Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A wrecked car has collided with a telephone pole along the La Crescenta Highway, possibly due to the effect of flooding in that area. La Crescenta and the surrounding area experienced severe flooding after heavy, record-breaking rainfall that resulted in loss of life as well as extensive damage to land and property in the first days of 1934. In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless. Text from original nitrate negative: Flood- La Crescenta Highway, La Crescenta Bridge.
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