Tombstone For 431 Dead Californians ?

Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the massive concrete St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles County suddenly failed without warning.  A 140 foot tall flood wave was released.  The flood wave traveled 54 miles to the Pacific Ocean.  Only the center section of the dam remained standing.  The dam was only two years old when it broke apart.  An estimated 431 people died in the flood waters.  Bodies were unearthed for many years after the flood.  The last body was discovered in 1992.  However, the dam was not finished killing after the flood waters receded.  A "sightseer" fell to his death from the top of the "tombstone" several months after the flood.


                                                            BEFORE THE FALL