Evening star., 1938-03-03

near Pasadena, collapsed. marooning
20 homes and drowning an unidenti-
fled man.
United States Army trucks from
Civilian Conservation Corps camps in
Southern California were kept busy
throughout the night evacuating fam
lilies marooned in canyons and low
lands.
Half Of Park Washed Into Ocean.
About half of the 10-acre Doheny
Park at San Clemente was washed
into the ocean by cloudburst.
Service over several lines Of the
Pacific Electric Railway had to be
abandoned. Monrovia, Glendora and
other foothill communities were cut
off from transportation with Los
Angeles. Three transcontinental rail-
roads suspended operations because
of bridge washouts and flooded lines.
San Bernardino was completely iso-
lated.
Many residents of the suburban
community of Venice, on the ocean
front west of Los Angeles. were lit
orally forced to swim to safety.
All dams perched high above popu-
lous valley cities were reported safe
Flood gates of several we're opened
to save them from strain.
Medical supplies. food and clothing
we're rushed to Southern Californias
homeless. Their number in thousands
could only be sketchily estimated.
Schools were closed in many dis
tricts and business institutions cur
tailed activity.
Boats commandeered from park
lakes played vital part in rescue
operations.
Near Fresno, In the San joaquin
Valley. the Kings River forced many
families in Centerville from their
homes. MADEIRA, 10 miles north of
Fresno, faced its most serious flood
threat in years because of the rise of
the Fresno and Chowcilla Rivers.
All transportation between San
Francisco and Los Angeles was dis
rupted by torrential rains.
With more rain predicted today,
dwellers in the Kings River Valley
watched the river anxiously for fur
ther rise. The river was near flood
stage
There was little fear of flood in the
Sacramento and Feather River VAL
leys, hardest hit in the February food
Along the California coast storm sig
mails still flew and high southerly winds
drove big waves against the shore.
Thrown into darkness by a power
failure and cut of from telephone and
telegraph communication, Riverside
experienced an undetermined number
of fatalities during the night.
Gas Main Blows Up.
Seventy-f1ve refugees found succor
in the West Riverside schoolhouse A
gas main blew up and seriously injured
two persons.
Marooned on an island at the juno
ton of Big Tujun9a Wash and the
Los Angeles River, 80 persons we're
rescued early today by four men who
fought their way acros a tottering
bridge and through a mile of water.
The Southern Pacific Railroad
bridge across the river at Dayton ave-
nue. in Los Angeles was ripped away,
endangering the new North Figueroa
street bridge directly behind it. as
debris DETECTED the torrent.
On the other side of the Fgueroa
bridge, Elysian Parks moving noun
tain" was loosened by small Slides,
Escaping gas under the rails OF
the Southern Pacific at the Ninth
street bridge caused an explosion in a
switch engine, injuring three crew.
men.
A landslide on the Ridge Route, go
miles north of Los Angeles, partly
buried a southbound stage, but the 26
passengers escaped unharmed and
were returned to Bakersfield.
Danger to health by sewage pollu-
tion was feared in numerous districts
Boiled water was advised.