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Show THE SAXl'KrE FL00II. Fall mHint .r llir runt J ml (be IMmitsr. The following is laktn from tlw Kj'iirslm JUgvier. On July 16th. exactly eleven nwntho after Hie drtrMi-. tlood of 1H J ear. Mantl u-nn again vinittii 1 that; terrilik i lenient of let ruction, a mail ru-h of water. For MHe tune tiefore it reseheii town the Iiitiescritabte KrinUiuir. nt'lilnt; ronr couM l: heanl. ihI the 'egtoter remrter oil looking out ujmi the rtreet. miw tnio of frightened chiWreii nu ah women with their facet turner in nnxixi.. heljtievs terror toward the mhjii.I Men on Iiorte. vnrion'Iy uij ped, rode to tile .blre where lnt J enr's cxierieiKv unight them their re.-enee re.-enee woultl Ihj needed. The Hijeir- w- not inlonsei. for lfore mijbody iiad time to think of HtkillK a lilace of Mifetr, the firt of the Hood, Ix-arlii! uin its angry front the tfolln of the mill in thecaiiyon and ttie lridge above, caim'tiiiriiii: down tlirough the center of tlie town. Tlie flrrt daitKeroiH oltnictlon that it met at thbiAgeof iU iM.'mtge wax at Chri--tiHerMiiis mill ditch. The nam U thrown airtcs tlie creek at tin-place, tin-place, in onitr U rake tlie waUr Milli. ientlj. to All the ditch tint turn Cliri-lnfler-uirn (?rit mill, Mtuattti inlhe centre of town 'lie gnat head f timlvr, forming an al BM water tiglit farrier, was -t4).ieil hy thi dam, and hy the wiliiht of the watirili hii;hrind higher, until the Imuwof Mrs. 1 I. I)iltonon theee't bank wan Hir rmnided, ivltars fild-l ami the build nig threatened; an I on the ast hie it roe ill air sikI tuii'ed ovir the Mone ail, Slid dut n tlie lane lie-twi-en Jlr. l.niwnV l-ine d-e and thedvrillitig limiwi.f theunfnr-tiuiate theunfnr-tiuiate Mr. Je-ejih Mll-on, who, from some cnue. had heanl nothing of it until he Meed to the door Tlie Mght was truly ap-tlling; .is the rushing mud aiul timlter' hh-iihiI making rtnight for liki hmi-e. lie Miatihcd uj his little mother les ly and, tlorely folloHeil hy the ntir-e, wito cla-jiol tlie tiny infant in her arm and h ilf loj her agel mothir, came directly ainxtlu i-treet to the gate win re vour reirtr stood, hoi ling it wide ojvnand bidding them t liter an 1 take refuge in the house nhirh Mood hiph and dry. and entirely out of the traik of the flood. Madaon climlicil in'oa tree with the tluld in his arms from whuh ikjmIIoii lie wis al le to realize that dangtr a not likily to follow hi lovni onoi thtre. Jle came down, aiHl resigning hiichlklren to the can- of the lailii of his houlioltl, Jolnol the ranks of the workers and did valiint service, taking many rfcska vith the others. Mrs. Hrow n's lm"iiies plai-e c-ca)ed; c-ca)ed; iHit her kib hen on the lower gnu ml was directly in tlie track of out half of the dream, ami it nil stnight through, washing wash-ing out all movable oljul-, ami finally Hosting a huge box to and acnifcH tlie door, blocking its own egreM ami giving tlie water such a detli that a high cuiJiotnl Ma lifted from the floor and kid on lt-batk. lt-batk. The cellar m fllleil aim miicii uamage done to everything within the mom. The lad iewcd the iscene of def4niction from your rejorter'a ilevatetl iireml'e and took the wile matter hiiot)o)liic-alh, hiiot)o)liic-alh, saving- Well, lliat room needetl tearing down anyhow, and it w ill get it now, and I shan't fret alfrtit it." Thus far I had cnl followeil one of the little side Sub. I now sillied forth aiui atteniited to get it the ruin in the track of the main stream. Tlie nest thee, C'raw-funl'sand C'raw-funl'sand DmiguirlV, got their full share, and crossing the street ovr the neirh demolished bridge, tin. flood hjcd sad haoc witli the row of business bruises ami tlwellings combined that front tlie TiiU'rliacle ssjuare, Unit on the ilace llong-ing llong-ing to Billion Jensou and Hans Ciiristoirersoii. The dam and tiriiiges referred to turned ihas half of the torrent out of its course here, hurling it with savage fury on the neat little cottage anil gardens, belonging to the wife of J. M. '-jt-dahl, that were so ln-llj Hooded last year, entering anu swuuiing in mud and filth the Bakery of Mrs. Schoguard. and theeelLrs and yard of the milliner shop of Mrs. A. C. Smith. A high stone wall within a ftw feet of the lack door and running up the yanl toward the residence of Clirl-toflVrson, liut stopi4ng short