anaheim-gazette 1948-11-18

Watershed Damage Of County’s Worst Mt. Fire Inestimable (Continued from Page 1) when the fire topped the summit at Alta Vista and started riding a 50-mile gale, but there were eight mountain miles between there and Irvine park in Santiago canyon. It looked as if Scherman was too far ahead of the fire when he sent the word that mobilized all available fighting forces around Irvine park. But he wasn’t too far ahead. The fire was there at 7 o’clock, and by 8 o’clock had rolled on down Peters canyon past Lemon heights to the Irvine bean fields. All valley volunteer fire companies that could be spared, besides all county and state fire trucks, were thrown into the fight, and about 30 spray rigs were brought in to bolster the lines at critical points. The spray rigs provided one of the big stories of the fire. So did the Salvation Army, going into the fire zones with food for the front lines. The Red Cross was also on hand. The fire reached Orange Park Acres between 10 and 11 p.m. Thursday and was at Cerro Villa Heights Friday morning. Massed equipment turned it back at both places. One man, with a bulldozer, who was levelling a building site at the head of the canyon back of Cerro Villa Heights, cleared so broad a path that the fire was kept out of the canyon. Higher in the range, other equipment was clearing a break along the ridge west of Black Star canyon, and headed the fire at that point during Friday night. By Saturday morning it was pretty well contained, the lower areas having burned out. The wind had quieted and embers were raked Show Post-War Film of Japan Colored motion pictures of post-war Japan and the Philippines were presented by John Jay, author and photographer, at the Anaheim Public Forum, Monday evening, in the high school auditorium. As speaker, Jay gave a running commentary as the film was shown. The travelogue, entitled “From Manila to Tokyo,” depicted life in the Philippines and Japan after the American victory and included scenes taken on a trip through the tropical rivers of Luzon in a dug-out canoe, pictures of the shattered remains of Manila and Tokyo and portrayed a realistic cross-section of the life of modern Japanese citizens, both urban and rural. Jay filmed the travelogue scenes while Chief of the far eastern branch of “Air Force Magazine,” service journal of the AAF. From his headquarters in Manila he moved with the occupation forces into Japan. Prior to his service in the army, Jay was on the staff of March of Time. He is especially noted for his work in photographing snow scenes. Among his special assignments have been Arctic research with the Royal Canadian Air Force and a winter test ascent of Mt. Rainier. Forum lectures, held each Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock, are free to the public. Stars Perform at Benefit Auction Stuart Hamblen and Spade Cooley, popular radio stars, performed as auctioneers Sunday at Auction City, located on Fire-stone boulevard one and one-half who was levelling a building site at the head of the canyon back of Cerro Villa Heights, cleared so broad a path that the fire was kept out of the canyon. Higher in the range, other equipment was clearing a break along the ridge west of Black Star canyon, and headed the fire at that point during Friday night. By Saturday morning it was pretty well contained, the lower areas having burned out. The wind had quieted and embers were raked back from the edge of the burn as a precaution against flare-up. At 3 a.m. Sunday the wind rose again and raged harder than before. Apparently dead ashes began to glow, and were whipped through patrol lines at two points to start the second burn, one west of Hidden Ranch and the other at a lower level. From Fremont (Sierra) canyon, the fire swept across Hidden Ranch and across the highway junction at the mouth of Silverado canyon to the upper end of Irvine lake, into and out of Limestone canyon and across the hills to the bean fields a second time. It was headed there by bulldozers cutting a broad firebreak along Tomato Springs canyon. Some of these from Los Alamitos Air Station, had 12-foot blades that really got things done. Ray Lambert's ranch home, threatened in the first burn down Peters canyon, again narrowly escaped disaster. Work done some time before the fire, in clearing out underbrush and leaves from eucalyptus groves at the foot of Lemon Heights, prevented the fire from climbing toward that center of palatial homes. It was 5 a.m. Sunday when the fire reached the Silverado canyon road junction and Scherman altered residents of Silverado, Modjeska and even Trabuca canyons. The population of Silverado's 385 homes, between 1600 and 1700 people, were evacuated and a fight to save that community was prepared. From Hidden Ranch the blaze had worked east over the upper end of Baker and Black Star canyon and reached the upper end of the west fork (Deep canyon) of Ladd canyon. A fire break was run down the west ridge of Ladd canyon, last before Silverado canyon, and turned the fire downward. The last gasp of the big fire was at that ridge late Wednesday. Meanwhile the burn had been headed on the north or upper side at the county fire road, along the approach was impossible. A helicopter dropped 25 to 30 men there to handle spot fires. Nearest threat to Silverado came when the fire burned over the edge of the canyon a few feet back of the church, where massed equipment once more halted it. A backfire at the mouth of the canyon burned up as far as the Silverado school and the Holtz orchard. The fire also reached a point in Lower Ladd canyon about a quarter-mile from its outlet in Silverado. After seven days and nights it was finally out. That was long enough. had worked east over the upper end of Baker and Black Star canyon and reached the upper end of the west fork (Deep canyon) of Ladd canyon. A fire break was run down the west ridge of Ladd canyon, last before Silverado canyon, and turned the fire downward. The last gasp of the big fire was at that ridge late Wednesday. Meanwhile the burn had been headed on the north or upper side at the county fire road, along the county line. In some places the terrain was so rugged that land HOLIDAY Special... Cold Wave PERMANENTS $6.75 Phone Anaheim 4925 Oil of Orchid $3.95 Nupad Oil $6.75 Cream Realistic $15.00 Helene Curtis Cold Wave $10 - $25 Duart Plain Cream $8.50 Heavy Cremen $11.00 Ray-ett Oil Base Cold Wave $10 - $35 Zotos or Oil Palm Machineless $7.50 - $22 LA DONA COSMETIC & BEAUTY SALON 122 S. 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