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Show I DUCHESNE VISITED BY WORST STORp HISTORY Just before noon Monday, Duchesne Du-chesne was visited by the worst ball 1 nd wJmdi steam in history. Veireta- lion was etrJpped of leaves and the ' jmcre tender stuff cut off. Tomatoes ' '.were cut to pieces. More than one inch of precipitation fell in ten.mln- .utes. During the 30 minutes when the storm was moderate before and after the severest of the storm, 1.21 1 of an inch fell according to tho gov- ' ernment thermcmeter at the Y,Tin3-1 lew station. The hail extended only I jn short wty out of Duchesne, but jthe rain extended mere or less over' jthe v.-hole country. 1. Tito canyon road was washed full of shale from the mouth to about 1 tlx miles up the canyon. The Strawberry Straw-berry rivcT" was the highest ever i known by the present inhabitants. Ci.siic table damage was done about live miles west of Duchesne by the .Strawberry river overflowing at the second bridge where the farms of J. 1 ;G. Ivie, the Wheeler and oM Meacham farms, were practically 1 . washed away or covered up. J Parties camped at Moon lake report re-port deluged conditions in that s-ec-' Hon also. j L |