In reminiscing about the massive Provo Canyon snowslides of March 28 and 29, 1924, that killed two men, Provoan Robert E. (Bob) Curtis has some impressive pictorial evidence to accompany his recollections. Among others who have personal memories of the disaster is Doren D. Boyden of Provo who narrowly missed being part of a railroad… Continue reading Two Men Killed, Residents Remember Snowslides of 1924
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Friday Is Anniversary of San Francisco Quake
N.L. CHRISTENSEN Scripps League Newspapers. At 5 o’clock the morning April 18, 1906, widow Hasel Yardley slipped out of her apartment near Market Street to look for bargains at adjacent fruit and vegetable stalls, leaving 2-year-old daughter Annie asleep. Suddenly in the gray dawn she was terrified by the rumble and shock of a powerful… Continue reading Friday Is Anniversary of San Francisco Quake