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Show WATERSPOUT BANAGES ilBIl IDAHO Railroad Tracks Are Washed Out and Irrigation Ditches Filled. Spoclnl to Tho Tribune. "WEISBR, Idaho, May 12. This section was visited by a heavy rain last night that in the hills in the vicinity of the city developed into waterspouts. A crevasse sixty feet long and forty feet deep was washed out on tho grade of tho Pacific & Idaho Northern railroad eighteen eight-een miles north of the city. Several cattle cat-tle were swept down by tho Hood and left on the grade. Trains Are Delayed. It will take several days to repair tho break In order that trains may get through to Council. On Mann's creek, twelve miles northeast, a waterspout fell, sweeping out irrigation ditches, fences, outbuildings, etc., and covering orchards and farms to tho dopth of several feet with debris and doing much damage generally. gen-erally. The irrigation district ditch was filled up and broken, and It will rcqulro two weeks to repair It beforo water can I bo turned In. j Widespread Damage. ! At Sand Hollow, six miles southeast, the samo conditions prevailed. Tho Payette irrigation ditch is filled with sand and mud for a distance of more than a mile and farms and orchards Hooded. The storm was accompanied by a high wind and much thunder and lightning. |