The Berkeley Daily Gazette reported on a tragic train accident on December 4, 1924, where a collision left at least eight dead and many injured. Preliminary inquiries showed that while warning signals were operational, the Short Line conductor may have failed to stop in time, leading to the catastrophic crash of the San Francisco-Sacramento Short Line train into the rear of a stopped Key System train.
In the aftermath of a passing storm on December 5-6, 1924, considerable property damage was reported across the Bay Area with over 0.7 inches of rain causing outages in the police telephone system, broken wires, and ripped away store awnings.
Father Clarence Eugene Woodman, described as the Grand Old Man of UC Berkeley's Newman Hall, passed away on December 6, 1924, prompting the cancellation of a Silver Jubilee dinner in favor of a mass presided over by San Francisco's Archbishop Hanna.
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