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Show TERRIFtG STDHM HEHN DIEGO iTRONG WINO FOLLOWING RAIN STRIKES NATIONAL CITY CAUSING DAMAGE Entire City Is Left In Darkness; Loj Angeles Suffers Worst April Weather In 20 Years; Damage Dam-age Is Great Sanliii-Ko, Calif. A heavy wind, coming on tho beds of a hard rain, (truck National City, near San Diego luto Monday nixht and wrecked several sever-al houses. Two women and a man, Injured In the collapse of one home, ore taken to the hospital. All will recover, the doctors said: The storm left the city in darkness. Sharp lightning accompanied the windstorm. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles and tho surrounding district hegun chocking up on the profit and losses of the heaviest storm in more than twenty years. Although the rainfall was looked upon as having been highly high-ly beneficial, it was not without its damage. Highways were washed out and Inundated, tying up automobile traffic in many sections of Southern California. Trains from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara were delayed for everal hours by earth slides. Having Inadequate storm drains, portions of tho city were flooded. Onebridge, a temporary structure over the liig Tujtinga, in San Ferando valley, was destroyed by the flood, and other bridges in the valley were endangered. en-dangered. The sLonn started Sunday night ant ut a bile hour Monday the rainfall had reached 3. CO inches. Precipitation in the mountains was especially heavy being ten inches at Opid's Camp and 11.17 in the Santa Anita Canyon. Two cabins were washed wash-ed away by high waters at Opid's Camp and the toll roads leading up to Mt. Wilson was washed out. |