At Longbeach a wooden bridge collapsed under a group of persons watching the Los Angeles River pour into the ocean. Four persons were known to be missing and one surviver said he saw a woman and a boy of twelve years plunge into the river, 'The U.S.S. California and the U.S.S. Medusa, patrol boats, rescued three persons while battleships swept the sea with searchlights seeking additional bodies. It was' feared, hor ever, that many had been swept out to sea.
Los Angeles city and county officials were mobilizing for a major disaster with funds allotted to care for hundreds of refugees herded into temporary shelters, Los Angeles was practically isolated with traffic to the north, south and east halted and communications disrupted. Municipal power lines from Boulder Dam to Owens Valley were down and the entire city was darkened for an hour before steam generating plants could be substituted.
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