Flood-damaged building, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description: View of 3 men standing in front of a Spanish style building that was damaged by a flood (in either January or October). The building has a terracotta tile roof and 3 arches. The ground in front of the building has been gouged away by the flood torrent and is littered with tree branches and rocks. The 3 men look at the ground.
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.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Floods, LA. Crescenta

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