| Show DOWNPOUR AT PARK CITY HUNDREDS OF TONS ONTARIO TAILINGS SWEPT AWAY considerable other damage done in ia woodside and nii ontario gulches waterworks Water works filled with mud TRIBUNE SPECIAL I 1 park city july 1 29 one ot of the havi est chov showers ere of rain ever known knon n in park city alty ten fell yesterday lest erday afternoon and caused much damage to the ontario and empire canyon roads for nearly an hur hour the water fell ell literally in sheets and the gutters were unable to carry cairy off the flood which swept down the streets andin many places covered the sidewalks nith gravel to a depth dath ot of ic veral inches in ontario canyon two tour four horse t tams am tere mere nearly swamped by the ahr sudden rush of 0 watt ater r and loose dirt aiom in the no 3 dump at tho the ontario mill the flood into the pile of tailings and carried av an ay many hundred tons and rushing do if marsac avenue cut the his bly tailing dam back of the dewey theater and swept a thousand tons more into tho the creek several se cral houses warp more or less needed flooded by the water mater UK ax it came cain pouring down the ade side hills and the roy rov Aler mercantile cantile company suffered buttered somo some damage front from water nater and mud grchich came in tho the back door of 0 their store on main street during durans the shower a small house in the northern part of town was struck so uric by lightning anil and set on oil fire but was mas quickly extinguished the city water waterworks works biere ere filled with m mud ud and debris to such an extent decent that the water cater was aas absolutely bsh efte ly unfit for or use and only by great exertions on the part of the companas comp anys employees asere ere the rn mains a no kept from lorn being absolutely logged flogged silver creek was nas out of 0 its banks in a dozen places but no great harm resulted tile the sud suddenness dennes of 0 the rise of flit th creek however li glies gives on nc e an idea of what a hat would surely happen PC n should there be a cloudburst in if taft a basin at the head of empire or th the alliance alliance canyon |
