Show FUl lEKA BW BV two tiro drowned id owned mayor Xe Chrystal plem irom from I rom eureka july 14 eureka was visited today by the worst flood in its history john castellani Ca a boy and gus i john son con a peddler whose family resides at gothen goebert were caught in the current and nd while mayor john mcchrystal who was wa witnessing the scenes died from heart failure supposed to have hare been brought on by excitement the storm culminated tit in a cloudburst at iao 1 30 p ni and the flood swept through tile the toun loup filling cellars with from r six ox inches to from three to four feet of mud and water it carried all before it at the union pacific depot ane floods fiord centered rite depot depol Is built tight in the old creek bed a little lower than the road and here the wreck wis was the worst the agent succeeded in getting ting out just in time lime to save cave himself john Cantel lati the boy who was drowned wai wab the son eon of anton castel lad ile he was caught in the current near the depot and gus GUI juliuson Ju linson a peddler said aid to be marri married eds and whose family resides at goshen made a desperate attempt te ampt to save the boy and in 0 to o doing lost his hl own life johnson was wan struck by a log and disappeared ills body has not yet jet been recovered marshal gus Ilen rold also albo tried unsuccessfully to tile the boy and was vias carried some yard but fortunately escaped without much injury mayor mcchrystal Chrystal Afe had been unto the eureka hill mine which was wa th threatened leaten with water and was on the bill hillside side above the union pacific depot when hen these there scenes occurred tile the excitement doubtless produced the attack of heart failure which resulted rebutted in his death A couple of horses acre found down on tile he flat and while it Is possible that the drivers were drowned it is not at ill it I 1 likely as diligent inquiry has bar tailed failed to lu show that any men are arc missing while iville the loss 1094 of life if 16 of course couric the mort 1 serious result the damage to giop eny er ty it is alio albo heavy at As before stated nearly all the cellars are filled with water and mud and the roads have been washed out at mammoth the damage was slight although the grades have been washed out in several places at silver the miners at the south swansea were forced loleate 0 o leave 0 on ac 1 count of the water waler i 1 curing in tile the inc damage tit was siar considerable although no lives were lost mayor john mcchrystal was one obe ol of the best krown men in eureka all hit his interests were here and he was war as generally respected abo a he wash wan widely known undertaker odonnell UD onnell will take the remains to salt lake tomorrow and the unell nill le ie held there under the au spices of tile the matons mat ons at a to be decided upon |