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Show Twios Born io a Sleeping Car Drawing-Room Is Converted Into a Hospital, and Mother and Babies Did Not Suffer. LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 17. Tho sun Is shlnlnc; brightly ln Los Angeles today, and tho heavy storm that has prevailed over southern California for flvo days past appears to bo over. With tho cessation of rain and tho slackening of floods, tho two principal railway systems sys-tems that havo been tied up hard and fast slnco tho first day of tho storm aro beginning to see their way out- Delayed trains on both roads began to reneh tho city last night, and arc coming ln at intervals in-tervals today. Flvo trains that have boon held at Santa San-ta Barbara for tho past', two and thrco days left thero this morning on their way to Los Angolca. They aro expected to arrive hero lato this afternoon. Suffered Discomforts. Travclors who hnvo been on thoso delayed de-layed trains for a week or moro have suffered tho greatest discomforts, and many of them nro weak and Hi from their experiences. Tho food supply on tho dining cars and at tho available cat-lng-housco was Insufficient, and many went without food for periods of twenty-four twenty-four hours and even longer. It Is stated that many wcro so 111 that when thoy were transferred across tho landslide at Cajon pas3 to tho waiting train on this sido It was necessary to use Improvlsod Gtretchcrs for tho purpose. Tho wonTen and children especially suffered. Passengers on tho stalled Southern Pacific Pa-cific trains also suffered great Inconvenl-onco Inconvenl-onco and discomfort. Several of them mndo their way from the storm-bound trains by wagons and other vehicles to the terminus of tho suburbnn trolley lines and reached tho city ln that way. Born in Palace Car. In the drawing-room of ono of tho sleepers of tho delayed fiouthbound "Owl" train Mrs. Carouthors, wlfo of a Los An-gclcs An-gclcs civil engineer, who was on hor way hero from San Francisco, gave birth to twins. Sho was attended by two physicians physi-cians who happened to bo among tho passengers. Tho drawing-room wns converted. con-verted. Into an Improvised hospital, and neither tho mother nor tho babies suf-fcred suf-fcred from the unusual conditions. Tho dining cars of all the Southern Pacific trains wcro well supplied, and passengers passen-gers who wore not ablo to secure food thero were cared for ns well as possible at hotels at Santa Barabar.a and elsewhere. |