47 Years Ago Today: LAFD Rescues 18 From 'River of Muddy Hell'

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47 Years Ago Today: LAFD Rescues 18 From 'River of Muddy Hell'

On the afternoon of December 14th, 1963, with swift suddenness, improbable tragedy struck Los Angeles.

In less than two hours, a "river of muddy hell" from a seemingly placid reservoir would take 5 lives as automobiles, fragments of houses and chunks of concrete caught in floodwaters from the Baldwin Hills Dam collapse impacted what minutes before had been a quiet Saturday-relaxed community.

FULL ARTICLE: http://lafd.blogspot.com/2010/12/47-years-ago-today-lafd-rescues-18-from.html