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Show closed. W a tared In Ordsn two day and returned to Salt LaJts Friday morning, all ragged and tarn, but happy that but adventure had DO atarnar ending.. "VVs hav a hatter conception than ever bfora at how tha wit tara ram down at lyodore,' con. eluded Mr elona Campers Tell Of Close Call During Flood Four Huddled in Small Coupe as Deluge Carries Debris ! Down Canyon Tha waka of tha rarmlngton-Wlllard rarmlngton-Wlllard flood dleaetera la bringing to tha aurfase many thrilling talea af narrow eecape from dean or bodily Injury from campera who wara out In tha mountain canyona on tha night of tha recant cloud-bureta. cloud-bureta. To huddle all tha long night through within tha Oram pad wnflnaa of a small coupe, clad only In their night garmente, while grim Death rode tha seething, surging, roaring flood of black water all about tham, waa tha lot of Mr. and Mra. Waaler O. Seealone, til W earner ea-rner court, and their guaata, H. H. Seaslona of Bountiful and Mlaa Maurlne Wolton of thla city. Tha party waa on a flahlnf trip In Hardacrabbla canyon, )uat aoroaa tha mountain from Farm Ington canyon, and on tha night of tha flood thay were encamped on a grassy piut which waa somewhat higher than tha creek-bed on tha one aids and tha roadway the other. At tha upper end of thla little park waa a thick clump of under bru eh and email trees, and tha camp waa pitched with a view to being aheltered from the weeter-Ing weeter-Ing aun by tha shade they afforded. Butlt.was solely xa this thicket and tha protection It afforded In fending off the Immenes boulders and tree trunks brought down tha canyon by tha flood of waters that the membsra of tha party ara alive today. INUNDATED BY DIBRIS. After tha itrng vigil had passed and tha day dawned, tha camper found that a solid maaa of rubblah, sticks, atonee, trees and bushes had been packed against their bulwark and that on both aldaa wara lying great granite boulder ao large that It seemed Inconceivable that ' any force generated by water could hava moved tham. "We went to bed about t o'clock Monday evening." aald Mr. Seealone, In recounting tha eiperlencee of tha party, "thoroughly at peaee with all tha world and totally un-euapactlng un-euapactlng of any danger from tha elementa, although It had been raining rain-ing gently during tha evening and wa could sas from our position that heavier ralna had fallen farther up tha mountain. At about till wa heard a audden roar from up tba canyon about such a nolaa aa t hava heard whan a log am glvaa way and within fifteen minutes tba flood waa upon ua. "Such a roaring, grinding tumult tu-mult I hope never to hear again. Tha waters ross over our little teland and wa wars driven from our cota Into tba car, which formed one alda of our tent, without aa opportunity to seise sny articles of i clothing or any of our equipment. ! Ws crowded Into our coupe, expecting expect-ing that It, too, would be waahed away. Tha water rose until It covered cov-ered tha floor of our car. and there we were, cold and ehlverlng and In mortal terror, for It did not aaem poaalbel that wa could ae-eapa. ae-eapa. Tha nlghr- was -pitch dark snd this added to our dlamajr. Our entire camping outfit waa swept swsy, with all our clothing and food; so that, even with tha morning, morn-ing, our condition waa not enviable. envia-ble. Tha roadway waa strewn with boulders of all slses, and ths bridge across tha creek had baan lifted bodily from Its moorings snd toeeed to on aids by tha Impetuous Impetu-ous waters. TEAM HAUL CAR OUT. "About 10 yards bslow our camping place wa found a pair of woman's hiking trousers and an old awaater. which were all wa salves sal-ves ed from our Impedimenta. We walked down tha canyon eta miles to ths nearest house, procured teama and eome men, and managed by hard work to get our ear out by Tuesday evening. We drove to Ogdrn, aa all other roada war |