Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-02 | Page 10 | Rain Spoils Races

RAIN SPOILS RACES. Storm of Sunday Night Doe Considerable Damage In the Vicinity of Provo. Special tb The Tribune. PROVO, Sept. 1. On account of the rain last night, the race track was left in such condition that it was Impossible to have the races, to the great dlsan- ?.tm(;fc of many IePle wh-o came hero fiom other towns, as well as the local people. The rainfall was 1.07 Inches ac-Jn5 ac-Jn5 .? the4weather bureau measure-an measure-an hour" fe" In about half A cloudburst In Rock canyon at the V Jf, ?f the 8t0J"nl c-iused a largo flood v.ater to. rush d,own lnto lhe Pleasant View country, and stonie of the people who live on the lower ground in the Hne of the flood moved out of their houses, rearing the water would wash them away: but this did not occur. Th" canal" 2?w hC kCS ar ?U fiI,ed w,th I and other debris and some bf the farm and orchard lands are also covered .with hvUfh' and gravel brought down b the flood, but the damage is slight as compared with what was feared. The banks of the Timpanogas canal were saved from breaking bv energetic work of the people in diverting and distributing dis-tributing thc increased volume of water There was also a cloudburst In Slate canyon, which carried great quantities of debris onto the lands below the mouth of