Salt Lake Herald | 1890-07-23 | Page 1 | Cloudburst in the Grand Canyon

Cloudburst in the Grand Canyon CANYON CITY Colo July 23 About 4 oclock this afternoon a cloudburst in the Grand cafion a few miles above the city and soon afterwards great waves of water came running down the Arkansas river with terrific force The Rio Grande track was washed out in several places and considerable con-siderable damage done to property along the banks of the river One hundred head of cattle were caught by tho torrent in theca the-ca on and were washed down the river and drowned Both the east and the westbound west-bound Salt Lake express trains are delayed I de-layed here and will not be able to get through before tomorrow