Show t t l SCENE OF DESOLATION CAUSED AUSED BY RUINED HOMES COMES AT WILLARD VILLARE J I Picturesque Village at Foot of Mountains I S Turned Into Mass of Debris by Elements How different a panoramic view of tho small ot Willard Bould look today to a similar or f a n week ago A A disheveled cled ot of debris and acres neres of o de land today a n picturesque little bathed In natures nature's nestling In a hollon hollo as If for safety Every citizen of lard iI I lard was proud to haic hae the tho grand k old mount n on the east cast toe for n a L background of ot their home homo town When the elements clements turned turn loose high lands were made Hollows s and andI I hollos made mounds In but a n few minutes nocks flocks and that for I have havo been collecting In Iii InI Inia I Ines of ot the mountains were spread over the Iho alley valley below leav leav- leavIng bay bay- baying leaving ing great gulches In th the towering m 21 U Ul The wall ot of eater i and debrIs to separate for some I lea lea- leason lea sion ea- ea eabon son bon near the mouth ot of the canyon lea a strip through the ot of the town untouched The home ot of Mrs Mra Mary Ellen Ward Vard who Ith her bier daughter In Mrs Agnes Rard arct 1 was a 0 victim of ot the tha raging torrents stood stood In the dIrect path ot of o the tho sliding mass The Tile big brick house was ns as completely wiped out Many feet feel ot of o mud now quick quick- quickly quickly quickly ly drying and setting hard as os ee- ee cc ment covers tho the spot here the home bome stood Only a few poplar trees remain as ns a 0 land band mark to past happiness Tho The home homo of Leonard lIs also stood in the direct path is vas as as completely demolished The lolling mass masa con con- con west westward fir t-Ir enough to coyer an orchard ot of peach trees trees trees- land and to fill the home homo ot of o J G Wells many feet deep with mud and wa- wa waIter wa waiter Simmy iter Continuing to toke take a south south- southwesterly southwesterly southwesterly westerly course the tho debris covered ithe land ot of Mrs G C Nichols but did 1 not enter her house The home lot lef George Ipsen next south ot of the tho Nichols 11 home lias as as completelY out The stone walls of the house crumpled under the raging waters aters Only the roof root ot of the house remained which served as a soot lof o refuge tor for the family ot of six In some ay A-ay the mother motherland sand land father and tour our children found way to the floating root roof I from which they were later reS- reS reScued rescued res rescued cued B D CARRIED C orr The lot and homes ot of o S B N Cook and Mrs Mary Ellen Ward Yard rela rela- relative rela- rela relative relative tive of ot late Mrs Mary Ellen B BWard BWard BWard Ward were next In tho the path The Immense barn of S N Cook was moved to a place on the county road a block away Ir Cook humorously said When hen I Im Imet m mt t my barn coming toward me meI I decided It was sas time for my ro- ro retreat re retreat treat Barns automobiles hay- hay haystacks stacks and a 0 other things were taken laken with Ith thew aters Mud and water ator ater reached a point several feet from the foundation ot of the Cook home tilling filling it with sith two or three feet The Yard Ward home south g of o the Cook home was tilled almost 4 4 to the ceilings with mud and w ater reported the follow follow- following following ing log day the tho furniture was as floating near the ceiling only the tops ot of othe oha lie he different pieces being in lew The Tho homes of Joseph Joeph Harding Daniel HardIng Benjamin Bar Hor Barding Marding ding Orville Orvllle Ward Yard and and the lat Jane Owens nil all largo Ige homes stand today ruined probably probably ably beyond repairs Water Vater mud aw mud fill the basements and thousands sand saudi sands of ot dollars of ot furniture 1 I covered One could not witness the tho hero hero the tim little home ot of Mrs Annie Miller stood without a tug at the heart Mrs Miller nearly 80 years old and c e earthly po was as In the little t two room room o-room frame house which was as so suddenly swept away avay The lot of ot Ruben Buben q ept clean cican of trees patch and girdens A rock wall four or tI tIe the e feet In height by Alfred Altred Cordon an nn early pio pioneer n neer er resident of Willard Villard ho the plains with Ith Brigham ham Young Is not to be bo found The The ards ards of Bishop White Is h 1 tilled with the debris about eight or 10 inches of ot mud and water ater en- en en entered his home IL ilie I 1 he torrents going in a north north- northwesterly westerly direction carried with It largo large boulders some half halt as big as rooms The power plant ot of the Utah Power and Light compan as demolished the cast east wall salt all of the building being torn out by nn an Immense boulder and anti the machin machin- machine machinery e cry ery carried and scattered for tor soy soy- several sev several eral blocks below The Tho home bome of ot William sa-s sa as filled to the floor ot of o the see sec second sec second ond story The family took refuge In the upstairs of ot the tho house which stripped ot of o all bed clothing Mrs Edwards honing ha prepared for forthe forthe forthe the family to sleep on the first floor on account of the ten thundering and lightning Mud and water more mere or less covered the lots lot And nd entered the homes ot of Mrs Irs Emaline James Ke Hees es racer Facer Fred 1 and Mrs France The boulders were carried 0 oser oserthe er the land lanil of ot John Kunzler Jr and ruining the furniture ills His barn was as taken across the street lodging In front of the tho home ot of John Kunzler I Sr The new brick bungalow of ot John Kunzler Sr is In ruins The basement is tilled filled with nith ith water ater and mud and sev- sev several sev several eral feet of ot debris surrounds the house and coders coers eo ers the lands The home of o LeU Lesi C Ward Vard Is also under mud and water The Tho lIen lIen- Hen derson home located south ot of o the home of Levi Ward also alse the Bees Bees- Beesley Bees ley Icy ley home on the same block vere I flooded I Acres upon acres neres of ot fertile soil bearing orchards of peaches and other fruits Is now a mass of boulders which make It almost I D In- In Im Impossible possible to reclaim |