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Show 30-Ton Boulder Crashes to Road, . Shatters in Parley's Canyon State Crews , Toil to Clear Debris Off Highway Stat road commission craws worked Thursday to clear U. S. 40 iri Parley"! canyon after a giant boulder, weighing nearly 30 ton, hurtled down the mountainside to create a hazardous condition for motorists. " The huge rock, loosened by moisture mois-ture from January's record breaking break-ing storms, cams down the mountain moun-tain between 3 a. m. and 3:30 a. m., Tyler H. Barton, maintenance foreman ior the commission, reported. re-ported. "Luckily, no motorist was In the vicinity - when the huge boulder made Its plunge," Mr. Barton said. The foreman came along a few minutes later and placed warning ' i s 4 . . tl '"i - ' -' - -- 't- J signals. The boulder shattered as It hit the highway ."sending pieces ' all over the roadway. One piece, weighing 10 tons, was left in the middle of the highway and workmen work-men resorted to dynamite, to remove re-move it The rock came down 800 feet west of the cement plant, about four milea from the city. A bypass by-pass was made, making It unnecessary unneces-sary to close the highway. ie-TON BOULDER JUST A FRAGMENT LEFT BY SLIDE Russell Cederland views debris In Parley's canyon |