Show RUSH OF WATER ENDANGERS LIFE LIFES S Cloudburst in City ity Creels Creel Canyon Sweep Sweeps All Before It i HOUSEl LIGHTNING STRIKES HOUSE PECULIAR STORM CONFINED TO SMALl AREA p in City Creek Crook ears C j yon yin threatened the th Ufo life of A J 14 t I I street stroet Bolts of th ana anti poured lH down dorn in sheets she ts yesterday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon during the electrical storm torm which visited portions portion of Salt Lake City and vicinity The peculiarity of the storm was wa that the southern and eastern part of the city missed a good soaking seeking Not Nota a drop of rain fell and out near noor the state prison the sun shone while the black clouds showered an art inch of ot rain over oer the northern part of the city The Tho storm torm lasted lose lees s than half hal an hour and then toward evening the sun broke brote out through the clouds The Time cloudburst In City Creek canyon occurred about 4 in the th afternoon after afternoon afternoon noon Mr lIr Johnson Jom on was hauling gravel out of a pit about half a mile mUe up the canyon when he heard the roaring of at atwater water A moment later he saw a bank of ot mud and water nater six lx feet in height coming down the canyon can on Grabbing hold held of sagebrush he lie scrambled out of the pit just in time Ume to escape from be being lug ing carried down and nd perhaps drowned He did not have han time to rescue his hili team Whets When hen the flood struck them it turned the wagon wagon up upside upside upside side town flown carrying caryl the team with it The Time horses broke brok loose f and made des desperate Iterate IH efforts to swim out At the mouth of time the canyon the wagon was picked up in pieces and the horses were found at the dam One animal was cut seriously In a R dozen places It is probable that the animal will have hava to tobe tobe tobe be killed The other horse escaped with only a few light cuts and a bruised leg Several gulches were washed along the proposed boulevard and below Eleventh street mud was deposited a foot deep Huge rocks were carried beyond the mouth of ot the can canyon canyon canyon yon The water washed down don as far as asS asS asS S street and some of It came me down Into the City CIl cemetery The residents re id in that section CUon B called on the water depart department meat ment to send men out and clear out the tIme In i order ordel to prevent wash washouts washouts outs along the streets Home Struck by Lightning The Tue residence of Robert Hobart A at North Sixth West Vest street was Struck by lightning The building which is a frame house lined with klinker brick was shaken to its foundation Several eral boards were torn out of the south side and sulk split Into kindling wood The brick fell do down n in inside inside side aide the house Fortunately the family famil was not at home or some members might have hit e been killed The table stove and chairs were strewn about the Ule rooms and the window glass shaken out Several pictures on the south side of the house bouse were lying on the floor broken in pieces Neighbors said that for a moment the house was ag enveloped in a blue flame A large Jarle tree lIec which stands a few fe feet to the south of the house was also alliO struck A couple of s were ere broken off and the leaves scorched ed Storm Was Vas an Ugly One OneAt OneAt OneAt At 3 in the th afternoon the sun was shining but the sky was wu partly clouded with heavy black clouds Within an gli hour afterward the storm torm blew over from front the northeast northe at and settled down The lightning flashed halfway across the star sk and the thunder sputtered like Uke firecrackers ers era Several loud oud crashes came caine in quick succession which jarred the win windows dos dons in the residences re in the part pait of the time city It was during one of these crashes that the bolt struck house Following this the rain poured down for several minutes In a steady sheet it drizzled along for fol folsome some time afterward but the bulk of the moisture fell teU in ten minutes A |