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Show Hanlcsvllle Deluged by Heavy Rain "And the rains came"... and did they ever. Over two inches of rain have been recorded re-corded at the weather station sta-tion in Hanksville since the first of the week with a total tot-al for October at 2.86. Flooding Flood-ing in the Fremont River, Muddy River, Bull Creek, North Wash did considerable damage to pastures and roads. The James L. Johns ranch north of town was hit the hardest by the flooding of the Dirty Devil where it tore out fences and washed awav new pasture. Others reporting re-porting damage were the Dee Jacksons and Tom Hopkins in Cainsville, Andrew Hunt and John Johnson in Hanksville Hanks-ville along with Melvin Brown from north of town. Flooding along with new snow was reported re-ported in the Henry Mountains with flooding in North Wash, Granite Creek, and Bull Creek. Flooding across roads within the park at Bull Frog and down Hansen Creek and Shoot-A-Ring took their toll. Larry Ekker escaped serious injuries when the loader he was operating to repair roads at the Shoot-A-Ring Creek mining area rolled over into a flood when a bank washed away. He was pinned under the loader for some time before he was able to get out. A seven foot wall of water wat-er was reported in that canyon. can-yon. Equipment coming in on the oil slick problem in the San Juan River was bogged in the Fry Canyon are a south of here. |