The Times from San Mateo, California • Page 5

fl-MN MATED TIMES THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 1951 Big Tree Falls Across Street CMllaoed from Page 1) phone exchange was smashed out of service by the In trie strong winds toppled a Iree across the La Honda but the road was open line of a i a shott i afterward. During the storm, San Matco reported .50 of an inch of rain bringing the season total (o 15.57 inches compared to 6.18 which during the same period last jcar, Rain ti In Redwood City .37 of an inch was reported during (tic past 24 hours of which .11 of an inch fell during the height of storm, bringing the season total lo 15.51 inches. Mills field reporlrtl .28 of an inch between 4:30 a. m.

and 8 o'clock, bringing the season a inches as compared to a i of 6.46 inches for last year. County Agricultural Commissioner Max Leonard, In Red wood City this morninp, said that the rains of the last storms have been damaging and have been no benefit to local growers. SprauLs Damaged The a i i Brussels sproul crop has been damaged to the extent of $500,000 with 25 per cent of the crop rotting in the fields due to excessive water. Last night's Florin hit the (lowering a a i a crop, doing an estimated $50.000 damage. Also hard hit, Leonard laid, was the artichoke crop i at least 10 per cent of (he plants damaged.

The San Mateo i department reported lhat to 8 inches of a covereri 'cwalks at Thirty-ninth avenue ami Colegrove. A large tree which narrowly missed a car with a woman and two children in it crashed lo the pavement at the entrance of the San Mateo Parlt school on Crescent near Clark. The tree fell across Grcscent avenue and had to be saved and chopped up to remove it. Rawer UKS Felled Telephone and power lines torn loosa when the tree toppled were quickly repaired by PGE and PTT linesmen. A PGE spokesman said only a few residents living in vicinity were without power for a very short time.

The usual flooded street condi lions were reported on Trollman court, Iris court and Archer courts in the Dore and a a a and Shoreview tracts during the height of the storm, hut the water at all these points receded rapidly. At times the wind was so strong that doors in many San Matco homes were blown open and win dows were rallied so violently lhat many residents called police a fire departments. In Hillsborough a large acacia tree topped across Ralston avenue a quarter of a mile west of the gate entrance lo the Csrolands about 7 o'clock. The Calling tree blocked traffic from Caroland Heights. Police rerouted autos over San Raymundo.

More than 50 families live in (he area cut off. A volume of water running loo fast to be handled along California drive flooded streets for. a few minutes in' BurlinRamc. Brains were reported blocked at California drive and Bayswater avenue. Manhole covers were popped along Paloma and Edgohill.

Police reported a large number nf c.i«s reporting flooded streets in several parts nf the city. Mil I brae Runoff In Millbrae the lower city streets were flooded when runoff from (he hills could not bo handled. New paving on Taylor boulevard was reported slightly damaged. Several awnings, house electric lines and television antennas reported down in San Bruno. Daly i and Eoulh San Francisco, but p.o serious damage was reported.

Portions of South San Mateo county were without electric po Cyclone Hits Sunnyvale (Continued Page 1) roofs were blown from" homes in area. A 45-ton crane was lifted off the ground at the Wooldridge company plant and landed on Ihe Southern Pacifk right of way. The entire front of a newly erected bus station at Sunnyvale collapsed. The Sunnyvale Southern Pacific railroad station was almost completely demolished when the entire root was lifted and then collapsed on (he station. Autts Damaged Hundreds of automobiles in the Woold ridge and Westinghouse plants at Sunnyvale were damaged A-hen an entire wall of the build ing fell into Ihe parking lot.

Westinghouse announced this afternoon that two buildings of the plant were unuseable. Power the plant was also cut off anc many employes were laid off unti repairs can be made. A section of roof was also re moved the main building Total damage at huge plan" was estimated at $100,000. Sunnyvale police and Santa Clara Red Cross officials reported that outside of a few cuts and bruises there were no serious injuries within the entire area. Mrs.

Ena S. Cope, a Sunnyvale resident whose home was directly in the path of the tornado, said she thought it was an earthquake cr a -lane crashing. Every window in home was shattered and the plar her roof torn off. Other homes the area, a newly built subdivision, were heavily damaged. Windows Broken Another housewife, unidentified, said that she thought the sucking sound of the wind was a crashing jet ran to the door," shi said, "and saw my garage collapse like a house of cards.

