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Show U Rainstorm !n I I Local History H. Thrft. inclii'H of Jtiilu Full 'HL an Hour, ('nii-lin,' lry Kl to Ilccnmc Hiujluir I omuls Hjjfcff MliMi'"" H ilic best Interim tlcn olilaln appears tlntt UK down pour Ka; hml nil iip'Wo'h recordo HTinrallty Lenten a city block. hSmmciir"'l .V'lnr p!).,.U 2 4 ,nd for an -mur il simply Kijfrwii, or ! 0110 man put It. 'j,,-lcm dropped out ni.d It loll H. within a few minutes, tho K. wtre nmnliiB r.vxrs nml they jj.JbucIi for mi hour. HT (cnter of the nJorn'H fury f.cem-H f.cem-H on tlio Hhb ' tho mountain Bit llclnlty of Grove Creek can HwilMn a few minutes after Hie m commenced, Ills Pcnk Hollow, Hvub, was a raging Hcr with Hf Creek n marine torrent, and Hj utile wash aloiiK ' mountain , Hiding to Inimilnte Hie great M- HL Piovu Illvr Rodervnlr coni-H coni-H canal, running along tho j ,f the liilln. wau tho natural Hiticle for n'l HiIh water, hut had K ten times It 11 present size, It Hk' have held ilu Hoods, which Hilt? pouied lot) It The grenl-HtrM grenl-HtrM was that coming from Dig H iVIow Just north of ihe Homer Bforsi. This was whoro tho ean.il 11), and so ln, was ih iii-Hfildfd iii-Hfildfd lo llio il.-.ily lull cmi til. Hilibln a few mlnifs 11 stream Hi-'ban Provo Pi.tr was wusn-Hidwpliolo wusn-Hidwpliolo In the canal hank that -H became flltocii or twenty feet Hind about foity feet wide. S00.1 Hie itorni watt over twenty men H learns were put to work lllllng Hie pp. They worked nil night Htesdar, Thursday, Thuroday night tell towards tho closo of Friday re the gap was closed, and the Hi tiled with water again. This Habnc will total up sovcrnl liun-Hi liun-Hi of dollars. ilnr flood toie uu through Week's H kloa, it cut a deep wide chan. Hind tcattcred gravel and debris H lie growing crops thnt lay in BmUi. Htta the. I'rovo Reservoir Canal rout, (lie wholu Hood, added to cenpany's supply poured Into the Hvut Grovo Irrigation catialB and the mill sect. TIiobc of course Uu not meet, tho demands inudo tarn and they biokc, Heatterlug Heater everywhere. S. D. Rnd-Hi Rnd-Hi alfalfa and oalu were damaged HfcltriMy William Llm's lawn cut out It B. WluucrBlrom'H u.i.d potntoo Held were damaged, Huanr other tarmerH Hiiffoicd. H IU require a lot ot work to gel (ravel and debris out of thu canals ditches. The Pressed Brick Co. be a heavy looser. They had of adobes in tho open yard (hat t ruined entirely. UcbIiIcs .Uiih riln was so heavy, that those In iirda and iiuhurued kiln, were ouglily soaked. Several or the va ere washed out and will need r. bishop James II. Walker and jelhing near the mouth or Grove (, had a thrilling experience try to keep the Hoods out or their hi doing m they becann. rctslujr soaked, in fact Immersed fie muddy stream. "uV Humphries had a bushel ""con a Ik mil under a tree, 'Ktlieatoim was over it wan found contain ou-r two inehcD ol water, a this ttml other sources, It lb es. J1 thnt between two and three HM of water fell In tho liour's curious fact connected with tho " was that It was apparently con- to Pleasant Grovo precinct. At foaa (Reason's farm, to tho west, P RB hardly a sprinkle, and about "mo dlHtaueo to tho south Ihe J'erodry and rarmors continued uu iiidr gialn im0 tlio stacks, to tho east and up American Fork "" a dlfforcnt story Is told. |
