Show RAGING TORRENT MENACES HOMES IN CANYON ROAD Retaining Wall Is Battered Down and Banks Washed Out for Two Blocks NORTH TEMPLE TURNED INTO A RUNNING STREAM TEMPORARY LEVEES GIVE WAY UNDER THE HEAVY PRES PRESSURE PRESSURE PRESSURE SURE OF WATER 44 4 3 4 4 4 At 1 this morning the tile wa 4 f fter 4 ter tar from CIty OIt creek overflowed o at 4 f West Temple and at First W f streets and flooded both streets to f f f South Temple street A A stream of oc 4 water several leveral incite inch deep w roe ran f 4 fling down South Temple street at atan f an early earty hour this morning H f 4 H 44 tt 4 H 4 Residents Re of Canyon Canon road who up t la yesterday noon believed themselves sate from the dangers angers of the high water In III City creek realized re Saturday alt an arm n that their homes h were wen In peril and likely to be away at any time Ume Tk TIlt T trouble with the high water on OD We Wi Welt North Temple street while it is Ia to some extent is Ia only second d to te danger daon er which threatens threaten several horn hom ho IB In Canyon road At noon Saturday the water of tp creek began n beating down the stone Mona walls and threatening to ma may make maU way y down Canyon r road rod The Tb bon homes V Y L 4 Halliday ru c and Professor A 1 J 7 H lit located about half balf a block north III fourth avenue on Canyon road rend were wem re to k grave gra danger yesterday afternoon at and ana a for Cor a time It was Wll feared the would be undermined by the violent feceS fora fOt l lot of ot the water and cause CAUM the tha houses to tumble Into I to the stream across the stream st in the canyon am are In 1 in aa an on en gate is hi what few f ate are ML IsI for the larger number have been wak w 4 from their moorings and carried down sir S a in I I The creek in Canyon rood from Pitta avenue to Third avenue ha hu widened tel ful ly ten feet ft and the water Is still wI Wn I the banks nu away at a rapid rate The T heavy h sy wall II of which ha g withstood the water for tor many years yean y wa wu warn out for tor two blocks a L and the cobbles ca carried stream It is jeered eared that the COBda II from State to Main street will clogged from front the debris which is ii I r carried down Should this result will be derange damage to much rate rateable va skis aWe property pert in the vicinity of Caama ea road Residence Is Threatened j Th TIM The of V I L Ha HaU la is laon l on a U hill hIU within tot feet t t the edge edee of or the stream trum A Along the lb saM east side RIde of the house hoa where when the creek run ran there was bunt bum a retaining wad n of eft crete Saturday afternoon the Ute water gradually the Ole baa bees bue of the theand theand wU and it seen w bea ben le laR fi to 0 break and MIl tall fall a away Fully Full tea test feet of the win wall wail bed washed away w by Q toe tile water of the tile o before the seriousness of the trouble realized rea zed A large force of n Thomas Hobdy Hobday were put to work sacks CD with earth placing them OB on tS IM alii edge of the stream and trying to in pr Jr I vent the water from tearing away tk the remaining portion of the wall The force of the water was wag W so 80 mat great t that the thoP sacks of ot earth and rock inn rs of or but little use uce and during the after afternoon noon the water tore away fully fly five feet f t of the bank placing the house a most beautiful structure and valued at several thousand dollars in a most moet don dan dangerous position po Logs and trees were cut up the epa fitt yon and in l the creek and the water wate was Wid diverted from against the west wall and bank but only oab to bring destruction and havoc on u lb east embankment Before the men could easM brace the east bank the water tore ton away about six feet t of earth arth and the theat Mrea at this point is Ia now fully funy ten feet wiles than yesterday morning mom Int The bridge which spans span the It ta lit front of ot J 3 H Pauls home i is ia being held in place pla by ropes rop and the approaches app are washed sway away for two feet on sit either end encl The sidewalk on the east eaR eaRthe aids the creek has hall been washed away awat and a athe the banks of ot the ngIng la torrent an as now at the inner edge edse of ot the sidewalk line tine Material Is Swept Away ii At a late hour last night the fona fero f of men were wen working to prevent tk U t bank banke from giving way any further buL 1 their work was of but lite avail flat Th stream ie is coming down with such rf f 1 It lent force that tut It tears teara out any material ma which may be placed pieced along the ed The work te is useless Banks Banka and w of stone and cement which have bave held for many years were torn away by tn th die raging waters yesterday afternoon M as If they were Wen nothing more than paper Al Already Already ready reedy much loe lees 1011 has h resulted and bets bet j th the high water has hu reached its IbI end It 1 will be hard bard to estimate the daana e eThe The little stream 1 is carrying everything before it and anti leaving wreckage e and aDd dt d behind At Third avenue when the stream turns west we t and crosses Canyon road tae tha south bank was in danger of giving Wr w for fOl a while yesterday afternoon and for far J several leverl hours houn a large force of f men j with all an their energy to keep the th wa I in its