of that gentleman's Iiack door, alone prevented the mass of filth diluted with water from nishing straight th rough herilegaut and well stoekeii business place. The flood follow ed the wall until It came to the end at the lock door of the Cliri-totTerson home, and in spite of all efforts filled a hugh cellar that was under the houce, ami augment ed by a new branch from the main stream that came tearing down the slope from IheVoral, it made its way across the street, entered the public square, went tearing across its unobstructed width and hurled its ever augmented weight against the strong wall witli which the square is surrounded. President Maiben's lieauUlul dwelling and tasteful grounds la directly across the street from the point w litre the witer attacked tlie wall, and the gentleman was not at home. -His wife was, and she proved that a womin may be a i-fect i-fect lady, and at the same time, a heroine in an emergency. In the few minutes allowed before the flood undermined and beat down the w all, she planned and executed the Usl defen-e in her jewer to make, ere the wall fell and two rods of it was hurled into the street. Tlie carriage mount in front of the gate and other barricades certainly saved (the house from being defaced, if not completely destroyed; but the flood divided; thai going to the left swept through the orchard, ruin- Ing tlie l"n u and fl-iwcn as it isseil jb bur mg the ganfeti and, again ittopiied byasfonewail begin luck ling up until, when alut three ft-tt deep, that wall also give w ly, and although the flood did much iljm-age iljm-age to the ganlen of Mr. Martin. It e-ntirel) nil-sed tlie house, running to the right and joining the main lady of this half of the stream w hldi, after visiting a number of places and leaving its mark, smsI at the home of Thomas G. Bleak. It entered the Insement st'ry. usfl by the family a- kltclien, dining din-ing room ami store Imhii-, iml laterally later-ally buried in one muddy grave the furniture, prow-ions ami a great quantity of clothing Indulging to this estimable family. Vhnour re-porter viewed the scene some hours later, it tw-eearnl di ri-tiii. Theonl'arti le rewueil uninjured was a flour Istrrel, which nliiir Henry gallantly wadcl in and brought out as it was 11 mting almut. The cook stove was carried 1 2 or H feet from where it stood, and smashed. Tlie gentleman was not at home hut rami in on the afternoon after-noon stage, very llllcxpec'edl but verv hannllv for his famih Tlie Usteful iHime of KreJ Alder was muil-waslieil. lsit tlie damage is slight when comimred witii other place; from tin re this I ranch spread out ami lost its d-adly fone, and tlie reporter retracts! the th baek to the bank corner and the main stream. The streets for blocks were a ni'liing torn nt almost im-passable im-passable for ni n on liorselnck, and ldt4rians w en- in dangt r. Tlie Oi-op. t-eaiitsl material dam-ige dam-ige although there wtre quantities oflnsildtrsaml drift wi-l pihsl iiji by tlie strmm whhh nins to the rear of that Miildinir. lilt the nuicliiiK-tieiiot belonging to Mr. 1. V. Fox, and fillel with mwlucery belonging t (teorge lowe f Salt Kike fit, was rausl to the ground, or rather to the water, for it was Isuilt dl roily acns the -stream. Theilamage to the mnehiti ery was low when estmia'-l at 51 VI. The bull Hug was a complete 1 w. The channel ifthe stn-am here goes diagon illy across tlie cent re of Main street, but turned by bridges and drift ofwmks, it hurled itself in blind demoniac fury un tin double dwelling house owned by Aunt Christotn-rsuii nil 1 o-tupitsl bv hers If, her son and his wife. Tills tmildlng is ten feet or motv aliove the lied of the crock, onlinari-I, onlinari-I, and the water mhed in waist deem filling cellars ami Jestniyuig pni rty in a way to drive the kc r old lady nearly trazy, and n-ally threatening the house (a lots-) Willi destniclion. The ounger lad was rescued and taken with her little l-alie to tlie home of lit r motln-r. Mr 'A. It Sidwell. to re main indefinitel but up to Zinnia night the old lad could not lie in duced to leave her di-mantled home. A brilgejust lulow ehetkeil the stream and turned its water agiin into a sidt stret t, lait the main rt tore across lots through the prellll-s s of V. A. Cox, missing his ln-ll-e but washing out the machine shed in goodste. hlotk west and north it encountered another bridge and piled It high with drift-wood, divide di-vide I its turn lit and hurled itself on eitlit r side of it. While t ogag.