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Show noons in sAsrurK. Tbe Mont Hut Hate lltrn I'.xftrlcDCcd Tlitto for Slany Trn. Thla It Another teaaon or lloodl for Haupete. ThaManll AVnH'icf of thlt week aaytt Tha ireateat flood that lua over been wltiieaeed In Iho northern part of Htu-ikI. Htu-ikI. comity, wa. wltneired In Oak Creek canyon, thn-a Mllea iiorth of Kaltvlew, ia.t Wadnenliy. An eyo wltntMUrMrlbealtM followt: Acloud buratlnthoHoulh l'ork., which Inter-Mtta Inter-Mtta tha main canyon Alout two mllea from tho IhaiI of lhaennyon. Attha luouth of thla fork there were four families living, Iwlonglng hi Ilia law milt tamp of Krntit Duiple. Tha raw mill camp, of Hwen O. Nlolaon waa l near by. About I p.m the voluuia of water rime down Atjout even feet high, rolling rock, and tint-ler tint-ler ahead nf tlia atreim, The men had barely Ulna enough to ruuluto Ilia biuret And tiring tlia women and children out, when Ibe iluod iltunk llielr home, nnd It waa only a moment until houaea and all their eontenta were awett awav. leaving moat of time Ivor tamlllea wllh nothing on earth, only what they had on their l-acka, Una Ivly had Juil taken oil her children', ihoea, leaving nil, (llinoln number), bnrifoole.1. Aa irovlilona aud nil vera awepl away, tha cntlro law mill crew wera taken to lha camp of HwenO, Nlelaon and cared for rta lit could be dona under the ?!rcuin.tam. Tha women and children wera fumlilted ehvltor, while a great many of thu men wera coiniirllrid tu aeek thrlter under pine trwa, mound the camp flrei. Nlelaon'a camp autlered but little. A wagon loaded wllh machinery, waa tlpfed over and waihed down tho atnani, loiltig many valuahlonrtlclea. Tha next pi no w aa that of dcu. Tucker I Co., which nat aliout one mile down thu itrenm. At thlt i-olnt Iho drift wood.loppwl Ju.taUivo thu mill. The mill wai completely Immerted.Uil wllh llllla damago. Two wagon, were taken linwn atrenm nnd amaahed, and a great deal of lumber and ties carried oil. Tlia next point waa tho nv mill of C.U. lVtorftn and Melion, which tullerud no loaa. Home of tha men lovt their laiddlug. One lady at Iho mill failed tiiajnietdng the Hood and to ba rattled away. Tha Hood carried away every board of lumber, nmountliig to about ,1o,iK) feet, belonglug lo all the Milt oom-lAtiuw oom-lAtiuw lu tlio cauyou. Tho abova partita had put a road lulu Hilt canyon lu the early part of tha summer at a xvtj heavy ex;ieli.e. Thlaruul la damiged badly, It being rut out tu iliptuoftcn feet In ploceo nnd taking nil the bridge. It la now Inifioiilblafor n wagon to get up or down Ibu canyon. T liera aru hundreds of corde of drift wood piled up lu different differ-ent plane. There can ho but little doubt at to tills lielug lli large! voluuioof watir that has ever oomu down any nf lha ranron In this roti nty, it carried w Itti It score of targe saw logs aud liouldrMwhlcif will way leveral lona. It did tall Utile danuta In the valley. It 1. an event which will never ba forgotten by tuo.u who WllUlued tlieicuna. |
