| Show THE SANPETE FLOOD the following is taken from the kenister Ke gister an n july exactly woven months after the disastrous flood oi 01 matyear lat year e a lr manti was again ain visited by bat waible terrible element of destruction 1 I alid rush of water yoi for some urne time before it reached 6 1 town marvn the indescribable grinding roar mar could be heard and the register reporter on looking out ts upon n the streets saw troops of children and pale women their faces turned in anxious belless bel jess terror toward the sound men AA on horses variously equipped me to the places where here last years 1 taught them their pros pres be would be needed thu suspense was not prolonged for before anybody had time to of seeking a place of safety odthe of the flood bearing upon A ft front 0 at ba the spoils of the bellfl 11 1 la rtuh the canyon n and the bridges bavei bo vei danae tearing down don through we center of the town the first roua obstruction obstruct ibn that it met at this stage of its passage was at chris sons mill ditch the dam is thrown across the creek at this place in order to raise the water sufficiently to fill the ditch that turns Christoffer sons grist mill situated in the centre of towns the great head of timber forming an almost water watertight tight barrier was stopped by this dam and by the weight of the water piled higher and higher until the house of mrs L L dalton on the out east bank was surrounded cellars filled and the building threatened and on the east side it rose in air and plunged over the stone wall and down the lane between mrs browns business place and the dwelling house of the unfortunate mr joseph madson who from some cause had bad heard nothing of it until he hb stepped to the door the sight light was truly as the rushing mud and timbers seemed making straight for his bis house he snatched up his little motherless boy and closely followed by the nurse who clasped the tiny infant in her arms and half led her aged mother came directly across the street to the gate where your reporter stood holding it wide open and bidding them enter eater and take refuge in the house which stood high and dry and entirely out of the track of the flood madson climbed into a tree with the child in his bis arms from which position he was able to realize that danger was not dot likely to follow his loved ones there he came down and resigning his children to the care of the ladies of his household joined the ranks of the workers and did valiant vallant service taking many risks with the others mrs liowns business place escaped but her kitchen on the lower ground was directly in the track of one half of the stream and it ran straight through wash ing out all movable objects and finally floating a huge box to and across the door bloc kings its own egress and giving the water such a depth that a high cupboard was lifted from the floor andraw and laid on its back the cellar was filled and much damage done to everything within the room the lady viewed view the scene of destruction from fr aiom your you t reporters reporter s elevated promises premises and took the whole matter philosophically saying well that room needed tearing down anyhow and it will get it now and I 1 shant fret about it ap I 1 thus far I 1 had bad only followed on one of the little side bide spouts I 1 now sallied forth and attempted to get at the ruin in the track of the main stream the next places gra craw fords and Dungu Dun guards ardys got their full share and crossing the street 0 over er the nearly demolished bridge the e flood played sad aad havoc with the r ro 0 N of business houses bouses and dwelli dwellings n combined that front the tabernacle square built bullion on the places belonging to bishop jenson and han Christu Chri fferson the dam and bridges referred to turned perhaps half of the torrent out of its cou course rs here ht hurling stirling it with ft savage vage f ury fury on ob the neat little cottage and gar gardens dausi 1 belonging to the wife of J M sac i dahl that were so BO badly flooded last year entering and swamping ng in mud and filth the bakery of mrs scho guard and the cellars aud and yard of the millinery shop of mrs A C U smith A high stone wall within a few feet of the back door and running up the yard toward the residence of christoff Christoffer erson soD but stopping short of that gent gentleman lemans back door alone prevented the mass of filth diluted with water from rushing straight through her elegant and aad well stocked business place the flood followed the wall until it came to the end at the back door of the Chri home and in spite of all efforts filled a hugh cellar that was under the house and add augmented by a new branch from the main stream that came tearing down the slope from the corals corald it made its way across the street entered the public square went tearing across its unobstructed width rod and hurled its ever augmented weight the strong wall with which the square is surrounded president maidens Mai Mal bens beautiful dwelling and tasteful grounds lay jay directly across the street from the point where the water attacked the wall and the gentleman was not at home his wife was and she proved that a woman may be a perfect lady and at the same time a heroine in an emergency in the few minutes