-l ill iigging this out tlie li I of the troekaliove was filled with a dt-Isitof dt-Isitof sand ami stones, until it is nowhere more than twelve i ml it-do it-do p, and Is really much higher than some of the dwellings Is low This bridge was torn complelel out, and the dwelling to the right, belonging to a widow named Han sen. wassodamagetl that the building build-ing is considered dangt rous and al most unlit forocciijan. Haze Clark is tin ul man, so far known, who had a narrow escajs from death, and it occurred at thin point and while that gentleman was bravely aiding the work ofdtfeiist-and ofdtfeiist-and rescue. The bridges were de- tuolisiicti, aim lie -toon on a piauit placed on one I sink an 1 a pile of drift, and was endeavoring to clear tin-stream of debris and give the 'water" or rather mud, a chance to pursue the proier course, when the pile of drift, the plank and Clark all liegau going down stream. A great shout ot mingled warning and horror hor-ror went up from tin.-spectator and workt rs, for they knew that if once iiegot his head under there was a very small tliance for him to come illt alive fir if lie were not brained b the tlmlK-rs he would be smothered smoth-ered in the foul flow. He was rescued, res-cued, partly by his own cord presence of mind and partly by the pnmit and efficient aid remit rod him b his comrades. Below this the work of destruction went on to thu field, Irut nothing so serious occurred as those aln-ad mentioned, ami the minor events would fill a volume. Above the point where the re-lrter re-lrter first saw the flood miny ptaces were ravi-hcsl of ganlens, and dt nuded of movables; celLars were filled, and sbukanlsiivadeil: but at the gri-t mill oi-ptsite K. M Jolly's residence are piles of slabs, luml-er, poles, and trees plied up, until it Is a matter of astonishment how it made its w a even that far, through a populous city, without doing more damage than it ill 1. It is a deplorable sight to ee the premises of the iron founder with all his iKiildings, macliiuery.moukis and material detni ed. The R dlcr mill is safe. From an interview with Fn-d Alder whowitnessnl the taking ou'. of the saw mills, etc, in the canyon, we learn the following facts: Mr. Fred Alder, Guard Snow.and V. II. Peacock, were at Peacock's saw mill in Mantl Cany on. The repairs re-pairs of bridges roals etc., had barely been completed, obliterating the damage done by the last year's flood. The mill owners had made extensive pniarattons for a Ion,; run. On sstunlay, July 19th, a little tsffsru noon, while Mr. Peacock Pea-cock was putting In a bridge at the end of the mill, and was down in a gulch, and Mr. Alder was sharien-ing sharien-ing n saw, the last named gentleman gentle-man heard, above the customary sound and gurgle of mingled water and tree-torn wind, a peculiar crushing, grinding roar, that had an ; iudescnbablesoundof overpowering force in its intermittent tumult. He . paused to li-teu ami Mr. Peacock . seeing his attitude, also paused and as the sounds Ijetame mon audible, the lth divined its mtiiniiig Tin had just completed a new dim in lieu of the one de-tnil by the flood last car, and they ru-hed from the mill, ami started toward the dam to see how it would sUnd It. The first thought of Mr. Peacock, however, was for his little son aged 11 y ars wlwm he hail sent with anotl er 1k to find a sjian of liorses higher up in the can on. and who was mail nrobabilitv in the direct tratk of the storm that had evidently evident-ly been ragiiiT aliove, although ihere had lieeii iHiraiu where the were. 1 1 is not to lie w oudenal at, if in the face of tins availing thought the father's cheeks ulIeo mid the value of the iroperty in Jeoiardy sat lightl upon Ills heart. s tlie reai heel the roir elevation eleva-tion tliey saw the Hood coining an 1 on the head of it a mass of timlier twent feet ill diameter rolling ovtr and over. The first end of the flood went dow u the proja r t hanitel. ml Peacock turned with some relief re-lief and said to his companion. -1 l-eheve tlie mill is safe " ami his friend reidicd that he honed it was: ' Isit the w ords w ere scarcely out of his mouth, wiieii a second liead of timber