| Show ESCALANTE SUFFERS LOSS IN STO 0 M tho the rain min and liall storms which havo have southern atall tho the past wook week have dono done diou sands of 0 doll dollora ars worth 0 of damigo Ia to crops roads and bridges A torr itic deail struck str ncik E aitto tuesday about noon and destroyed dos troyed the gardens ear dona hay an ail fruit the hail betorin weis followed follo wod by a heavy downpour 0 of rain which hooded flooded the down and alad ported that a daal well wm way tilled with water trim the storm tho hall stanos of enormous size elzo beat the fruit from tho the and ovan boat tho the corn from uio the stalks talka ti the damage amount to several thousand dollora doll Kra cra about 1000 daniago was done to the escalante bridge bridga when the fills were washed out it at both ends this alila was a banner year tor for crops in that section aad everyone ovo was waa to storing away all kinds of in hi their collora collars for winter this disaster la Is a stunning blow to them horn tho the following report camo came ca mo thursday from tho the nowa news correspondent mrs airs NV A wilson at louidor Dou idor terrific hall storm july 12 tho tha funeral ot of fostor a torri torribio tio liall storm pc asod over boulder tho the halls were 0 so o largo large somo some ono one inch la id diameter diamone r thoy they made koniuch soni so much uch bolso against t tho he house that the tha hid and to cease araking tor for several minutes thousands of dollars worth of dam daan ago wore ivere done to crops and orchards oven ovan chickens killed in tho the yards trees almost stripped of both fruit and leaves it was tho the worst storm evor ever known in this locality houston hatch who with mrs hatch camo came down from mammoth thursday reports one oc 61 the worst hall hail storms over boon been in this cecelon on mammoth saturday tho the storm which lausted half tui an hour broke over mammoth coming down in veritable chunks of ice laying the meadow grasses which were up to a consider able height flat to tho the ground the me hall covered tho the ground to a depth of overal inches Inic lica tho the rain min storm tuesday afternoon did damage to tho the roads goads between Cir circleville cleville and in ill ono one place near pine crook creek kodba had boon washed down from tho the mountainside ta making tho road almost tm passable ond waning out holes along side tot bf the road tho the river was waa w as oni on a rampage overflowing its banks in several places highway 91 now codar cedar city was damaged to the tho extent ot of being washed out lout in somo some places west of the city according to tho the tribune of wednesday the worst of oc the storm Is reported as having struck on buckhorn flat in iron county comity and between st G george borgo and santa cleam in washington county considerable was waa done at the latter point where a new mow state road la in under construction it was xo reported ported to william VIII Iam Osbor osborne nep the abc atc to highway ongle the heavy floods swept one section of the road late monday night and damaged the toad road workers camp washing away wagons ead cad liar harness mess A culvert la Is reported washed out on the highway under construction over duckhorn buckhorn flat and the road od ed in pla places cos roads nearer cedar city were badly washed out in places blocked by deposits of rock from tho the hillsides hill sides total precipitation to la reported at inches la in cedar city the foot bridge over the virgin river west of mosquito NeI nevada vadas was waa Niru washed out and bus passengers en an route to los Ang files were brought back to 0 dar d a city and those to salt lake returned to laa vegas where many boarded trains |
