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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S, Photos of the Farmington Flood Disaster W "' ,V Floral Tributes From Everywhere , r "XT Vi.J 52S,uC ftV 1 ft Wi M. - V-- . ' Small portion of loving remembrances contributed' by friends of their fallen chief as they were being carried Into Doctor Harding's home, where the body lay In state. Crowds Waiting to View Funeral Cortege - -- W'1-. 4 n,w jaA MV Hy VV tVi!m& A$P'lk s 'ii ..S' - v 8 7, Photos by The Kaysville Reflex No. 1 Rock above power plant, size perhaps 24x30 ieet carried by the flood to present resting place from point about 100 yards up the stream. No. 2 Wrecked home cf Orson Hyde, east or viaduct. No. 3 Koeks on concrete highway. No. 4 Same as No. 3 after rocks had been partially removed. No. 5 Debris on tracks of Bamberger Electric railroad, looking north from viaduct. No. 6 Barn and yard of the home of Nephi Hayes .south of State road. No. 7 Volunteers clearing State highway. n0. 8 What was left of Utah Power & Light power house in r armington canyon, The above scenes show but a small the heart of the mountain, and the by Dan Harding and Bishop J. Hubthe ab- bard. Her body is cut and bruised part of the heavy loss which was terrible thunder and lightning, caused on Monday night August 13th sence of electric lights and lack of from being dashed against the rocks. The body of her aunt, Mrs. Earl when a terrific flood visited the small telephone communication, the knowltowns of Farmington and Willard, edge that many people were up in Ward, was uncovered Tuesday at 3:30 y search of the which are located upon the state the canyon, drove the people of Farm- p. m., after an banks. The body of the elder highway between Salt Lake and Og-de- n ington frantic. Within a few min- mud rs. Ward has been previously found and caused a loss of property utes the tracks of the Bamberger nnrliin the morning running close onto a million dollars l.nrieii umlcr thousand nf ton of Each side of the small Willard can- and taking the lives of many persons. y The storm was the most disastrous debris and - armington creek, gorged which then swooped down upon the visted the Salt Lake valley with trees and boulders at the small that has -u t nH thn tutpitown. The crest of the water which ' - at- tk j i ui Lin: 111c hri,lrB since .i auvt-iiuiunccia. tu pt upon the town was from 15 to rushing under the great, black, low lying storm clouds, road viaduct, was ana . viaaucc ine Dy soumeasi electrical oriuge accompanied by terrifying n. mass ui iiiuu nun riituiiijxtaacs display which tore the clouds asunder, of town, in some places drifted in over the Great Salt Lake 500 merry makers were hurried into ?he, center f"ur urn.ture h'ch; and collapsed on the top and along the dancing pavillion, by Manager and other household effects were The dancing pavillion the west slopes of the Wasatch range Christensen. miscuously about. a safe, refuge from the flood terThe Pr"home which borders the valley on the east. of Leonard Wells was n .i uaA tUt. Immediately every canyon from the dwn by the waters and he and northern portion of Salt Lake City those who so desired were piloted to :s'ruo't his famiIy barely rescued. Short Line depot iand sent; to Brigham City a distance of nearly 4the eOregon Samuel N. Cook was the heaviest .. i . l - i i ;... 70 miles, became a torrent. On the loser in V illard. .Hi3 large brick resi- i uLi. i; i mot fiiiv ii? ud ni'vi kici i uuu man i iru.. ti'ets leading into Salt Lake City also covered with deep mud. .and and from the north, sand gravel and mud """" "epw bne obstructed the highway in places to a gravel from the flood which came tlr"'lj "JP1? n'f down Hess. from Ford Davis and , depth of a foot or more. In Ogden tU ? dne 0IJ,tnhi" a Thus homes h? and in Ogden canyon the downpour creeks, south of Farmington 7 Jo- off was from the cut was heavy and debris was washed into tarmington h A HHrdin a ,urounded by north and the road south state , the streets and onto the roads in many along d with'the houses in r f ; the and electric In vicNorth Ogden and the Bamberger places. were John losers to the north After the first shock of the great Heavy t- t inity of Ogden Hot Springs, there was t. more or less damage from the down- - catastopne which brought death and lOW6 disaster down Great of Farmington rock and canyon pour. quantities Thc dalnnir1 donc to the water. debris was brought down. from Bear's ;nd into the valley Monday night, , d th ' . . k. ' . y t ....... . . i "v... . . n trt rn unit Ituvia h a , r I' V..K1.' hunnln rtf vi navMiiie, of v illard at the mouth or tne can- ana irom uie canyons on to tbe Heiier;""' '"l"1"" in worit ine was cau,ed by a boulder weighing y"e river. Near 2M feet of the supply ,of succor and humanity. But two of ynu throe tons pipe of the Kaysville water system those who lost their lives were Farm-- , The orfhard and farm crops of thg was carried away