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St. Francis Dam Disaster.
The Topeka State Journal(newspaper),
Tuesday, March 13, 1928.
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DAM BREAKS, 200 DEAD
Water Rushes Down Santa Paula Valley, California, Drowning Hundreds While They Sleep
FEW GIVEN CHANCE TO
ESCAPE AFTER SUDDEN
OPENING OF RESERVOIR
Under Sheriff in Charge of Rescue Work
Wires Los Angeles Office 100 Bodies Re-
covered Where Waters Entered Santa
Paula and Santa Clara Rivers.
SOME ESTIMATE
DEATH TOLL MAY
GO AS HIGH AS 400
Others Believed Lying Under
Yellow Sand of Canyon
Property Damage For Thirty
Miles To Reach Millions.
FIRST LAID TO EARTHQUAKE
Later Reports Declare Dam
Was Weakened By Seapage.
Camp of Southern California
Edison Co. Is Engulfed
As can be seen in this Topeka, KS newspaper from March 13, 1928, the St. Francis Dam disaster was big news and made huge banner headlines all over the country when first reported in the press. Today this second largest disaster in California history is mostly forgotten in the rest of the country but well remembered in the Santa Clarita Valley.
al2038: Newspaper images: 9600 dpi jpeg of 300 dpi jpg of original newspaper from the collection of Alan Pollack
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