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Show erviDe Again Hit By Cloudburst; Rebuilding Starts ,.jn(j Cloudburst in Week; Repair Work Washed Affay, No Lives Lost --NKERVILLE, Nev. Anoth-,'.ific Anoth-,'.ific cloudburst hit Bunker-; Bunker-; f Saturday night, July 2 5 'stout 9 P- m. The rain fell nents and the flood followed Uiitely, wrecking everything it. -:e water ran higher than the ,',fo! two weeks ago which , damages estimated a t ':,. All of the repair work ': had been done was swept and the canal filled from .. l0 bottom, waier naa uubu ..jM to the town the night (or the first time since a3 washed away two weeks .;ire. The fields are very dry ;j the farmers had planned to their irrigation the follow-s follow-s aoroinig- ,,- t! 1 : i Horses Used vary A. Hafen, age 82, was ;,j to leave her home on a with her son-in-law who i; her to his home. The m ran waist deep around her 3 and covered floors with : a inch deep before it could i;pped with dikes of sacks A with dirt. Others also v.i it necessary to ride tc-'.j tc-'.j on horse-back. No Deaths ft deaths were caused by the ! bat great property damage ! suffered by the residents of i town. The storm lasted about iour. It is reported the worst it history of the community, last flood, before the ones :) Kiimmpr flpcnrefi over five a ago, and residents report r. it wasn't nearly as severe. Residents again appealed for sinnient aid to clear up the ae and bring water into i It was through the help Kred from the government s; the community had been i- to bring water to the town i quickly. Senator McCarron i: other state' officials inspect-I inspect-I 'he damage Monday, June 27. "nty agent John H. Witt-:- Mackay and other county ,:li held a meeting with the Ms Sunday night to define de-fine how to proceed with the "Mtruction. Some Bunkerville simts blame the building of highway and the changing of tod-control district for the '-mess of the damage done 'to town. |