PHENOMENAL DROUGHT
ON PACIFIC SLOPE
[United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.]
... 'SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28. The iState of California is literally .' praying for rain, following the edict of . Archbishop' Hanna; of Sail Francisco, ■that all'Roman'Catholics must include b tms supplication in' their : daily devotiOns. • ■ i The entire Pacific coast, right .from Mexico up to Alaska, is suffering from a 'shortage of water. In; San 'Francisco there has been no rainfall whatever since last July Ist. This autumn has been the driest in California’s history, which goes back to the year 1849. Electric power is so short fn Seattle and-in" Vancouver that the street lighting in those cities may be discontinued. There has been scarcely any rain during the month of November in Vancouver and Victoria, where normally the rainy season is now at its height and' gives' 'a precipitation of from ten. to twelve inches. ; 'Forest fires are rangihfcin Southern Oregon and' in Northern California. Many of ‘ the settlers are having narrow escapes.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1929, Page 5
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162PHENOMENAL DROUGHT Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1929, Page 5
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