Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of bystanders outside of the American Legion Hall, damaged by flood and mudslide. Window panes are missing. The mudslide crashed into the back of the building and filled it with mud and rocks. Twenty-five people had taken refuge in hall when the flood took out the wall. The building was located at the intersection of Fairway Ave. and Rosemont Ave. Related to the article "Thirty-Seven On Death List In Record 8.27-Inch Deluge: Upward of Thirty-five Injured During Downpour; Thousands of Men put to Work Removing Wreckage Left in Wake of Torrents," Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 1934: 1 In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths. Text from negative sleeve: Floods, Bohemian Gardens [handwritten:] ? [location identification is not correct]
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