Show BRIDGE CARRIED AWAY BY FLOOD Nearly a Score of People Went Down Downin in ill the Wreck STORM JN IN CALIFORNIA FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN 36 HOURS AT SANTA BARBARA I OS ANGELES Cal March larch 13 LOS L The rhe Seventh street bridge over Los Angeles river rivel fell feIl today tOda carrying caming with it into the flood swelled sw river twelve to fifteen persons two of oC whom are believed to t have been drowned These Th include two unknown men bodies thought to have been car carried c r ried ned down the river Mrs Clara Webb East Seventh street was rescued d from the flood but probably fatally hurt by falling tim tint timers timbers hers bers ers D B Braggs Bragga 2422 Enterprise street right arm crushed Alonzo Thomas 12 San Julian place head left eft and and both knees hurt Leon Leonard Leonard Leonard ard CarmIchael hael and J J Boughman both loth severely injured Bridge Collapsed The high water in the river had at attracted traced a a number of sightseers to the bridge The buttresses of the bridge had Jd been weakened by the flood and when a sudden swelling of ot the tle waters ater came care the te supports were carried away a wy wyand and the bridge collapsed Clifford CUford Linthal who was ww on the bridge said alter after ater he lie was rescued that two young oung men Jum had ad stood stool be him hm just before the tc budge bridge br fall He e looked for them afterwards but could see nothing of them themA A colored man reported that he be saw s the bodies of two men me floating foat down the river The man says he h attempted attempt to secure the bodies bodes but was unable to torta reach h them The Ninth street bridge te Is i on en the int of giving gh way and the police polie are areen aree en cit e guard gurd to keep any persons pern from fo going fing upon uon the structure Worst Flood in Years 1 Flood conditions in Los Loa Angeles and ad 1 are the worst vorst known knor in many years Los Ts Ls Angeles An eles river flooded by b tributaries from froni the mountains and an from the high country where heavy floods have occurred is i bank full ful and ad has reached the highest point known in thirteen years yeas Much luch loss has h been sustained by the city ctr from damaged damage I streets broken storm drains and ands sc s sewers I Along the coast various other towns I have suffered At z Sanra SaRr Monica two Tiers were destroyed and the damage along the shore hore there is estimated estime ted ait at At Long L Beach Beah BeC th te the damage to the wharf and to small sal boats is estimated at Trains Trins Into Los Angeles on the Southern Pacific and the Santa S tH Fe Feare F Fare Feare te are stalled staled by bj washouts telegraph and telephone lines have been blown blo down by a high wind The he Western Voster Union has bas one wire to Chicago a aid d all al com communication Ont rn between Los Lo Angeles gel s and the the outside outRide world is carried cr carrl d on over this k hl wire wire |