MANY HOMELESS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22961, 12 February 1938, Page 13

MANY HOMELESS

| GALE IN CALIFORNIA CROPS SUFFER HEAVILY SHIPS POUNDED BY SEAS SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 In addition to the deaths of five persons, dozens of people were injured and hundreds of families made homeless as 2. result of the gale which swept f tie State of California on Thursday,. In various cities throughout California many roofs were torn off and trees uprooted. In Sacramento the T >ower failed throughout the city. Emergency gangs cut through the wall of the Capitol to release an operator from a lift that had stalled. Emergency hospitals were ehort of supplies. The Capitol whs damaged and more than a score of people were injured. The police broadcast a warning at theheight of the storm to all people to stay off the streets.

In Los Angeles tha streets aro littered with broken trees and billboards. The south-eastern section of the city was without lights and power. At the airport hangars were destroyed lo Watsonville tie damage to bu'.idings and orchards is entimated at 250,000 dollars. .

At Pittsburgh most of the trees were uprooted, the power failed and motorcars were damaged, while at San Mateo the power failed and a house was unroofed. <i

The South Pacific trains were breiijrht ;o a standstill.

Heavy rain followed the storm, increasing the misery of the inhabitants. The destruction of crops and orchards was tremendous. Several towns were isolated owing to blocked roads and broken telephone lines. Tr&ins stopped running aid radio stations cancelled their programmes. Great waves swept in from the sea and ships were pounded at their moorings. The storm extended along threequarters of the California coastline from Los Angeles to Eureka.