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<br />fo"r 0 'Clock. ... it '.."s plainly "vider.t that to t':~ose
<br />who witnessed this $torm...that it was, an unusually
<br />heavy one, but none entertained eve~ the remotest idea
<br />that it was at that very time dealing d~ath to h"ma~ity
<br />and destruct.ion topropl!rty...
<br />...After leaving Colorado City, evidences of a
<br />heavy storm were apparent...bridges were gone and th~
<br />roads in many places were wasted out. Nearly all the
<br />track constructed in the Fou~tain Valley...had b~en
<br />wash~d away by the torrent.
<br />At Herman's old plaoe...the reporter for the
<br />fir~t tine gained a fair idea of the force of the
<br />torrant. ...the floors were covered with sand and
<br />m"d, and the waterlines on the wall, at least three
<br />or four feet... According to the story told by the
<br />occupants...they were alarmed by the rush and roar of
<br />the waters as they cam~ down the qulch behind the house.
<br />In a seconds ti~e, the terrible flood struck the house,
<br />breaking through the windows and doors, waShing away
<br />all smaller article~, dnd piling furniture and occu-
<br />piloes ~n a cor.tu~~d mass in one side of the room.
<br />'<he ~'''ter, "" they tell it, ""st h.l.v~ come ~l'.rough
<br />the canyon in a wall at lea~t nix feet high...
<br />...the road was strewn with wire fence and i~
<br />faet all manner of Obstructions thilt had beer. waehed
<br />down...n.e trees and "ndcrbrusl, were twisted, troken,
<br />and stripped o! leaves and wrk.
<br />...With b"t few exception~ there is not ~ single
<br />houo" in ~o~ ~~;t ha_ not ~u"tai.~~d 80~~ damage...
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<br />brother had noticed the storm and turned their faces in
<br />the direction of home. ~~ey had gone hut a short di"tance
<br />when they heard a terrihle roaring, ,," of rushing waters
<br />bohir.dthem, turning and looking "p the canyon they M.'
<br />a wall of water r"shing down upon them. Being in the
<br />vicinity of the old lime kiln...they clambered up the
<br />side of the can~n and sought refuge on the top of the
<br />kiln, which is about 20 f<!et high, no SDOner had they
<br />obtained their position on the top and a MOnstrous wave
<br />struck the kiln with fUll force and dashing clear oVer
<br />it. .. .tt,e older boy had ob~air.ed a fir:'! hold.. .but
<br />the yOunger one was washed off in the seething, boiliog
<br />torrent...
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<br />...50 far as could be learned the life of but
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<br />The proprietor of the R,,~ton livery stable, a
<br />s~ort distanc" up F:,,~ton Canyon, .. . sa'"' th. wat.erspout
<br />as it broke up '^'illiams Canyon... A few seconds after-
<br />ward he heard distinctly the roaring of the water as it
<br />made its w".,. through tl'.c near cJ-nyon... Rehadsear<:"-ly
<br />time to rUr. throug" the baL'k door when the torrent bu"..;!-
<br />thro"oh the bar~, takinq witn it horses a~d wagons. rro~
<br />his lofty an,1 gafe position I'.e coald ~"" cows, r",,,~,,~,
<br />""gono;,,,n<:!etc..;:>ail5byl'.imirrapid,;,,cccssioll...
<br />All of the hotel& were more or lc~" damaged. The
<br />wa~er das;,ed thtough the Cliff 1-b\",e.. ."t least hro fee~
<br />deep... When the o~rrent was a~ it~ ~~r<e, cows ana
<br />horse~ ~ould le ~een floating through the streets...
<br />XOt unly were th~ d~str~ctions ca~sed by th~
<br />terrible b"S~let but the Mil storm ~'I'.icl'. ..cccmFar.ied
<br />crashrotr,ro'Jar.w;ndowsandthreatenei'death;;oev"ry"""
<br />'.'00 '....,nt'~r~<.! outsi.<lR. In some part's of to..T., l.,,,ilctcr.cc
<br />as lilrge as oranges fell. "geotl~ma" ~t the Clitf Ho'~""
<br />pic.~~d "p " hailstonf' .,ftc'''' it had laid on the grounri
<br />"OlltC litt1.. ~i""e ~'hich mr"~,,rr-<1 1: i"cl,~s '"" ci,cu"',f~rcr.~~...
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<br />onepcraon had bee" M.crificed. ...two ooys...had gone
<br />'.1p into Williams C..r.yon.. . aCId wer~ caught up there dur-
<br />ing lh~ sCOrm. ...th~ ~urvivir.g boy ""i2 he and hi~
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