The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
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| Continued cluding Film Fox, were stranded at Palm Springs. A plane was charter ed here to fly there with 400 pounds of milk, bread, butter and meat, and 500 candles. The plan was obtained from Paul Mantz, Hollywood stunt flyer and former technical advisor to the late Amelia Earhardt.
 The latest count of dead and missing was 169. The toll was grow ing hourly. However, less than half the bodies of the reported dead had been recovered and the majority were listed as missing. AS bodies were found and identified, police transferred their names from one list to another.
 Trapped In Homes Some bodies were found in homes, where the flood trapped them un- expectedly Wednesday night, or landslides in the hills buried them alive. Others were picked up from the banks of receding streams, or from Snags where their clothes had caught and held them.
 Los Angeles communications were restored gradually after "A hours during which the metropolis was cut off except for radio and for part of the time with one or two shaky telegraph wires. Hundreds of circuits were washed out.
 United Press news wires to Los Angeles were restored at 9:30 (12:30 a. m., Friday EST) last night. Ama- teur radio operators in Los Angeles and Berkeley transmitted dispatches to and from the flood area during the time the wires were out. Later this augmented news sent over the several remaining and over-crowded commercial wires.
 Not until late last night was it learned that the flood crest, just be- forc whipping out to sea, wiped out the village of Atwood and swept through Anaheim to take toll of Il known dead and 30 missing. First Disaster Reports Isolated mountain regions were sending their first reports of dis aster. Two eco youths reached a telephone from Camp Baldy, in the San Bernadino mountains, early to- day and reported that the camp was destroyed; two were dead and sev- eral missing. There were 200 guests at the resort when the storm struck. Airplanes were used to drop food in some sections where roads were impossible.
 There was a form of marital law in force at the town of Indio, 175 miles southeast of Los Angeles where the police chief blocked the roads, to keep refugees out. There was no serious damage in the town, a public food kitchens were pro- viding for the natives, but the au- thorities said there were no facili- ties for any more people and scarce ly enough food to go around. The report was broadcast from a United Airlines plan.
 The collapse of utility lines left one-fourth of Los Angeles, prin- cipally the west side, in darkness last night and more than 20 surrounding communities had no power. The municipal power and light bureau here reduced the current generated by emergency steam plants. High waters were delaying repairs to the damaged boulder dam transmission line.
 There were 78 reported dead, dis tributed as follows:
 Los Angeles, T; Riverside, 15; San Bernardino, 10; Long Beach, 4; On tario, 3; North Hollywood, g; Glen dale, 1; Pomona, 8; Maywood, l; San Juan Capistrano, 2; Atwood Anaheim area, 10; Barstow-Victor- will area, 2; Wildwood, 6.
 The missing: Los Angeles county, 23; Long Beach, 5: North Holly wood, g; Glandale, 3; Maywood. 2; Anaheim Atwood area, g.; Winters burg, 2; BarstoW-Victorville area, 36; Ventura, 3.
 Worst Catastrophe The worst catastrophe so far re- ported was in the Anaheim- Atwood area, about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, where the Santa Ana river poured out wall Of water through a levee break. A great wave swept through the Mexican settle ment, destroyed more than 20 homes and swept on to join other flood waters roaring down Carbon Can yon. The two streams converged north of Anaheim and wrecked an- other 20 houses. Ten bodies were re- covered in the area; many persos were missing, and both towns were still submerged.
 The destruction of property ran into millions. City Attorney Lloyd Aldrich of Los Angeles reported at meeting late last night that 1t would cost $3.000o00 to clean up this city and replace the ruined streets and bridges. He said it would take three and a. half months to clear away the debris and year to replace the bridges. He said fed- eral aid was needed for reconstruc- tioa.
 Aldrich called it "the greatest catastrophe in Los Angeles his tory"
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