came rushing ilown ami turned as the first did. toward the pror i liannel. The mass of limber a id dnft was wider than the channel chan-nel just here, and it caused a jam for one moment while it readjusted itself, and this threw the weight of water on to the upper side of tlie null which creaked and groaned like a living thing in aiigui-h; and as tht timbers fitted to their new situation plunged on in their course of destructiou, the null also gave wa lud in one tremendous entsh wtnt .ovtu can- iug the thmisands of tons of boulders l-lleil up l last car's tl n into a little promonlory, ami Hie s'llugle, lath and picket mill that liy in itscourse. wint down bl died out as complelel as though the had been last ear's bird nests. A stallion valued at $), by a uien-chance, had lieeii brought out uf a log stable HrnaH an hour ts-fore ts-fore the catas'roi he. ami. niuuntliig this animal. Air. i'racotk went in search of his buy, ami tlieotht r two gentlemen mentioned, catching two horses Dial were siravingdou n the can on. the allstartetl to stsrk the ab-ent lys. His sinnlons sjatke some wonts of siiiothy to Mr. PeaciHk with n-ganl to the loss of his mill, logs and summer's work. lilt he answered !) lithe null if I old had my boy." Having so mm h letttr a hop he dlstaiued all lis comjcuiioiis, ami when al.mt two miles ami a half from the pi ict where the null had leen he rode ilow u to the cnt-k and met the little dog that had accouipi-iiied accouipi-iiied the loys, coming out of the wabr. Then he was nearly frantic, the cuuvh tioti fori lug itself lllslll him that the was druwmsl. Alder a-Hl Snow Iwd now ne-iri overtaken overta-ken Mr. la-aiwrk, ami (elore thty reaiheil him they couM hear the Isiyi. on the other side of the creek. Mr. Pi.cock tritsl viral times to cro-sand linall made if, while tlie other mm nale a mile up to where tlie lo s could cross. Mr. Alder said there was much m re water than last far, but not qulto so much timber, liut monster trees were iiruotetl and broken like-stems like-stems of wheat, and the sdut of a hill was ut nit in ten minutes. All this timber from l-itll floods is pile. I along the course of the stream, and a HinhI that would lie a feu ft-tt higher would en iphate all this terrible weight of timlier on to the town. Itut there i hanil any jsis. sibility of siiih luing the case, but these men had grave ,ap). relit lisioll for the residents of Mantl wlio were in the water course, as It was. YLtll AT KI'IIKAIV. The sources of the streams that water tlie two towns, hphraini and Mantl, n-e so near oath other that it would lie almost imxdlle for one to have a flood ami the other to e-cape. The flood came iion l.phraiin at about the same time that it strutk Mantl (li.t"), and lasted alsait two hoiiia. Tho roller mill was the first oh jeet ill Its track, but lutkily for its ow tiers it escaped ilamage, not even the flume being touched. Two thousand feet ot lumls-r piled up, wa-. however, sweiit away and stfltti rwl from tliir'- to the i-utn-pitcli. The stream divided itself into several bodies, materially lessening its t lower for ev II, Isit scattering the drift-wood and boulders it had brought dow u over acn-s and acres of land between the- mouth of tlie canyon and the town, encroaching on the town and leaving desolation where there liad ln-en well cultivated culti-vated gardens and beautiful flowers. flow-ers. A large lody of water went west, entirvly out of thu proper ehaumlsand using an old ravine as i chaiint i, working a sad havoc through all the south rt of town ami c veil jmssing the barrier of the railroad grade ami doing much damage dam-age to the luceru and other growing crops. Jlad the water not taken this course it would no doubt have followed fol-lowed the north ditch alow the north side of town, destroying property prop-erty thete ami prolnbly doing very much more damage to crops of the fields of grain being but a little way from where the flood left the canyon; and the slepeof the land would have turned it from the incomtcnt ditch, ujioii the Inhabitants of that part of town, with no old ravine to guide, and tartly control Its cour-e. After the part of the stream sioken of entered town It first filled the cellar to the nice new building recently re-cently put up by Thomas P. Lund, and not ytt completed. From there it ran in a muddy torrent