allowed before the flood undermined and beat down tim wall she planned and executed the best defence decent e in her power to make ere the wall fell aud and two rods of it was hurled into the street the carriage mount in front of the gate and other barricades certainly saved the house bouse from being defaced de faced if not completely destroyed but the flood divided that going to the left lat swept through the ore orchard bard ru ruining ln the lawn and flowers as it passed by burying the garden and again stopped by a stone will wall began backing up until when about three feet deep that wall also give gave way and although the flood did much damage to the garden of mr martin it entirely missed the house running to the right and joining the main body of this half of the stream which after visiting it a number of places and leaving its mark passed paced at the home of thomas Q G bleak it entered the basement story used bythe by the family as kitchen din ing room and store hou seand literally buried in one one muddy grave the furniture provisions and a great quantity of clothing belonging to this estimable family when your reporter viewed the scene some hours later it beggared description the only article rescued uninjured was a 4 flour barrel which arthur henry gallantly waded in and brought out as it was floating about the cook stove was carried 12 or 14 feet from where it stood and smashed the gentleman was not at home but came in on tin afternoon stage very unexpectedly but very happily for his family the tasteful home of frej alder was mud washed but the damage is slight alight when compared with other places from there this branch spread out and lost its deadly force and the reporter retraced the path back to the bank corner and the main stream the streets for blocks were a rushing torrent almost impassable pa sable for men ou on horseback and pedestrians were in danger dander the coop co op escaped material damage although there were quantities of boulders and driftwood piled up by the stream which runs to the rear of that building but the machine depot belonging to mr E W fox and filled with machinery belon belonging i na to george A lowe or of salt lake ke city was razed to the ground or rather to the water for it was built directly across the stream the damage to the machinery was low when estimated at the building was a complete loss the channel of the stream here goes ea diagonally across the centre of V main ain street but turned by bridges aud and drift of wrecks it hurled itself in blind demoniac fury upon the double dwelling house owned by anna Chri Christof lerson and occupied by herself her son and his wife this building is ten feet or more abbie the bed of the creek erdl ordinarily nari and the water rushed in waist d deep filling cellars and destroy destroying Dg p property ty in a way to drive the poor 0 I 1 jy nearly crazy and really threatening the house At adobe iobe with destruction the younger lady was rescued and taken with her little babe to the home of her mother mrs A B bidwell Sid weil to re main indefinitely but up to sunday night the old lady could not be induced to leave her dismantled I 1 home A bridge just ejust below checked the stream and turned its water again into a side street but the main part tore across lots th through rough the premises of ofa W A cox missing his bis house but washing out the machine shed in good style A block west and north it encountered another bridge and piled it high with driftwood drift wood divided its current and hurled itself on either side of it while rhile engaged in digging this out the bed of the creek above was filled with a deposit of sand and stones until it is nowhere more than twelve inches deep and is really much higher than some of the dwellings dwelling below this bridge was torn completely out and the dwelling to the r right belonging to a widow named hansen was so damaged that the building is considered dangerous and almost unfit for occupancy haze dark clark is the only man so far known who had a narrow escape from death and it occurred at this point and while that gentleman was bravely nicil aiding the work of defense and rescue ahe the bridges were demolished moli shed and he stood on a plank placed on one bank and a pile of drift and was endeavoring to clear the stream of debris and give the water or rather mud a chance to pursue the proper course when th the pile of drift the plank and dark clark all began going down stream A great shout of mingled warning and horror went up from the spectators and workers for they knew that if once he got his head under there was a very small chance for him to come out alive for if he were not brained by the timbers he would be smothered in the foul flow he was waa rescued partly byais by his own cool presence of mind and partly by the prompt and efficient aid rendered him by his comrades below this the work of destruction destruct iou went on to the field but dot nothing hing so serious occurred as those already mentioned and the minor events would fill a volume above the point where the reporter first saw the flood many places were lavished ravished ravis ravi lied shed of gardens and denuded of movables mova bles collars cellars were lied filled fl and stack yards invaded but at the grist mill opposite P F M