It was impossible to close the door, anrt all Alternative For Overpass SAN BRUNO, Jan. i ouncil last night UKommtiided to he Dolwig studying ailroad separations a the roposal to construct an overpass it the busy San Bruno avcr.ue be I by a plan lo divert south- lound traffic at South San Fran-! Cisco by the extension of Huntingdon avenue providing a connecting iink between San Bruno and South San Francisco. In a resolution passed at the regular session here, the council also suggested to the committee that they consider the development of the San Francisco municipal streetcar line (No, 40) now abandoned as a possible by-pass (or Peninsula traffic at. less expense as a possible alternative to Ihe pro- proposed grade crossing, Pointing to the disadvantages of the proposed overpass at San Bruno avenue the resolution adds that "such a structure so located would cause great confusion and expensive readjustment of the San Bruno street plan and would furthermore be extremely costly by way of damages to expensive and valuable adjacent business and residential It was also pointed out that the ultimate need for such a crossing be properly determined prior completion of Junipero Serra boulevard to its junction vdth El Camino Keal at Millbrr.e. Bridges Resigns from GOPCqmpaignGroup WASHINGTON, Jan.

Senator Bridges N. II.) resigned unexpectedly today as chair FOOD CARLOSTUUII MARKET At EL CAMINO ari HOWARD BLVD. SAN CARLOS SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PLENTY of FREE PHRKIHS SIRLOIN STEAKS Well Trimmed, Oien wtlghsd. RUMP ROAST 65 U.

S. Gov't Insperttrt Beef. Hi. RIB ROAST 65 U. 5, Gov't Inspected Beef.

Lb. man of the senate Republican cam paign committee. Bridges told a reporter he make up his mind shortly to bid for a GOP vacancy on the I senate foreign relations commit-' i tee u'bich is being sought by Sena- mV Tobey N. who general- Telephone service in Sunnyvale supports a i i a i foreign and parts of San Jose was disrupt- policy. ed by the cyclone, making it i i cult for relief agencies to contact law enforcement agencies.

Police znd Bed Cross radio was brought into play and, through the Mountain View sheriff radio installation, contact lo the outside was made. Navy Polke Aid I At Moffett field, an entire group I ot navy military police was ordered lo the disaster scene to protect homes, factories, and business places against looting. The area of Sunnyvale hit is directly north of the business district along Murphy avenue. Ed Roundtrce, publisher-editor of the Sunnyvale Standard, told the Times this morning that his plant is just two blocks from the devastated area and at his location there was no apparent increase in (he velocity of (he wind. As the cyclone twisted its way across the Santa Clara valley it did more a $250,000 damage to orchards.

Tn some locations almonc and fruit trees wore twisted right out of the ground. At Moffett field, officers in the aerological department reportec lhat they could see the twister but that wind at the base at the time was only 25 mites an hour. i J. A. Ktdd, manager of the Maun a i View telephone office, sail that damage to the company's line in a may exceed $100,000 When the cyclone struck San Jose it lifted roofs off houses I broke store windows and blew de bris into buildings.

At the oifice of the San Jos Scavenger company two huge door weighing several hundred pound were torn from their hinges an through the i i teai i ing the entire back wall out. CI Gets Start LEGS of VEAL 59' Fresh Cut. Milk Fed. BREAST of VEAL 45 Pictures show graphically destruction wrought this momins hy cyclone-like winds al Sunnyvale. Top is picture of John home nrar Charles and Washington streets; second from top is general view of wrecked garages; third from top, headquarters of the Security Truck Lines; bottom, the Southern Pacific deiwt without Us roof.

blooming and that some of the a trees have prunes on (hem the sire small (his year, sending (he lo record high level. Power fJne Down Because of the warm weather the San Matco County Assemblyman lo death a Willis. 24. a neigh four a a when Assembly er Sam Collins parceled out the coveted appointments to the as- Trusiecs of Ihe i a li, who had been I i to i a a today lhat a civil er she hail been i i service examination to i two va- eporterl. cancics at the library would be held ipartment vhosc-jghl to calm Mrs.