at the intake and lnKton or Davis county people, but ,1am. ,,,frrpj ,hn non 10 recover ine rema.ns or , the creek cut for itfeir a new channel A th than that t0 homps, oth(,r those carried down to death was unto the south of the bridge. b(,r pf hores were drowned and The storm struck with terrific force Ur',ng .V"!:'1 the !"''Ych wa? ro;"r(icl-- others were shot because of broken r arm-i- j, Wf,rtt people at Farmington. the county seat of 4,n ?" or broken backs. Davis countv. and at Willard in Box lnto t,ook th l!'a'1 an'J ha.vc1 Iab"rei A narrow escape wai had bv Morris smce day Elder county. At Farmington. the fln,,0fl c."n3tantly n'Kht Abrahamson and daughter of Garland " ia-.. , great cloud suckd up Farmington they were driving through Wizard about K:30 p. m. Monday. Lponhear- canyon, which pierces the range to!,done to the town of Willard the by the north and aof the citv The flood was to ing the roar of water up the can of f.Vo.O'Hl. yon fury of the storm was such, and the Entire familiestheareextent they jumped from the machina the homeless and rainfall so heavy, that the placid and and went across the street to a store. is in loss besides houses other property bru-- h grown tiout stream became a being struck by the water, thc The sanitary conditions are After two blocks rauinir torrent. The boulder which great. a'j'omobile was carrie of a!so a none best as the the result formed tbe bed of the creek and in west of the road on a peach orchard flood. covered with mud , itself was o:f places the I'nder the direction of the state has The following proclama'ion inn aMiinier, ine oru'-- anil trees in road workmen been isued by Governor Mabey of th? bottom of the can von, thn steel began f"'ni",:"n of to clear the to come citizens 1'tah the to deposit concrete dam at the Utah ,la? morning uriring Dower & I.iph power house, everv mui1 ami TtKk off the state h.ghway. the rescue of the homeless and needy 11 will work this that all the resnonse and has from expected j.rd any living thing which was striiek reports been nobly met and contributions are ly the flood, was carried down tbe require weeks for its comple'ion. received The dailv: home of down was and Wards the the into the being canyon valley to PROCLAMATION destruction and death. So far as is first one struck by the rushing wall Whereas the citizens of Willard and known no form of life escaped which of water. Earl Ward was not there came in contact with the flood before at the time and hence escaped the fate those residing near Farmington and it-force wa brolen by the concrete : his wife and mother. Nothing re- CenturviLU have been visited with bridge and slub which form the state main of the house now except a few calamitous storms that have devasscattered pieces of material. The house tated their homes and laid waste their hit'liway. Acres and acres of clean, water was located near the mouth of the farms: washed boulders now cover the floor canyon and Ward and his wife had I, Charles R. Mabey, Governor of s. of the valley from the mouth of the recently started in the poultry Utah, do hereby call upon all tha citizens of this state to demonstrate Canyon to the state highway. Where trees and grasi stood Is now solid Sylvia Ward, 11, daughter of Mrs. their sympathy and affection for their in this vortex. Atmes Mason Ward, of Elba, Ida., stricken fellows by coming to their boulder mass. It was laden with millions and millions of who was recovered from the wreck- - ni l with that unbounded generosity no of rock and debris, that Mr. and ite Monday night in an unconscious characteristic of our people. tons Mrs. Waiter J. Wright of Ogden and condition, wag removed to the Dee Money is needed to right the havor four Salt Ike City boy scouts, who memorial hospital at Ogden, where done, i know the people of Utah will were camping in the canyon were she is reported recovering. respond. CHARLES R. MABEY, The girl recovered from tht taught and carried down to death. Governor. Thc roar of th flood, tearing at flood two blocks from the Ward hout . . -- . t" . I'ltvjple from ull over the United States standing in line just before funeral procession passed tlirougb the streets to cemetery, where Harding's body now reposes In vault Coolidge and Wife Arrive in Marion all-da- .VI ro-o- 1- t- - scat-prov- " ' As ' v ! f ; i,;.i ...' , fl : t ;" J? 1ZTlt ,Z fw, -- zZ?. - s c tu : 1 1 ri 1 i ',ut .. - kJl. - - -- New presblent and first lady of the land are snapped as they left the train to be conveyed to the bousa where the remains of Harding rested before being taken to the cemetery. Notables of Nation Mourn i George B. Christian, Jr. -t .- - r; ;?f - . - if ; f " ' ' ' ! ' ' ' ! liH' U busi-n"s- - wftfc. ' , , . - . , j r i a... Secretary of State Hughes, Chief Justice Taft, Secretary Weeks and Governor Dooahey of Ohio arrlT. U a" The late president's secretary proved his loyalty to his fallee ctilef by befriending Mrs. Harding Id every way possible. |