FLEEING TO THE HILLS

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1354, 14 March 1928, Page 8

FLEEING TO THE HILLS

TO AVOID FLOOD WATERS GREAT LOSS OF LIFE TERRIBLE SUGGESTION AS TO CAUSE (Aust. and N.~Z. Cable). (Received .March 14, 2 p.m.) Los Angeles, March 13. A+. noon more than 125 bodies of men, women and eliildren had keen recovered and the toll is growing every hour. Tile dam supplied Los water swept through the valley while the inhabitants and workmen wer’e asleep. The loss to property is enormous, and. keeps on piling up. The. people arq still fleeing into the hills. This city’s ga?. supply was h.okon off. Much, potroloem was lost when the oil lines were torn up. Great damage was done to- the walnut and citrus orchards, winch were torn up hv the roots over n great area. Mr Edward Hyatt, ilia State engineer, states that the dam was in perfect condition when’ ii "ns last inspected and adds that it does not seem likely if could have h-'on dynamited by disgruntled farmers, as is suggested in some quarters.