The Heppner Flood Survivors Found
After being reported dead repeatedly, three orphaned grandchildren are finally recovered and brought home to safety.
A. J. Oliver of Yakima, who went to Touchet yesterday afternoon for three of his grandchildren, survivors of the Heppner flood, returned to the city late last night and started home with his charges over the W. & C. R. R. at 11 o'clock. Mr. Oliver was overjoyed at finding the children who were reported dead a dozen times. Mr. Oliver will give the little orphans a home. They are the children of his daughter, Mrs. James Long, who with her husband and three children perished in the flood.
“Mr. Oliver was overjoyed at finding the children who were reported dead a dozen times.”
The Heppner Flood of 1903 remains the deadliest in Oregon history. The profound tragedy of this family’s loss echoes in modern narratives of displacement following extreme weather events.
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