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Transcript of Coroner's Inquest.
St. Francis Dam Disaster.
Vols. 1 & 2 (Complete) | Los Angeles, March-April 1928.
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Who or what was responsible for the death of 29-year-old Julia Rising — and by extension the rest of the people whose bodies filled morgues from Saugus to the sea after the St. Francis Dam collapsed? That was the question for the jury empaneled by Los Angeles County Coroner Frank A. Nance on March 19, 1928, a week after the fatal flood. The coroner's inquest began March 21 and continued until final testimony was taken April 10. The verdict was rendered two days later.
Witnesses in Part I
See pdf page 2 (page preceding printed Page 1) for index with corresponding page numbers. Allen, Ben Atmore, Robert E. Bailey, Edgar A. Bennett, Richard Burns, Ollie Burns, Russell B. Donahue, Andrew C. Dorsett, Oscar O. Dunham, Stanley Erratchuo, James J. Ferrier, August Fisher, Nat Forsyth, Roe Gaughren, Paul H. Hemborg, Harold B. Hendricks, Edward V. Hoke, William T. Jr. Hurlbert, William W. King, Henry L. LeBrun, Frank Matthews, David C. Menzies, David S. Mulholland, William Nichols, Hugh Proctor, R.R. Rising, Ray E. Ruiz, Henry (as Henry Reiz) Scott, Anna Smith, Chester Shankland, J.E. Van Norman, H.A. Webb, Dr. Frank R.
Witnesses in Part II
See pdf page 336 (page preceding printed Page 331) for index with corresponding page numbers. Bayley, Edgar A. Bouey, J.H. Bright, Wm. J. Brome, James P. Casprovitz, Ferdinand Clark, J.G. Clark, Walter Gordon Cushing, Zattu Del Valle, Reginaldo F. Gillette, Halbert P. Hatch, James N. Hemborg, H.B. Hopewell, Ace L. Hurlbert, Wm. Johnson, Louis Z. Keagy, Dean E. Lee, Charles H. Leeds, Charles T. Lindsey, Wm. W. Lundy, Guy D. Martindale, Earl A. Mulholland, William Munz, Eli Mayberry, Edward L. Proctor, R.R. Raggio, Frank Rieber, Frank Rising, Ray E. Ruble, Clyde C. Scattergood, E.F. Sedgwick, Allen E. Silvey, Henry Slocum, H.H. Spann, Katherine Steen, Elmere E. Starks, Edwin C. Tate, H.L. Thomas, E.H. Wright, Robert H. Vejar, George
Download pdf here. Courtesy of Ann Stansell.
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SEE ALSO:
Transcript of Coroner's Inquest
Hall of Justice 1928
Verdict of Coroner's Jury
Arizona Report 1928
Popular Science 1964
• Rippens Story of Dam Disaster (1998)
Vital Lesson for Today (ASDSO 2018)
At Dam Site 3-14-1928
With Van Norman at Dam Site 3-15-1928
Coroner's Jury Inspects 3/1928
Hall of Justice 1928
Fountain 1940s
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Mulholland Fountain & Aqueduct Garden: Photo Gallery 11-10-2013
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