The Washington times., 1938-03-03
Storm ReneWS;
. Loss Counted
In the Millions
Rising Waters Peril 10 Huge Dams;
Torrents Sweep Houses Into Sea
BY RALPH B. JORDAN
(By short Wave RadiO)

LOS ANGELES Gal, March 8 (N.o)-Wnh a ueaCn Lou
45 and property damage running into millions in the
ashed the southern section of the Pacific Coast
for past days. this stricken section faced with
the added peril of a storm today.
After brief respite from the ran which has washed out
bridges and dams and of their
banks flooding cities new rainsorm developed today.
The ran while light regarded extremely dangerous
lin view the damage already inflicted by the 10 inches Of
rain that have fallen in the last four days
DEATH TOLL MOUNTS HOURLY
With communication with the outside world off tee
phone and telegraph lines down. word reached here that
least persons missing and believed drowned in River
side famous health 65 miles of here the edge Of
the Colorado desert
Torrena made the quiet Santa Ana River raging
that through levee and reverted to its old channel
waters collapsed dam at Lake Riverside and the business
section of the city flooded depth of five feet
Witnesses told Of seeing persons engufed in the rushing
waters and carried away and at least Is known be miss
ing and feared drowned.
expressed that 10 huge dams in the hills surround
ling Los Angeles part of food-contro project might be
swept away the rain continued and the water mounted
A constant guard patrol established at all the dams
and reported water already spng the tops
of lives lost several years when of the
dams in the San Fernando Valley was swept away.
RICH FARM VALLEY ENDANGERED
The mounting floods endangered the rich San Joaquin
VALLEY in the central section of the State
Fresno largest city in the central valley and MADEIRA
tier the rich grape growing and CENTER reported
las partly under water the San Joaquin and Kings Rivers
reported rising higher and faster than any time
lin history.
Hollywood Beverly Hills where the palaa homes of scores
of motion picture located Monica Long
Beach, popular beach along the ocean, Glendale and
Compton flooded with streets resembling The
San Fernando Valley flooded warning sent to
residents to flee if the flood waters mounted higher.
Two hundred rushed from Santa Barbara Ventura
6O miles Los Angeles where the Ventura River
maly small stream burst its banks and flooded the city
One known dead there and two reported
missing Martial law declared and all ableboded
drafted to aid in the work
Anaheim, between Los Angeles and Riverside flooded
with hundreds persons evacuated from their and
the waters still rising.
SEVENTY FIVE MARooNED IN sCHooLHoUsE
Sevenyfv persons who took refuge in school house
Ior gas
At San BernardinO eight miles from Riverside Creek
flooded the town and swept five persons three
land boy their deaths Two reported trapped in
an automobile with the waters rising.
Here summary the which more than six inches
lo rain fell in "a hours and 1864 inches in four days.
Seven Is persons swept into the Long Beach
when l75Oot bridge flood control channel collapsed
They had been standing the watching the swirl
ing of the Los Angeles River when bridge bucked
under the pressure of the raging stream.
Five persons carried their deaths when 25Ofoot
bridge the Los Angeles River at Universal City collapsed
Eight were known dead in Los Angeles and suburbs ard
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