proper course At the bridge cay 1 Third avenue the barrier of stool teel ral has bas been almost destroyed and add a harM stones atones and other obstructions ob nan are J free to enter the conduit The wa are filling mUng the conduit to IU Iti aad the debris coming down with the water wM may choke it tt at any all time Should houk 1 occur the water swift back up and lid r rn many n flee fine homes bome on Canyon road reM Officials Hard at Work r Thomas Hobday superintendent of o jj la waterworks and J i T Ka R leigh of were boffi s the scene of the trouble In the tb yesterday afternoon directing IJ the and trying to save ve the wall from froat total a t Big trees were cut and throw in the edge of the stream but the re rock roea swept them away in a short while Tie t water in the canyon is not under C but every effort is ii I being made to t tI MM the homes bOMes All night a force of men mea wi ws r Continued on en Page 4 RAGGING TORRENT MENACES HOMES IN CANYON ROAD Continued from Page 1 on duty replacing the sacks sack of rocks that are arl ar being carried downstream The situation on West North Temple Tempe st t Is III still stilt more serious and the tem tern temporary embankments which have been thrown thron up are weakening under the pres sure and several breaks occurred yester day da afternoon and evening The con eon high water weter has been len too much of ofa a strain on the banks benks and water is run ning through onto the sidewalks and Into the yards at t a rapid rate Th The seepage page through the banks has now nov increased into a flow and the tit sidewalks along alon North Xo No h Temple street which were only muddy and wet et the day dav before fore are now under unter several inches of water The TIle water y afternoon was five or six Inches higher than on Friday FrIda and th the climax was wall not reached until early this morning Places which were w re under fourteen Inches of water Friday were un der twenty inches Saturday At midnight the water was wall higher than ever eM reached machad before in the history of the city arid and the th stream was showing a steady increase Supervisor Raleigh stated that the sit was far more serious than he ho had ever exported expected and expressed fears for the safety t ty of the property along the street Street Full mu of c AH UL Il night and all aJi day 11 the street was waa running full of water The street car traffic last laet night to the fair grounds as a on the Cle night before was badly handi capped and for a time one track was abandoned During the afternoon the south lUth track was under tour four or five Inches of water In places and breaks were oc occurring occurring occurring in the banks of the main stream at many points All AH the public service teams were taken from ron their regular duties yesterday esterday and andset set to w work hauling material for the em on North Temple street The banks hanks are now fully three feet high and the water is running close to the top The continued wet condition of the street has already caused much damage but it is impossible to estimate the loss lose A sprinkling wagon attempting to cross croSt crossone one of the bridges on North Temple street yesterday was wu thrown In the stream by b the structure giving way wa and one hors horst came near being Ing drowned The animal was rescued with some difficulty diffIcult but the wagon agon still remains under water The Jordan river is adding to the al already already already ready too serious condition of ot the flood flooded ed ad west aide Bide by breaking through its banks and backing water up to Ninth West street The Tho most serious break in the Jordan is near the Saltair bridge where a f large stream of ot water Is flowing from the river and flooding the prop erty ert along South Temple and First South I up to Eighth West est street From Sixth West Vest on westward there is nothing but water Men are trying with all their might to hold It in check but are doubtful fearing that the water will break through at any an time t I I i i Jordan Breaks Banks The Jordan river also atso broke its Us banks at Fourteenth South street yesterday aft art afternoon afternoon and flooded many acres of val valuable valuAble valuable farming tanning land The breaks brooks had not been repaired late last night and there will be much damage from this source While the water on North Temple street from Sixth West on f is doing a great deal of If damage the situation is not nearly nearl so 80 as in the canyon near Fourth avenue where yards are being bE rapidly torn liwa away and tons of earth and rock are entering the conduit The pretty prett homes along the banks of the stream surrounded by b beautiful lawns and flow flower er or beds are threatened with destruction de The TIle yards and lawns which have taken many man years to build are being taken away in a few te seconds by the raging torrent What was one ODe of ot the most beautiful drives in n th the city yesterday morning if now a picture of desolation Residents R and property owners in Can yon von road lad took off ott their coats yesterday afternoon and went to work with th tl tha gang lIan of men from the waterworks and andi I street departments department trying hard to save FIle the from total destruction It Itis isa is a hard fight and at the present time the water ater Is III in the ts lead |