| Show THE DAM box elder county has a disaster DESTROYED thousands or of dollars damage done by escaped Heser reservoir voir waters xo 0 lives lost sunday morning last about fi A the big reservoir in three mile canyon south of brigham city broke its ita bands sad aid the immense body of water there let loose rushed down the canyon and on to the lands of the settlement known as three mile creek the water came with tremendous force carrying rocks timber and soil along with an irresistible force and covering farms and orchards deep with mud boulders weighing tons were carried down the canyon like feathers feat fea beis theis in ia the wind and deposited on the fields of the farmers who today see their fertile acres acrea covered irom from one to four feet deep with sand trees and boulders two firm ferm houses and some barns barna lay in a in the tracks ot at the streams and these were swept sway away as if they were pieces of boards fruit tree were torn from their places and their th e r places and the he orchards ruined mined tue canyon through gli which the torrent nf mud mad and water came is ia a narrow defile and through this the stream rubbed with terrific force when it reached the valley which has haa a rapid pitch toward the lake ake the stream n spread out ont and the track of destruction was ever emer a q larter of a mile wide from the foot of the hill bill to the end of the farming lands apparently thirty miles the farms present a de desolate salate appear anee ance it is ia estimated that the loss by the breaking of the reservoir and the damage to property and crops will ago ag greg res t bout about tm but the greatest damage will be to the growing crops in in the valley on the farms which haye have depended on the reservoir for irrigation water the loss to the farmers will be heavy and very severe As soon as it was realized that the dam had burst several of the most ac ao tive young men started as aa last fast as they could ran to awaken the women and children that were in the direct path of the rushing torrent they burst into the two dousas of robert henderson and dragged the women and children out 0 ut of the houses and onto high land just as the struck ek the buildings carrying them along with the current which tossed them about as though they had been corks these two building soon went to pieces with all al I 1 the contents totally destroyed on went the powerful current carrying mud trees and boulders that weighed tons tona destroying fine crops of sl alfalfa falla wheat and vece vegetables tables in the sum eum of several thousand dollars next the stream struck the building of richard thorn the water burst in the doors and came in the windows fortunately the occupants i ts had bad left the house just in in time to climb up trees in the orchard mrs knorn remained ina in a tree for two hours when she was rescued by 8 holton miss J nelson kelson a daughter of james nelson was current and rolled over and over ahead of the water but was rescued by a young man named thompson just in the dickof time the angry anar v waters covered the beautiful farm of barnard bainard white who will lose several thousand dollars the reservoir was started three years ago go and each year work has been done on it it coat 1000 aud and covered five acres fifteen feet deep the cause causa of the e breaking of the reservoir is not known some think a enow slide caused ito theia think the settlers who constructed it showed false fala economy in not following follo wint barnard whites advice ad rice in getting ft a competent civil engineer to superintend its construction tha retaining wall was waa of dirt without piling the road from willard wi aard to Brie haia city was washed out tor lor nearly A quarter ot a mile and was three feet in mud with hundreds of immense immen so bordere bohlae bou dere re from the mountain that had found a lodgment dement lo in the road tea is the backbone of the supportable it ought to be at every meal except breakfast it ought to be nothing but schillings best |
