat
ened Irvine Park, a recreation spot
near Santa Ana.
AT Fullerton a fire started in the
Standard Oil company lease, where
a derrick was destroyed and homes
threatened. Another fire in the
Fullerton vicinity was halted as it
threatened a powder storehouse.
Santa Ana sent men to combat
a brush fire in the San Juan Capis-
trano district
A 41mile per hour gale struck
Los Angeles harbor at San Pedro.
Dust was SO thick that ships sound
ed fog horns. A number Of small
vessels and barges broke moorings
and several went ashore
No loss Of life was reported.
Shortly before noon fire officials
in the field placed an emergency
call for help with Los Angeles au-
thorities. They asked for 300 addi-
tional men. Fire Chief r. J. Scott
was able to supply SO men and three
pieces of apparatus.
Luxury Periled
The high wind drove flames with
III three miles Of the villages Of
Montrose and La Crascenta, location
of many luxurious homes.
Approximately a dozen persons,
rated as millionaires. had lost their
homes and valuable belongings.
Nire refugees from Lavina SAM.
tarium were rescued by two ambu-
lance drivers who braved the flames
along Lincoln avenue in Altadena.
Ray Woods and ALBEIT Miller ca
reened through vail of flame III
their scorched ambulance TO find
the panic-sgrickcn patients Stagger-
ing along The road, almost suffocat-
ed by the heat and smoke. They
we're taken 10 the sheriff's sub
station in Altadena for emergency
treatment.
Go Back Again
Woods and Miller made several
more trips into the stricken dis
trict to evacuate patients.
An estimated 500 mon were thrown
into the battle against fires sweep
ing various southern California Vi
entities.
The entire forces of the Riverside
County Forestry Service were at
tacking a blaze that threatened IT.
vine Park, recreation area near San
to Ana.
Biazes Spread
Near Fullerton, in Orange county,
a broken high voltage power line
ignited a fire that crept almost to
the doors Of q powder house before
it could be turned
Farther south in the same county,
a band OF 200 men was combating o
brush fire that raced over a 10-mile
strip, blocking highway travel fer
more than 20 miles. The fire lines
were reported holding their own and
keeping the flames from spreading
TO citrus groves.
Several schools were closed in
Orange county as result Of the fire
hazards and accompanying high
winds.
Smoke clouds were mixed with a
heavy pail of dust, blown N from
the desert on the wings of the San
to Ana" gale As the wind shifted, the
sky at times was completely obscur-
ed
The wind, originating in high
pressure" areas over Nevada, caus-
ed widespread damage i'll addition to
the indirect losses it inflicted by
stimulating the fires.
Derricks Uprootcd
oF'orty-tWo oil dcrricks were blown
in the Huntington Beach fields. The
loss was calculated at $4,000.
The gale virtually paraly7ed ship
ping at Los Angeles harbor. Only
huge liners dared venture out OF
port because of the high waves.
Small shipping suffered heavy
damage. Two large pleasure craft,
including the 50-foot schooner Mil
dura, owned by Claude c. Putnam