Many of the original Newport Beach homes sat on the beach.
The Los Angeles Times reported on Oct. 25, 1933: “The heavy high tides that have been pounding on the coastline of West Newport for about a month, are growing heavier and the damage is increasing. Entire yards have been washed back from fifty to 100 feet, and a mile of coastline is affected.”
Sept. 6, 1934: Scene in Newport Beach, where the foot of 26th Street has been washed away by tides. Truckloads of rock are being dumped in an attempt to prevent further destruction by pounding of the waves. This photo appeared in the Sept. 7, 1934, Los Angeles Times. During the second half of 1934, damage from high tides and storms worsened. On Sept. 7, 1934, the Los Angeles Times reported: “Recurrence of giant waves pounding with relentless fury against the Southern California beach area yesterday added to the mounting toll of damage caused during the last forty-eight hours.“The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.
At lease nine similar stories on Newport Beach coastal damage appeared in The Times between Aug. 22 and Dec. 10, 1934.September 1934: Beach houses threatened by high tides in Newport Beach. The image was taken after high tides had receded. The area in the foreground of this photo had flooded.1934: Four men standing in surf add boards to the damaged foundation of a house threatened by high tides.
Octobert 1933: A beach house on stilts at water’s edge at Newport Beach. During the next year, destructive high tides either destroyed the beach homes or forced their removal farther inland.
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