[Newspaper]
Publication: The Los Angeles Express
Los Angeles, CA, United States
vol. 43, no. 262, p. 5, col. 1
Trestles Washed Away,
Autos Stalled, Deluge
In Places 10 Feet Deep
LONG BEACH, Jan. 26 — The Salt Lake trestles at Hobart and Clearwater have been washed away and no trains are running between Long Beach and Los Angeles.
A number of persons who had planned to leave Los Angeles today over the Santa Fe attempted to go to Los Angeles in autos, but were forced to return, finding the Long Beach boulevard flooded in several places.
About 50 feet of the municipal railroad track leading to the industrial district was undermined by the storm water that has collected in portions of the district to a depth of ten feet. Only a few of the plants in this district are able to carry on business today because of the deluge.
At the Long Beach Improvement company's plant, considerable water has collected and through the streets a stream a toot deep is racing.
Pump Water All Night
At the California Glass Insulator plant at Anaheim and Hayes, water is three feet deep and employes have been pumping out the basement since last night.
Indications point to an increase of water in spite of their efforts.
At the Alameda school flood water from Orange avenue has reached the basement of the four-room addition that is being constructed and the water is now seven feet deep.
The water is flowing from the addition into the main building of the school and is 12 inches deep.
School has been dismissed owing to the impossibility of starting the fires.
At the Burnett school the cesspool is caving in and the streets in that locality are filled with water.
All of the boats anchored in the Ceritos slough have been removed to anchorage near the municipal dock. The slough is rapidly filling from water coming from the northwest.