Show BINGHAM FLOODED One Man Narrowly Escapes with His Life > ION I-ON THOUSAND DOLLARS LOSS A Cloudburst that Reminded Residents of thlt Bingham of the Recent Horror at Johnstown at I All afternoon yesterday dark clouds hung over the Oquirrh range and late in tho day word reached this city that a heavy shower had commenced and at 4 oclock the rain was pouring in torrents At that hour it was feared that considerable damage dam-age might be done and a number of persOns per-sons were heard to express a fear of a deluge del-uge for it is many a year since the old reliable indulged in so much water Tho inhabitants who had been almost on tho verge of praying for rain began to think it never would stop About 5 pm a perfect torrent of water came rushing through the town carrying with itvarious kinds of rubbish that it had picked up on the way One man whose irame could not bo learned narrowly escaped drowning being pulled out in front of the postoffice more dead than alive Telephone communication com-munication between this city and Bingham was interrupted to a considerable extent but our last advices obtained at a late hour last evening werefto the effect that tho loss sustained would would reach over one thousand dollars a considerable portion of which falls upon some placer miners who were working in the hills |