| Show I S SPREAD FI IN CALIFORNIA t RAGING FLAMES CAUSE i FIVE AVE MILLION DOLLAR lOSS ROUT HUNDREDS Two Aviators Missing Ho Homes es Burn Burnas r ra a as Conflagrations Race Over Oyer v Brush Lands Uncontrolled 5 I S J O Nov 24 UP Eight UP-Eight Eight brush fires fann fanned d dby by hii high h dry winds from the the Nevada desert burned b rn c trolled o over er a mile mile front in in southern C California toda today Spencer Turner Turn r fire warden for Los Los Los' Ang Angeles les county in which six six X of oC the fires raged said the blaze in m Topanga canyon anyon in which homes of many film celebrities are are located w was the largest fire in the county's county history Damage throughout s southern California California Cal Cal- was estimated in in excess excess' of 5 Hotel Burns The Arrowhead d Spring hotel m in San Bernardino county was w was burned 4 to the ground It Was was owned by Film Producer Joseph Schenck Eight hund hundred ed homes many of them the residences residences' of film stars were destroyed The ranch home of the thel l late te Will Rogers in the Santa Monica Monica Monica Mon Mon- ica foothills foothills' was evacuated as the flames llames neared Two aviators rs who set out to survey survey survey sur sur- vey fire damage yesterday w were re rem m missing sing and believed forced down downin in the fire area At ti Sl Saticoy oy in m Ventura county a abrush abrush brush fire ire ca caused sed a Shell Oil pipeline pipe pipeline lin line to burst Flames destroyed a a. ahouse ahouse house hous and spread to the foothill brush Film ilm Stars Flee Film stars stars' fled their homes homes' at Malibu Beach when flames came danger dangerously near Two coast guard cutters sped to the scene to help eva evacuate residents as highways to Santa Monica were blocked lock d. d A heavy pall pf of smoke I lay y over southe southern n California from train Ventura county to San B Bernardino rh rp no county an area of approximately square miles The Topanga canyon fire canyon fire was WM the most serious of Los Angeles Angeles' coun- coun c coun county's un- un ty's tys six tys six fires tires Warden Turn Turner r said it had burned over over more more than acres Fires also were burning burgling In the theDos Los Dos Flores Rustic Santa Santa Santa San San- ta Ynez and San Anto Antonio lo- lo canyons Winds Fan Enn Flames FJames 8 The high winds and almost complete complete com com- lack of humidity started new fires in in the San Anton Antonio o canyon section where thousands of acres of oJ valuable virgin timber was burned off in a 16 four day day r-day fire which started last week The town bf of Camarillo near which Is located the state mental hospital virtually was isolated and andall andall all ll traffic traffic- halted for several hours houra Co Continued on Page Three ree Column Five FLAMES SWEEP COAST REGIONS Continued from Page pase One by y a fire at the foot of Conejo grade rade Ranchers at EUwanda Etiwanda in San Bernardino county were ordered to evac evacuate ate their homes when a br brush sh fire ire went out of control but later the he flames were subdued In Henderson canyon approxImately approximately approximately 1000 acres of land were burned off Escondido Escondida Threatened In the San Pasqual valley acres of land were burned off as two wo fires threatened for a time the safety of Escondido in San Diego county David year old caretaker caretaker care- care taker aker on the Trippett ranch in Sana Santa Santa San- San ta a Ynez canyon was booked in the county jail here on suspicion of arson after he told sheriffs sheriff's deputies he la had thrown hot ashes into the brush and then attempted to cover up his thoughtlessness after the fire started by putting cold ashes into his lis fireplace Captain Claude Morgan comm commander com com- mander m der of the Los Angeles county sheriffs sheriff's aero squadron ordered planes into the air for a widespread search over the swept fire-swept Santa Monica mountains for two missing fliers who took off from Mines field the Jie municipal airport yesterday to fly over the fire area Rogers Ranch Deserted The missing men are Edward Angel Angel Angel An An- gel transport pilot and Neils Landine Landine Landine Lan- Lan dine student pilot Two big moving vans rushed to the Will ViII Rogers ranch home in the Santa Monica foothills and the humorists humorist's humorists humorist's hu hu- monists monist's widow directed the removal of furniture and personal effects from the mansion Four fire companies and crew concentrated on the battle to save i ithe the Rogers ranch with other men and equipment ordered to the scene A steady stream of moving vans and trucks was removing residents residents' belongings from the Pacific Palisades Palisades Palisades Pali Pali- homes It was here that the first death incident to the fire occurred Mrs Janet Silvers 41 wife of the musical musical musical musi musi- cal director of Twentieth Century Century- Fox movie studios succumbed apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap from an overdose of sleeping sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing powder taken after she ha had spent 12 hours preparing her household household household house house- hold for quick flight from the flames Many Suffer Burns There were no other serious cas cas- Many burned refugees ant and firefighters were brought out of the fire area but required only first aid treatment The fire in this area was reported to have destroyed the country es estates estates es- es tates tales of numerous Hollywood film stars including Madeleine Carroll blond English actress Another blaze miles to the east burned its way into the outskirts o othe of the city of San Bernardino bEfore being turned back I Three thousand men were estimated estimated esti esti- mated to be on the fire lines and I C C C crews were being rushed in from as far away as Death valley A gale that firefighters said reached 60 miles an hour at times whipped up the flames feet high before them Loss Tops Ralph J. J Scott chief of the Los Lo Angeles city fire department said damage in Los Angeles county was more than and that from reports from other counties h he would estimate total damage in southern California at more than Captain Alvin Hull and 12 of hi his firemen were trapped for two hours hour last night in Santa Ynez canyon but escaped finally with do serious injuries When they found themselves completely completely completely com com- surrounded by a wall o of flame the firemen saturated their clothing with water and covering their eyes lay or ort oil the ground with wit their faces pressed to the earth until until until un un- til the immediate danger passed |
