Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-13 | Page 1 | Big Electrical Storm

BiG ELECTRICAL' STORM. People at Heppner Alarmed Over War of Elements. HEPPNER. . Ore.,. July 12. A big electrical stonn, accompanied by a terrific rain occurred " here last night. A great downpour of rain- commenced a "little before S o'clock and continued for an hour. The peoplo living on the Hats of Willow creek-moved to higher ground and at 10 o'clock a rush of water wa-ter with a tremendous roar came down the Willow creek canyon and In the blackness of the night many people wero alarmed In fear of another Hood. Outside of washing out a few bridges the damage was small In Heppner, however, thero was considerable in the country by the Hooding of alfalfa fields and the washing away of hay along the Willow and Hinton creek bottoms. The great Hood of last year cleared out the channel of Willow creek so that the ctream can now carry a great volume of water without-doing much damage.