Man-made Disaster: The Story of St. Francis Dam |
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acre feet adit Angeles Aqueduct Angeles Coroner's Inquest Angeles Department April Bardsdale bridge Bureau of Power Bureau of Water camp Camulos Camulos Ranch Chief claims concrete construction cracks dam's failure damkeeper death debris Department of Water deputy dispatcher downstream dynamite east abutment Eddie Hearne Edison Company elevation engineers fault line files Fillmore flood wave floodwaters flow Francis Dam Disaster Francis Reservoir gates Grunsky hill Hoke Ibid investigation Keely later leak Lindstrum Los Angeles Aqueduct MARCH 13 Mathews miles minutes mountain Newhall night operator Owens Valley patrolman Power and Light Powerhouse reached record Red Cross road San Francisquito Canyon San Francisquito Creek Santa Clara River Santa Clara Valley Santa Paula Saugus Substation Scattergood Memorandum schist Sheriff's Office Silvey Southern California Edison surge chamber Teague telephone Thornton Edwards tion told Tony Harnischfeger upstream Ventura County warning Water and Power west abutment William Mulholland