jollys hollys residence are piles of slabs lumber poles and trees piled up until itis a matter of astonishment how it made its way even that far through gli a populous city without doing more damage than it did it is a deplorable sight to see the premises of the iron founder witti with all his bis buildings machinery moulds and material destroyed the roller boiler mill is safe from an interview with fred ered alder who witnessed the taking out of the saw mills etc in the canyon we learn the following faath mr fred alder guard Sno wand W H peacock were at peacocks peacock sawmill saw mill in mantl manti canyon ahert the repairs of bridges roads etc had barely been completed obliterating the damage done by the last years flood the mill owners had made extensive preparations for a long run on saturday july a little before noon while mr peacock was putting in a bridge at the end of the mill and was down in a gulch and mr alder was sharpening a saw the last named gentleman heard above the customary sound and gurgle of mingled water and tree torn wind a peculiar crushing grinding roar that had an indescribable sound of overpowering force in its intermittent tumult he paused to listen and mr peacock seeing nis jos attitude also paused and as became more more audible thy they br ath tk divined its meaning they h had a J juani 94 0 co completed a new dam in lieu or of the olne fae destroyed by the flood last year and wey they rushed from the mill and started toward the dam to see how it would stand it the aia thought of ef mr peacock how however dver was for his little son aga aged 11 II aars whom he had sent with another boy to find fiad a span of horses higher up in the canyon and who was in all probability in the direct track of the storm that had bad evidently been raging above although there had been no rain where they were it Is not to be wondered at if in the face of this appalling thought the fathers cheeks paled and the value of the property in jeopardy sat eat lightly upon his heart As they reached the proper elevation they saw the flood coming and on the head of if it a mass of timber twenty feet in in diameter rolling over and over the first end of the flood went down the proper channel and peacock turned with some relief und and said to his companion 1 I believe the mill is safe and his bis friend replied that he hoped it was but the words were scarcely out of his mouth when a second head of timber came rushing down and turned as the first did toward the proper channel the mass of umber and drift was wider than the channel just here and it caused a jam for one moment while it readjusted itself and this threw v the weight of water on to the upper side of the mill which creaked and groaned like a living thing in anguish sod aud as the timbers fitted to their new situation plunged on in their course ot of destruction the mill also gave way and andin in one tremendous crash went down carrying the thousands of tons of boulders piled up by jast years flood floo dinto into a little promontory and the shingle lath and picket mill that lay in its course went eat down blotted out as completely as though they had been last years bird nests A station valued at by bi a mere chante ch arfee had bad been brought out of a log staple perhaps an hour before the catastrophe and mounting this animal mr peacock went in search of his ais boy and the other two gentlemen mentioned catching two horses that were straying stra i down the canyon they all started to seek the absent boys his companions spoke some words of sympathy to ur mr peacock with regard to the loss lose of his mill logs and summers summer Is work but he answered B n the mill mih if I 1 only had bad my boy ly having so much better a horse he distanced all his companions and when about two miles and a wf half from the place where the mill tad ad been he rode down to the creek and met the little dog that had accompanied the boys coming out of the water then he was nearly frantic the conviction forcing itself upha upon him that the was drowned alder aider and snow had now nearly ken mr peacock and before they reached him they could hear the boys on the other side of the creek mr peacock tried several times to cross and finally made it while the other men rode a mile up to where the boys could cros brosi mr alder said mid there was much more water than last year but not quite so much timber but monster onster ni trees were uprooted and broken like stems of wheat and the point of a hill was cut cutoff oft in ten minutes all this timber from both floods is piled along the course of the stream and a flood that would be a few feet higher would all af this terrible weight of timber on to the town but there is hardly any possibility lity of such being the aaili cassout case out these men had grave apprehension for the residents of manti anti who were in the water course is as it was FLOOD AT the sources of the streams that water the two towns ephran and manti rise so near each other that it would be almost impossible for one to have a flood and the other to escape the flood came upon ephraim at about the same time that it struck manti 1230 and lasted about two hours the roller mill was the first object in its track but luckily for ato owners it escaped damage nt even the hume flume being touched to |