Pauik in hall out- scv- i-'ebruary 19. The examinations are assistant libr.iri.in and I ah out 8:20 wh i of people were on their way to work. A San Jose newspaperman said today that Hie 1 winl was so strong at one time that it was impossible For a man to rr.ovt against it or even stand up. Th unnyv a le newly for rr. civiE defense organization got an pec Led many of the volunteers were called to assist in clearing away debris.

I As soon as contact was established i the county seal, San -Mountain View and field rushed fire i and police cars to Ihe sucne. Hundreds a a i i dormant. standing side her apartment at 1153 Far A 4400-volt power line at Bay- Dolwig will have a a in Ihe direction of Ihe legislature through shore and Oak Grove fell i in Burlin storm, but was quickly repaired by PGK crews i the south power a i a i i on both Bay- fhore and'El Camino were out, re- i i i a a lo lake ovrr a i direction. rell street. She, however, rsn back into her a a grabbed a butcher i of gas mains were broken in (he senior librarian.

Applications to stricken area anc- PGE i i a take the examination must be filed discontinued service to tne area hy February E). to jprotect it against fires. Stock Market PORK SPRRERIBS 45 PORK STEAKS 59 markr dire oixnlnE and a i ai oLn prccresstd. iio'jr (or scr.ie time. Lait me was veil i i i tut in the the pitiiouj OO.OC3 The extent of todAj'i recovery i a iterate and a Use ol point i In the raLI ivrraie.

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IA. 59c 1 A a id new with calm ol as mceti ai a i i UiiLi. Todiy xei.u ej.n ma Yntecday 5S 9i 8 2 3 1S5 CO.SI Sl.tt 165 Month a JSS.Ji 53.35 T7.J3 1M Veir aco 161.21 H.5S 31.16 115 13SC-51 6I.JS 83.J Jttt-H low 163.79 15.11 i i IBtt-Sl hien. SLICED PEACHES BLENDED JUICE HILLS BROS. COFFEE 75 Drip or R.guloi.

2-lb. Tin, a scat on the rules committee, gen- an 5 a bbcd i i as a conceded lo be the most pow- a i i a i "committee tbe assembly, porten. He diet! 1 ctr.cr An a i Dolwig wh! also ii.ivc i lio.spii;il a senior i a i a will be in i a wir.ris swept whole bay area tod ay, i i roo" plategLass windows, uprooting trees a seal on t'hc finance and insurance i which controls a i is to the committee on dec- were recorded at a a ar.rt San i i 0 Franciscn airports, a i the record set in 1038. In tree tnppled and ball a root of i areas of the bay. hnwever.

the M-ind motor pool i i i i i near velocity uas bctuccn and 4 0 Palace of Kino Arts a miles an hour. stroyed. Hail and Snow i palrons inside a giixrry sinrm Mas accompanied hy af and Harrison streets rain, hail a lew i of scurried for when plau-- Miow fell on Mount i a a i shattered. Partial a i a was general over miM e-f. i ie3oriecl in a Northern California.

set-linns of S.in and In San Francivo, Ihe i headquarters of the Sixth a a i i i haihtor.es in- felt the of Ihe bloxv. in Kl and a More lt0 trees were lir.e across Carquir.ei bridge down and lights knocked out snapped. at Forts BaVer, Barry and Cror.k- The United Stale? weather bu- hitc. A a blew off the rool I a predicted Ihe storm let of a i i i at I.etterman up i i and i a i he a i hospital and par' nf a roe.f a I Sou'hu-rst a i up swept auay by a Kort from Poirt A a lo bcolt. a i i both Francisco At Fcrt Mason, a 60foot crdar and bajs, 1 stood a of reference and i 1 activities.

ir.st i slit's meeting the bylaws were amended to read tliat the board meetings would be the I MHIL'KS second Wednesday a the first a of each The next ir.eetmc of the board be Feb- a 14. o--Ike Sees No War If West Mobilizes Fire equipment was placed ai strategic locations throughout I area lo guard against fires, A San police Jo'jti speaker ti toured I the areas warning people their power and pas off and not I to use matches. A Westir.sfioiise a more than 2500 employes were sent home for the Hay. Employe. 1 at the Wooldridge a were aUo dis- I missed for the day.

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