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Review of Conditions Following Big Downpour Eleven Years Ago Proves Interesting CALIF, WAS WELL WASHED Corona Was Capitol of State for a Time When Gov. Johnson Was. Marooned Here Similarity of the storm of this week to that of the 5-day period eleven years ago, January 15-19 is marked by the stopping of rail road traffic, the washing out of bridge approaches and falling of trees undermined by waters. During the storm of eleven years ago no issues of the Corona Daily Independent were made from that of February 15 until the 19th owing to storm condi tions, and according to the recol lection of the publisher was at last gotten to press by the use of a gasoline engine. The rainfall for the period of three days totaled 7.09 inches, of which 3.59 inches fell on Janu ary 16. During that storm the Santa Fe tracks were badly washed out in the vicinity of Prado and more than 10,000 sacks of sand were placed along the right of way to divert the waters into the river channel.Traffic was first re sumed on the lines between Co rona and San Bernardino. Hundreds of track men worked on the lines in the endeavor, to relieve the 5000 marooned pas sengers, many of whom were l and with no means of reachin their various homes. The high ways were closed to San Diego and even, communication was dificult. W. C. Barth, well known rancher who now resides at Long Beach, suffered over a one thousand dollar loss at that time, but stated that the loss was cov ered to the community by the drowning of thousands of gophers and squirrels. These little animals do an un told amount of damage to every kind of a crop that is put in, and gophers even go so far as to burrow under the lawns in town many times. Their untimely end is always welcomed by ranchers. Heavy snows stopped transcon tinental railway service for a time in the Sierra Nevada moun tains. Gov. Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia, was marooned in the Santa Fe yards, aboard his pri vate car with party of friends. Stretches of the new highway recently completed in the Pomo na district was ripped away in sections, gaps of from 300 to 500 feet occurring. The northern section of Long Beach was flood ed and the loss of bridges a par ticularly heavy one. Damage to state highways was estimated to be $150,000. Many large trees fell during the storm period, a notable fae being that eight large spruces fell along the resident property of Mrs. Hetty Jameson, the one nearest the alley falling.. fhat, and its weight on the next one caused it to fall, and so on, til the entire eight were down. Hundreds of of] derricks fell in the oil fields of San Joaquin, probably numbering about 400 with a property loss of near $600,900. Almost a dozen lives were so during the storm, some occuring while attempting to rescue or feed marooned stock, others in flood control work. One half Mile of the Pacific Electric railway tracks were washed out or undermined and telephone and telegraph poles were washed out and communi cation more or less impaired. Hundreds of heads of stock were drowned and three hundred families were driven from their submerged homes in San Bernar dino. Riverside suffered a loss of the bridge across the Santa Ana river, the washing out of two spans of ‘the West Riverside bridge and also’ the Pedley ‘bridge. Ed Poorman of San Jacinto was marooned_with 300 head of cattle on an island formed on the river breaking over its banks. Official Weather observer: at that time was J. W. Garhwatte who reported a total of 8:31 in ches for the storm and a total to that date of 15:84 Inches.
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Corona Courier
Corona, California, US
Fri, Feb 11, 1927
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