Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-13 | Page 7 | Southern End of Valley Hit by Cloudburst

SOUTHERN ENDi END i OF VALLEY HIT BY CLOUDBURST Debris Covers Farms Tracks of Two Railroads Are Imperiled by Storm Farms were covered with debris highways were damaged and the tracks of or the Union Pacific and Dener Denver Den Den- Iver ver er Rio Grande Western railroads were imperiled Sunday night by a heavy cloudburst that swept the region region re reo re- re gion at the point o of the mountain The storm broke about p. p m. m Sunday sending great sheets of water over the highway and into the valley valley val vat ley icy below the bluff at the south end of Salt Lake valley State highway officials said traffic was moving between Provo and Salt Lake Monday and that crews were at work repairing damage to the road Shoulders of the highway were cut cutaway cutaway cutaway away in places south of the point and andin andin andin in four places debris covered the pavement but at no time was the damage serious enough to halt traffic they Ballast in the tracks of or the Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles Salt Lake branch of the Union Pacific was reported washed away but the tracks held and ond crews were at work repairing the damage Mon Moo da day Tracks of the Denver Rio Grande Western railroad in the valley below were reported covered with mud anc and debris as were farms in the district Two irrigation canals' canals of the East Jordan Canal company near Jordan Narrows Marrows were reported wash washed d ou out by ay the heavy downpour which lasted for Cor nearly an hour It was expected several days will be required to repair repair repair re re- pair the dama damage e. e There were no casualties reported Although the national guard encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment at Camp W. W G Williams was not damaged it was reported the camps camp's water supply was temporarily cut of off