Show OUR COLORFUL PAST Compiled from the files flies of the tilO Grand Orand Valley Times by the Moab Daughters of Utah Pioneers Moab and Grand county which have survived more than one year on less than four inches of I rainfall almost flooded out In Inthe Inthe inthe the first two weeks of August 1899 Nearly two Inches of rain fell in Moab during that period The phone line to Thompson was out of service according to the Grand Valley Times and it can be assumed the storms were re re- re- re The bridge at Bill canyon on the new toll road between Moab and Richardson was was washed out At Elgin and Green River the heavy rains did even more dam dam- age On August 3 an eastbound train ran into a washout five and one-half one miles west of Little Grand Orand The engine and four cars were derailed and two men J. J Whalen and Frank McMahon were killed A coroners coroner's jury censured censured censured cen cen- the railroad for hiring In In- labor for responsible po positions referring to the Chinese Chinese Chinese Chin Chin- ese On August 6 6 the railroad track at wash two miles east of Green River was undermined and traffic was delayed for 24 hours The Green Oreen River Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation tion Cos flume across Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood wash was carried away by bya a flood and there was other less serious damage In the Grand Orand Valley Times of May 6 6 1898 Pedro of 01 Elgin reported an addition to that communIty community community com com- as follows A brand new baby arrived at atthe atthe atthe the residence of C. C S. S Myers last Saturday It Is a girl of regulation regulation regulation regula regula- tion size and is registered in the f family register as No 5 All concerned concerned concerned con con- are doing dong well and Mr Myers is preparing to put In an extra acre of beans melons etc |