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Show DEATH ANdYuIN IN WAKE OF BIG STORM Death and davastation followed in thin wake of a cloudburst near Mt. Pleasant, Wednesday afternoon about 5 o'clock, when Louis Oldham, a farmer, far-mer, about 62 years old, was drowned and property damage to the extent of $1 00,000 was caused by the raging torrent tor-rent that swept out of Pleasant Creek canyon. The morning following the town presented a scene of destruction. Three streets running east and west and Main street, running north and south were covered whh mud, boulders bould-ers and debris. At least one dwelling house was swept away and smaller buildings all over town were toppled about and destroyed. Fences were demolished, agricultural machinery, wagons, automobiles and feed racks were topsy turvy and cellars and (Continued on page 8) DEATH AND RUIN IN WAKE OF BIG STORM (Continued from page 1) basements were still flooded. There was no warning. The crest of the flood swept through the streets and people had barely time to flee for their lives. When the flood had spent its force and the excitement had partially par-tially subsided word came that Mr. Oldham had lost his life trying to rescue the members of his family from the raging torrent. The Oldham home is about three miles east of Mt. Pleasant, near the mauth of the canyon can-yon The flood struck the Oldham properly full force. The center of the I current flowed Just to one side of the house, but the high reach of the water was surrounding it. Mi". Oldham was across the hnllow nnd when he saw the danger his wife and children were in he tried to get I to them. He lost his fooling crossing the stream and full into the rushing current. He war swept down out of sight, his wife and children looking on. The lumber managed to yet herself and the children to higher ground, out f reach Of the water. When word came of Mr. Oldham's death a searching party was organized but the body had not been found Thursday morning". Mr. Oldham is survived by his wife and seven child-irn. child-irn. five of w hom were with the mother moth-er when the flood struck the house. One is married and one son had just left to join the army. He is probably now in Salt Lake City. Among the demolished houses was the Monk residence, and other houses are known to have been badly damaged damag-ed if not washed from their foundations. founda-tions. The business center of town was flooded. Merchandise in store basements were under water and windows were broken everywhere. The Mt. Pleasant branch of the Consolidated Con-solidated Wagon and Machine company com-pany suffered heavy loss, The yard was inundated ' and agricultural implements im-plements and machinery were under the debris. All along the line of Pleasant creek bridges were washed out, clams were torn away and the stream is running in new channels. The flood was caused by one huge cloudburst high up in the moun-ains and all down the canyon the stream (gathered moumentum before it burst into the valley. iv. s. s. |