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Flooded area with houses in the distance following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 13, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flooded area with houses in the distance following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Two men on the porch of a house after a catastrophic flood and mudslide, Montrose and La Crescenta, 1934

Description:
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.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Two men on the porch of a house after a catastrophic flood and mudslide, Montrose and La Crescenta, 1934

Spectators look on railroad wreckage, Glendale, 1935

Description:
Derailed train engine is surrounded by bystanders and railroad workers. The numbers "4355" and "76" can be seen on its front. Two railroad tracks are present, including the one the engine is derailed from. In the distance, power lines, houses, and trees can be seen. The Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive had collided with a seven-ton sand truck on the train tracks in Glendale. A dozen people were injured, with no fatalities.
Date:
October 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Spectators look on railroad wreckage, Glendale, 1935

Close-up of derailed engine half-buried in ground and other train cars, Glendale, 1935

Description:
Close-up of a derailed locomotive slightly buried into the ground, with train cars behind it; the outcome of a collision with a 7-ton sand truck. The locomotive is leaning at crooked angle. About a dozen bystanders are visible on the left. The number "2451" is on the front of the locomotive and the train number -- “76” -- is on each of the two indicator boards (more clearly visible on the right). In the background are power lines and mountains. The Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive had collided with a seven-ton sand truck on the train tracks in Glendale. A dozen people were injured, with no fatalities.
Date:
October 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Close-up of derailed engine half-buried in ground and other train cars, Glendale, 1935

Teams of horses and workers engaged in reconstruction following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Teams of horses and workers engaged in reconstruction following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Damaged section of city after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, 1906

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, April 19, 1906, “Heart is Torn From Great City. San Francisco Nearly Destroyed by Earthquakes and Fire, Hundreds of Killed and Injured, Destruction of Other Coast Cities, California’s Greatest Horror.” San Francisco, April 19.—It looks now as if the entire city would be burned, following the great quake of yesterday. ... At 10 o’clock at night, the fire was unabated, and thousands of people are fleeing to the hills and clamoring for places on ferry boats. The damage is now believed to have reached $200,000,000 and 50,000 people are thought to be homeless. ... At 10 p. m. last night the newspapers ceased all effort to collect news, and the Associated Press force is compelled to act independently. ... Tossing Six Hours on Seismic Waves. San Francisco, April 18.—During six hours of mortal dread and nameless terror San Francisco was today tossed upon the seismic waves of the most disastrous earthquake known to the history or the traditions of America’s west coast. In the mad confusion and helpless horror of this night uncounted bodies of dead men and women are lying in morgues and under uplifted walls. ... Fire and flame have added to the destruction, the ruination and despair. The material losses are beyond computation. ... There is no witness of this day’s story whose tongue or pen can describe the wreck and ruin, the death, the doom, the despair and suffering that lies on every hand. ... surrounded by explosions of illuminating and sewer gas. … The Southern Pacific is doing its utmost to get people out the city, and not charging refugees for transportation. ... Prof. George Davidson, of the University of California, formerly connected with the United States Geodetic Survey, said tonight: “The earthquakes came from north to south … Regarding the cause, I maintain, as I always have, that it is the earth cooling on the inside. The cooling brings about contraction, which is bound to bring about a readjustment of the earth’s surface. …” The entire waterfront district of the metropolis is made ground … Included in this area … Palace and Grand Hotels … Merchants Exchange … Stock Exchange … Nevada Bank, Western Union and Postal telegraph offices, the Crocker building … the Chronicle, the Examiner and the sixteen-story Call newspaper building. … From the ruins of the buildings shaken down by the five quakes that followed in such close succession, arose great bursts of flames which swept inward from the bay. … With water mains broken, fire department powerless, and flames spreading; with morgues and hospitals filled to overflowing; with electric lights and power wires down, and telephone and telegraph communication cut off; with railroads crippled … and with panic rampant, the condition of San Francisco was one of almost benumbing horror. …
Date:
1906
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Damaged section of city after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, 1906

View of the path of the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
View of the path of the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Spectators look on railroad wreckage, Glendale, 1935

Description:
Several train cars lie in ruin, derailed with train parts strewn across the railroad accident site. Three men look through the wreckage while onlookers stand a short distance away. The Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive had crashed into a seven-ton truck on the tracks in Glendale. A dozen people were injured, with no fatalities.
Date:
October 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Spectators look on railroad wreckage, Glendale, 1935

View of the remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
View of the remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Call Building after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, 1906

Description:
The Call Building, commissioned by Claus Spreckels and completed in 1898, housed the offices of the newspaper the San Francisco Call. It was constructed to be fireproof and to withstand earthquakes (Spreckels requested the assistance of structural engineer, Charles Strobe, who greatly reinforced the building's steel framing). After the 1906 earthquake, the Call Building's interior was gutted, but because of its rigid steel frame, it was one of the few buildings on Market Street to remain standing. It was remodeled as an art deco building by the architect Albert Roller in 1938 and still stands today (2013) at the corner of Market and Third Streets. Later names: Spreckels Building, Central Tower.
Date:
April, 1906
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Call Building after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, 1906

Marie Gray, stage dancer, recovers from fall from a hotel window, 1935

Description:
View of Marie Gray in hospital gown, bandage on head, lying and strapped into hospital bed at General Hospital. Marie Gray, stage dancer, was cited to appear before Superior Judge Bullock in Psychopathic Court in the event of her recovery. She reportedly checked into a hotel, was assigned to a room on the second floor and five minutes later was seen to fall from a front window. She was treated for a broken left leg, a deep cut on the head and possible internal injuries.
Date:
September 14, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Marie Gray, stage dancer, recovers from fall from a hotel window, 1935

Distant view of bystanders looking on railroad accident, Glendale, 1935

Description:
Foreground: dry, barren ground with weeds, bushes, and little other plant life. Background: Train cars and engines lie in ruin, derailed with their parts strewn across the railroad accident site. Bystanders, men and women, look on the scene of the crash. Further in the background are wooden power lines, a town, and mountains. Two train engines can be identified that were part of the locomotive: 4355 and 2451, numbers both on signage affixed to each respective engine car. Also affixed to each train engine is the number 76. To the left of the image, is a sign that reads, West Glendale. The Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive had crashed into a seven-ton truck on the tracks in Glendale. A dozen people were injured, with no fatalities.
Date:
October 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Distant view of bystanders looking on railroad accident, Glendale, 1935

Side view of the remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Side view of the remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Aerial view of flooded crops in the valley after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Sant Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aerial view of flooded crops in the valley after the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam, Sant Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Street car accident aftermath, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 9, 1937, Eight Persons Injured When Street Car Runs Wild on First Street Grade. … brakes on the street car failed to work as it descended steep First-street slope west of Hill street. … Eight persons were injured as the heavy vehicle smashed through the barrier at bottom of hill, careened across busy thoroughfare, crushed a small brick restaurant on the corner, mangled two automobiles and half tipped over against another light pole before stopping. …
Date:
February 8, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Street car accident aftermath, Los Angeles, 1937