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Show I! - - . :.y- I : . . - . . - ! .. .- ' - i . . . V - M -' 'J i . - ' -' - ' - ' : v " ' ' , . I . " .: v - . ' ... ' .; - . ; ' ; 111 . -- ' - . " i '..- , 'v ' ' '.--- ' - " . - . ' ' . i -- r ' , . i ; .- " 1 ' ' -- -.- ' " : - - , . " "- v ' . " i - - : . ' ... : i.. . . ' ' . " :" WHITE RIVER BRIDGE concrete batch plant suffered damage hen flash flood stormed down Wagon Hound Draw and flooded equipment. Two Bonanza water lines were uncovered by the gulley shown. WAV. Clyde Construction is hauling fill for the new White River bridge, north abutment upper left. The old abandoned aban-doned steel bridge is still a famous landmarK of this area, located six miles south of Bonanza. White River near Bonanza Flash vlood drenches work siie; 2 hurtf, heavy damage " -estimated Si million damage was . S-sd to construction equipment and ,i i cen were injured, but not serious- i. ': s a flash flood Wednesday after- ii" SKwept down Wagon Hound Canyon n 3 e White River about 40 miles ? of Vernal, i J'cent Gonzalez, 48. Washington, v was rep3;pH frnm thp Ashlpv -() Medical Center Wednesday to ore of his physician in St. George, :-Krdmg to a hospital spokeswoman, tzalez suffered a pelvic injury j being pinned by waters between I trucks. He was brought out of the -.on by fellow construction workers a found by a sheriffs deputy at za about two miles north of the r! said Fern Reynolds. Uintah 'Sheriffs information Officer. More pictures, SLER , MW see page 2 wmt r, "rrell Gonzalez, age and address , !,s f' suffered bruises and abra-1 abra-1 f"i" after 'ig washed down the river :;n 700 to 1,000 yards and over a embankment, Reynolds ft )' cement mixers were partially juj- and nine other vehicles were S',V 1?' f've of them totaled- A ce about a mile away was also W. she said. s,,; :"el tank was swept between 200 ij-jj yards by the water, she said. s m i?ker told she""iff's deputies that a i iater fUr feet high and 60 t0 70 i'ti-6 arne down tne canyon for , 'minutes. Reynolds added. i r. orkers. and W.W. Clyde con-j con-j f.' n companies, are building a ' -a" ip3 ?.ross White River and a to the proposed White ltfl 0il CorP- mining facility miles south. Was reported about 5 p.m. Wers drenched the area J s ,lgist for White River Shale Oil Corp. was reported missing and was found a few hours later. A pair of Division Divi-sion of Wildlife Resources officers were reported missing miles downstream in a boat, but were accounted for around 8:30 p.m. According to White River Corp. spokesman Corey Grua, a worker for one of the firm's sub contractors encountered en-countered a wall of water while trying to drive up the canyon. The worker eventually laid in the bed of the pick-up until the water subsided, Grua said. Deputies said more could have been injured had the workers not been between bet-ween shifts. |