Show SEARCH THE MOUNTAINS CITY utah july 1896 A party of men la Is going out now to try to fiod bad peter hunteman Hunte mao who was waa in the mountains and has baa not been heard beard from since monday FILLMORE july 1896 yesterday yea about 6 5 p in excited men on borse haak were seen been galloping in many directions warning the people of 0 this city that a flood was waa coming down the abe canyon and a terrible stench and a roar told told of its a near approach few people thought it could be but a small mall affair until the unusual notee dispelled the thought when hundreds of people repaired to the chalk crook creek banks banka to watch its iia approach this was waa a light eight not easily to be for the mighty torrent had bad btttle the appearance of water tor for in its ita precipitous career down the steep canyon it had bad torn the black and ana red soil boil from the creek banks and mixing them to a consistency of thick mud and bearing 0 i its bosom uprooted trees and saw logo with debris everywhere it IS looked as aa though the mountains moun taina above had bad slewed spewed forth a world of undigested matter to stifle and destroy evenn evert bing log below large trees were tossed high to dash against every dam and briage that offered an impediment in looking over the ground this thia morning the potent evidences evidence that a calamity has baa befallen be lallen our city are be fore us ue many homes that yesterday were surrounded with everything to make the heart bean glad with prospective harvest are now standing anding et in a son of mud from one to lo two leet feet deep prom frona ahe rock bridge on main street to the last bourde ou on the about a halt half a mile away teams nave have to wade knee deep in a slimy meals ol of wick thick mud the homes of lubean noyed dr keen george Greenw ayEd Bart bartholom bartholo holop men alark albert Sh atler john kelly mrs hire jesse Hu hunteman Huat ateman unan william bealton Be arton tod Ashman Charley riley old bartholomew place and many others are damaged from one to many hundreds bun dreda of dollars dollare gram grain and gardens are destroyed from the top city waters to the fields miles below the creamery la Is surrounded with mud and debris and inside the two lower shelves filled with cheese are burled buried in the same fifth hoge ob ickens and some cattle were seen to go down the stream three wagons and several sets seta of harness barneda are known to be lost also a road cart belonging to john kelly the wagons and harness belonged to saw mill nanda hands working in ID the mountains moun taino frank fraak russell BuBa elj just juat down from the hansen brothers saw mill tell me wat bat not dot a vestige of it to la left in place and only the smoke stock was seen een by the owners the belemas belt was found today in the field twelve miles milea from the in 11 site ite feet of lumber was waa swept from thi the warner water power saw mill to ia also aleo cleaned out the road is ia gone and the hands hande meo men and women have made new trails to got get down home as an best beet they could john jackson Jacke oo another steam saw mill owner with a foice boroo at work boa not been beau heard beard from but we hope for the best beat this la is the worst wont flood ever known here bore and estimates ot of damage run from to meadow ls la suffering ering from a similar disaster and kandah anesh to la damaged to some ome extent several frightened anil and bedraggled and children have just got to town own on foot having had a night of experience peri ence never to be forgotten teo they report the remains of tho the baunee team steam engine to be a mile above town hon P F M lemau was an eye wit noes of yesterday d disaster di saeter dick russell reports hall hail stones fall log near the saw mill as big as aa his flat another large torrent current of water to la rushing down the creek this I 1 equal to that of yesterday but it 1 la more free from timber and debris con will not do as much damage we can stand on main street and see ee the water numbing fruebing down the mountain sides eldes four miles south it will go down the old pine creek channel to president I 1 N hinchley Hinck ieya s farm A BIRD |