| Show FLOOD DEBRIS CLEARED IN UTAH ST STATE HEALTH BOARD ACTS TO HALT DISEASE M MoVes ves to Safeguard Citizens ns Taken i in Sev Several Areas k i. i v Scattered Utah communities Saturday w were were rc digg digging ngo out t of 7 mud washed in by recent cloudburst born st floods At the same time state health authorities moved t to sar safeguardS safeguard citizens from the menace of disease and new v slides we were cleared from U. U S. S highway No in Echo cany canyon A cloudburst at 6 p p. p m. m Friday caused four or five slides slide ov over r five or six Ix miles of ot highway 12 miles mUes east of ot Coalville 20 mil miles z west of Evanston blocking g the he m main in route to Wyoming for several hours Deputy Deputy Deputy Dep Dep- uty Sheriff Sherif T. T B. B Wilde of Summit c county told The e Telegram way one-way tr traffic had been resumed by by- 9 30 p p. p m mand and that state road crews workIng working work work- ing all night had bad the route cleared by morning Another small slide that had bad blocked U. U S. S highway No 50 west of ot Soldier Summit Friday night was promptly opened by state att road crews Girl Still l l Meanwhile efforts ta of more than than 4 men to lo tor re recover the body of Miss Miss t i Evelyn R Roberta b MInersville 47 high hig sc school girl who ho wax was SW swept pt into the RockFord Rock rese reservoir near that thai town Thursday night when a an automobile had had- not born re results re- re re-f. re suIts cults up to noon Saturday Dr J. J L. L Jones s state stat he health heIth com n. n missioner sent physicians i ns ana and in hI inspectors sp to Minersville where the thi culinary water system had be been washed out out and and to Willard where a mud flow early a menace to health He was also watching conditions in oth other r flooded communities including Magna and Ephraim Taking an emergency chlorin chlorinator tor with them Lynn M. M Thatcher state sanitary sanitary- engineer and Dr A. A A. A Jenkins district health officer left for to conduct a a- asani sanitation sani IanI- tation survey where Dr Jones said health conditions were most Dr W. W W. W B Bigelow geow district h health alth officer went to Willard to determine the ext extent nt of the dan danger er Danger Cited At the same time Dr Jones began setting up an organ organization t to provIde provide provide pro pro- vide free immunization from typhoid fever s scourge of ridden filth-ridden com Dr Jones cautioned residents real resi dents of to drink only boiled water He explained that even where the water systems were not damaged danger of at disease existed through the spread of ot filth germs being carried by flIe flies At Magna scene of a a. cloudburst Friday afternoon th that t filled streets with water that reached au automobile o obile I I floorboards firemen and volunteer er eri i workers were s striving g to pump out Continued on Pa Pane Pace e Two Column One TOWNS CLEAR FLOOD DEBRIS ltd Continued from PA e On One basements basemen and remove muck that rode rod the waters water from Coon canyon Pumps were In operation all Friday Friday Fri Fri- day night continuing Saturday without making appreciable difference difference difference differ differ- ence in tho water tho-water water that stood in basements Drains DrAIn Flooded Drains were flooded 1 oded and water backed up into houses Jars cf of fruit exploded in basements electrical equipment was wu put out of ot commission commis lion sion and furnishings were ruined in about residences The American Smelting and Refining Re- Re Refining fining company experimental grain crop was destroyed sections of th the Bingham Garfield railroad and the Or Orem m line lino of the Salt Lake Utah railroad were washed out Poultry perished by the thousand Harold Reid losing 1200 of his 1800 bird flock He Ho estimated his loss at atmore atmore more flore than At Willard citizens posted guards looters while occupants of about 10 homes hones removed the more portable of their belongings A few families made homeless for the time being were being cared for at the homes of at neighbors I p Highway BY Cleared State road equipment was clearIng clearing clear clear- ing ng mud off the Ogden-Brigham Ogden City highway at Willard having got gota a way one-way route cleared with double traffic expected early Residents began the task of clearing the tons of ot mud from basements and dwelling dwelling dwell dwell- ing rooms Harry C. C Jessen chief engineer for the state W P A went to Willard Willard Willard Wil Wil- lard to determine if It W P A and COG C C C forces would be needed to help clear away the debris It was expected that clearing of the streets would be made a a. W P A project said eald J. J Alden Bowers assistant VP W VI WP VIP P A director The U-B U dam between Fillmore FUlmore and nd Nephi was periled Friday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon when a fresh torrent swept into it Damage however was confined confined con con- fined to the west side Ide of the ture Highway Reopened Highway No 89 which had bad been closed a short time and traffic di diverted diverted diverted di- di over highway No 28 at Levan was reopened Saturday All highways were reported to be open Saturday by the state road commission The Magna deluge spelled near near- ear ear- tragedy for tor a aboy boy and two girls who were watching the turkey flocks flock on the Reid farm at the mouth of Coon canyon They abandoned their wagon wagon wagon wag wag- on just before the tho wall of water swept down demolishing the ve ye- hicle hide Lawns Under Mud About lawns lawM were under deep mud d washed in by torrents that wept swept fences away destroyed two tennis cour courts at the Cyprus C school and wrecked gardens The home Purser across the street from the school was WM badly damaged damaged damaged dam dam- aged and expensive tools clothing and supplies S stored in the cellar were ruined The foundation of a home under construction a block below the PUrler Purer Pur- Pur ler er residence was caved in Fear that gas mains had been broken was WM felt when a small fire broke out in the basement of the I L. M M. Dayton home on Cyprus ave aye nue flue The fire department soon controlled controlled con con- trolled traIled the blaze N No 0 Change Seen In Utah Weather No change from the weather conditions conditions conditions con con- which have caused thunderstorms thunder thunder- storms and disastrous floods in several several several sev sev- sev- sev eral sections of Utah the past few days day is anticipated over the weekend weekend weekend week week- end by federal feder l forecasters Probably occasional showers vers and thunderstorms Saturday night and Sunday with little change in temperature temperature tem tern the official weather prediction prediction prediction pre pre- diction for tor Utah read Highest temperatures Sunday are expected to r range between 80 and 85 degrees in the mountains and 85 and tand 90 degrees es over the rest of the thene tate The rho weather map showed that Salt SaIt Lake City received no measurable measurable able ble prec precipitation Friday although the airport had 03 inch of rainfall Modena Modena- in southwestern Utah received received re re- rc- rc 14 44 inch of rain Flood lood Victims Return to tp Homes to The It TeLegram HANNA IANNA Wy Wyo Aug occupants 1 Occupants 1 of homes here were back in their dwellings today after alter having fled Friday fro from torrents that rushed through the tho streets after a cloudburst cloud cloud- b burst The water poured down from the Red Bed hills hUls a few tew miles north Basements Base Bue- ments gardens and lawns were wore damaged Hanna is a coal mining town of population in this southern part parti i of lot Wyoming |