through the old mill belonging to Mary Tliore, and from there to the Planing mill of Mr. Cckennan. Hut it was able to do very little damage hero, as the proprietor had taken the timely advice of a friend and cut his dam, giving the water a free lossage. The race was filled with mud, but will only make him a little work. The home and shop of F. 1. Jenson suffered very much, and his bees were swept away, and quite a lot of lumlier and wood following, moved ntf the place. Several rods of tight loml fence had liet n sprung along this block by the weight or the wattr Ivliind it until the water could find egress beneath it. C. Carl-ou was visited and washed in mud and otherwise damaged, and al-o the prt im-es of C P. Jenson prc-eiitcd a sad spectacle; spect-acle; J. P. Jen-ou's out buildings wire so liadly damaged that some of tin m w ill have to be torn dow n, not lit ing coiisidtred safe. Neils Jen-ou. the cariicnter, fared pretty badly, tlie wash conducting thu water direct! into his premises He had a thousand pounds of flour In his cellar that was completely ilcstroyei!. lie-ides other provision". The w ash h very deep just nt the lck of his hou-e ind ill it was constructed con-structed the outlsiibliugs. which held hi pigs, calves chickens, ttc. His wife is something ofan Invalid, hut rnipted by humanity she at-teniitei at-teniitei to assist in reselling trie livestock from lieing drowned. Wit the place fllleil so fat ami the cur rent tame so strong that the lady was In great danger of losing Iter life. A step lad lor was hastily procured, pro-cured, and with that and 'some lioards s-veral men succeeded in rescuing Iter. Tlie block on the south tnd of Main Street, where Niels Thoinisii is liuiMiiig oim of the finest residences residen-ces in Sanpete County, is a regular swamp at the lower end, and the water flowed around the new I si I Id -ing. derating it somewhat. At the extreme southwest corner of town the re are acres of ground overflowed, overflow-ed, ami the well of 51. P. Peterson had seventeen feet of mud in it when tlie storm wa.sovir. A. 15s-qui-t wasal'iiostdrow nisi out by the w ati r hacked up by rj. P. V.grsnle, while on the other side of the street the grade saved several places from inundation. Driving mirth along Itallnd Mrett. the place of M. Hisiniiss) ii was s.n to le much damaged, liut the flood did not get hi Iwes this car as it did last, Iti-hop Anderson on the extreme notth edge of town which received the othtr rt of the divided stream, lost lully four Ions of luceru, ami the marks on the fem es Indicate that the w ater stood in the enclosures enclos-ures of Jeiet ( lawsou and Niels Chrlsten-ou fully six fctt, which coukl not fail of working mm h disaster. dis-aster. It ab came through Ole Christanseu's place, leaving it looking look-ing a jierfw t wret k. A little 4hi of Mrs. .Schults. seven or ciaht vmrs obi got into the water ami would Imvedrownt-I Isit for the lmmipt aid txtrnded by those present. The 11 xs! at l.phrauu isgrratly to be deplored, and many places have been djinagetl, ami manv persons are nut of pocket that would Is but vain reittrnthui to name; Isit the eople of Utah are proverbial for finding something to Is thankful for; so the are thankful that it s noworsr;thtitdid not come In the nigh, that no lives were lost, ami Ihat the loss, t-timat-tl at Sa. although al-though very great: is iiMi-tly rrpre-stnteil rrpre-stnteil in lalsr. and can be replaced with vtry little casti outlay. 5i-ki.no cm. Then was quite a llood at Ssring City on tlie luth that. U-hles flooding flood-ing grain fields and luceru latches, filled a small carp pond full of mud. The waters covered several fields of grain and some grain that was In the "shotk," that is water to the dt4h of four feet. The damages are variously estimated at $lft?J to Sirsw. CIlFSTlIR would no doubt have suffered much from the high water from Spring . City and Mt, Pleasant but for a " timely warn in. All the sluice-ways were oiened, ami a "time iia-i" given it to the Sanpitch. MT. 1'I.KAST Is reported as having escaped Is-ing lloodeil, tlHHigh she liatl jwrt of the storm and plenty of high water. IXT1M VTKll Ui-8. Manti. $10 nml; Kphriim. S-N1"1; spring City, SlsM and other unt. J-'SW. making in all aluut 51iml. The losses are not more than this ammiiit, ami many place them at mm h less. |
