| Show DAMAGE BY FLOOD A cloud burst in sanpete county manti loses for the second time in the course of a yar the residents of manti are the sufferers of a flood on the of last august a flood destroyed about 2500 worth of property and now on sunday july a similar misfortune has befallen the people the damage done is not so heavy neither was the stream of water so preat for some hours on sunday morning heavy black clouds had been floating up from the south until about 2 p m the skyway covered the thunder kept up a continuous muttering and at last caiane a shower which lasted minnies minn tes 1 three or four miles up manti canyon say a cloud burst aud the I 1 ta ith which the rui was laden on the hills on account ul alie cattle havluy eaten oty all the in the hills nr ti jiin in there ia nothing to liula the or iu tiny any its now the couse quence is blat a heavy rain in bicad of boikin so ikin into alie down the creek hooding alio connary le lon and doin harm than in aliis cabe alio water rushed down alie canyon carrying with it ah lie loose soil and trash in its course alie road through the canyon was covered with rocks and mud to lucli an extent eliat travel was rendered weil impossible along the creek the people had put lua and other to form dams for turning water into alie ditches are carried alon down the the props lor the luuie of sir ll anens foundry were carried away and the ainne left in rather a bad condition the water wheel was thrown out of position by the force of the water and part of the foundry flooded A block below the foot bridge was carried away and the street flooded in various places the loa laid across alie creek at the rear ot alie premises prem ibes occupied by george A caught some of alie floating brush and debris which immediately begin to pile up in a larad heap blocking the bead of the stream and sending the water out of either side but for the lodging of the heating matter here the bridge across main street would undoubtedly haye beau carried away As it was the planks were lifted from their position ly alie force of the stream nonig A little farther down a foot bridge carried away and part of a fence tho wagon bridges are all in their places some of them are pret tv bailly adshead Ad shed under the piera and ono at least is dangerous for to choss rhe planks on one bridge biad to ue pulled present its beia carried away many of the ditches are filled up some ot the crops are buried up in alie mud and the creek is filled large boulders altogether the damages cannot be less than a thousand dollars no doubt much more would hae been done but as soon as it became knevin that there as work to do there were many willing hands to assisi in alie ork of clearince clea out the obstructions so that the water might be deot in its channel as much as possible about an hour after the first rush the water began to low er and defore dark was hotting in the eld channel etith but little more water than before the storm home sentinel |
