Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This is likely the man reported perished in the Bohemian Gardens area in the article "Thirty-Seven ON Death Lost 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, 2 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. Photograph of a disaster relief worker with a man lying on the ground, seen from the back; he appears to be disaster victim who perished in the January flood. Text from negative sleeve: Floods, Bohemian Gardens [handwritten:] ?
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