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Show 5 I ie Death and Much Property I iage Left In Wake of Sunday Storm I t(irm Broke Suddenly ij Kith Terrific irind; Rain Follows k hen with devastating force ddeness a storm of hurri-g hurri-g i . proportion cut a swath H . '-.-h Dixie last Sunday night -j one death and much ny damage in its wake. ft ,''nenry Graff of Santa Clara Mr. killed when struck by a 'limb, and both young and ises were uprooted before ';-orm passed its peak. -' storm broke shortly after 3. with a terrific gale carry- clouds of dust and leaves, ved by a terrific downpour 1-ai. Coming from the north-. north-. the gale gained momentum left Gunlock, sweeping down course of the Santa Clara -i and widening its front as it :d across the base of the . Valley mountains and ::h the towns of Santa Clara, f iorge, Washington and the 4 -i adjoining, along the course ,e Rio Virgin. Falling trees -red power line wires and in-r in-r . fied the risk for several es until the power went off 68 'reckage of lines, breaking off 66 Continued on page eight) 69 : Devastating Storm (Continued from first page) and uprooting of line poles, re quired 16 men on the job during the reconstruction period, states Reid H. Gardner, of Cedar City. He joined the crew at St. George at 10 p.m. Sunday, remaining until repairs were completed. com-pleted. Three poles were blown down between St. George and Veyo, six poles between St. George and Virgin Dome junction junc-tion and 15 poles in Ivins. At the old state experimental farm in the Washington field, operated by John T. Neilson, three large mulberry trees were uprooted, up-rooted, one falling on the front of the farm house. A ton of seed hay was a complete loss and two tons of peaches spread on the ground, almost a total waste. Trees were uprooted throughout the Washington fields. A large shade tree on the Price Bench farm of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Sturzenegger fell on their house, one limb pushing through the kitchen door. Reviving from this shock they rushed out to pen up their 700 turkeys in a large brooder house, which they were just leaving when the terrific wind forced in the entire north gable, showering the two of them with adobes and dust, Mrs. Sturzenegger receiving many bruises on head and shoulders. When they could get out of the building they remained in the open yard until the storm cleared, j They found 150 dead turkeys in the wreckage the next morning. ! LaVon Jones was struck on the head and face by a flying limb on his Bloomington Bench farm, receiving a heavy, welt on his head and losing two front teeth. When he regained consciousness after the storm cleared he was on the streets of Bloomington, a mile distant. A mulberry tree was uprooted j in the rear of Mrs. Tina Mac- farlane's lot and fell across the hen houses of Mrs. Annie Johnson John-son in the adjoining lot and imprisoned im-prisoned two dozen young foul until morning. At the Mrs. Marian Bentley home one falling tree damaged the cornice in the front of her house, and another in the rear yards, crashed the roof of an adobe granary. A large Ailanthus tree was uprooted in the northeast corner of the Tabernacle square, leveled a length of iron fence and wrecked wreck-ed wires. Limbs were blown from other trees in the yard, and in many yards through the town. The barn belonging to Gerald Seegmiller was robbed of its roof by the twisting wind. The historic old Cottonwood tree, planted in Washington in 1S64 by G. W. G. Averett and his son Elijah, often photographed by tourists passing on highway 91. was swung out by the roots from its position between the M. W. Adams home and Camp Washington Wash-ington store. These are merely a few of the reports of falling trees. Much damage was done to trees and fruit in the town of Santa Clara. |
