Show AT MERCY OF THE ELEMENTS cloudburst and electrical storm cause much damage in salt lake valley A cloudburst in dry canyon on july I 1 partially inundated about a dozen blocks in the northeastern part ot of salt lake city the water rushed from the mouth of the mountain defile in a wave said to have been more than six teet feet high in less than halt half an hour it tied had rushed across the east bench swept over whole blocks and torn down the thoroughfares in that portion of the city leaving a wake ot of mud sand and debris just before the cloudburst an electrical storm passed along the mountain range doing not less than damage to property of the utah light railway company about 6 while the electrical storm was at its height at bear river the station there of 0 the company was rendered useless by being struck by a heavy bolt before the company had bad had time to recover from that shock word came that the station at osden ogden had been struck by a second bolt doing about 2600 damage the same amount as at bear river an hour later the sub at murray was destroyed by fire after having been struck by lightning it completely dest destroyed royel the lighting system of 0 that city which was without lights the remainder or of the night the damage caused by the cloudburst cannot be estimated it will reach the thousands hundreds of agns awns throughout the devastated section are covered with mud and sani to a depth varying from oue one to lu SIX six inches flower beds are ruined mined shrubs torn up fences either partially swept away or badly damaged wooden sidewalks floated off on the crest of the flood cellars were filled with water and the streets cut where the torrent rushed down them |