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HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



The telephone and telegraph service was of course in a state of wreck- 

 age ; but the railroads did not miss a train. As the damage to buildings 

 and personal property was caused by wind and not by fire, there was no in- 

 surance to recoup any of these losses. 



March 21, 1894, icicles eight inches long were reported at Rev. Mr. 

 Northrop's, 330 North lyake Avenue, and frost spray all around on the 

 shrubbery, guavas, etc. This was deemed remarkable enough at the time 

 to give it publicity. 



Mr. Harold S. Channing, our young meteorologist, grandson of the 

 eminent Wm. Kllery Channing, D. D., of Boston, prepared the following 

 valuable tables for the Pasadena Star in October, 1894, ^^^ ^ copy them 

 here for permanent reference : 



RECORD OF RAINFALI. AT PASADENA. 



Data furnished by Thos. Nelmes. Computed by H. S. Channing. 



COMPARISON OF THE AVERAGE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF PASADENA AND LOS ANGELES FOR THE PAST 

 TWELVE YEARS, BEGINNING OCTOBER, 1882. 



*Per cent. H. S. Channing, Voluntary Observer. 



The record for 1884 shows the largest rainfall for any one year of the 

 duodecade ; and December, 1889, shows the largest amount in one month. 



LIGHTNING STRIKES A BARN. 

 1893- 



The first and only record or report of damage done by lightning in 

 Pasadenaland that I found was the case of Banning Bros.' barn, December 

 27, 1893. The Daily Star of that date said : 



" About 4 o'clock this morning, during the sharp thunder storm that 

 was prevailing, an alarm of fire was rung in from the center of town and 

 the department turned out in the driving and copious rain to find that 

 the large barn of Banning Bros, on Walnut street near the Terminal R. R. 

 track was on fire. * * The fire was caused by lightning striking the 

 corrugated iron roof. A resident of that section of town says he saw the 

 bolt strike and that it appeared to split the roof in two parts, and to send up 



