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There wen a wild rush for the hills amid scenes that are indescribable.Words cannot express the horror, the awful destruction. Eutiiely helpless, from the hillsides, the survivors watched the terrible waters take their course. To at-tempt to battle the great waves meant only Bucide without being able to able to accomplish anything.The cloudburst covered a large territory, the main portion striking about eight miles above Hepp-ner on Balm Fork, a prong of Willow creek.For miles aM the draws and little creeks leading to the Willow creek valley were flooded and mast haye reached the main stream about the same *irac.The lirst warning that the pec -pie in the business portion had was when the large two Btory residence building of T. W, Ayers left its foundation and swung around iuto May street and crashed iuto and lodged on some wooden buildings just back of the Palace hotel.Mr. Avers was at the power house Rtid his family was at home, when the building started They ran up stairs and were reecued when the building stopped by Mr.
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Heppner gazette
Heppner, Oregon, US
Thu, Jun 18, 1903
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