Show FLOOD SITUATION HOURLY WORSE DAMAGE RUNNING f I. I R Rk 1 k i I fAIRGROUND EAST ri ri VA I i 4 I BANKS OH LOOKING WE T FROM fT With continued hot w weather ather the tho floods along North Temple street and andIn In to the southern part of the city were this morning higher and more serious than at any other time On On North t Templo street it is with great difficulty today d Y that t at the large force of workmen workmen work work- men are keeping the torrents of water within the the- bounds of the banks which have been raised about five feet high on each side of of the the street in In many places places' the water is gradually seeping into front yards and is doing much damage to lawns and gardens and filling fill fill- ing fug cellars with dirt and rock North Temple street wore a decidedly decided decided- ty ly desolate air air toda today at noon Begin Begin- Beginning ning at Sixth West TV where hero the water r comes conies from the large lai-ge city conduit the road is a u ei river with a swift current I Brush mud and all kinds of debris are being washed don down n the street clear from Seventh West to the Jordan river rier on Eleventh West 17 est street A At t all the I street crossings bridges have been built to the car tracks to enable people to reach the only means of escape from the district the district the electric cars The sidewalks sidewalks side side- walks are covered with water awl an mud and are impassable In many places the cars have to run very cautiously The water has completely destroyed I all the grade rade of the ro road d' d from Seventh r West cst to Eleventh West streets and has undermined the car tracks in many places causing the tho rails and ties to sink into the ground far underneath the level lo of the roadbed Car traffic across the district is is de declared Glared to be le none nono too safe Wa Wagon on traffic alon along the road has practically been abandoned The ibe water ater has lias washed I deep holes in the road making its use positively dall dangerous Erous Wagons are going going go go- o ing Int east and west on either eithel South Temple Tern Tem pIe or First North Bridge Nearly Useless On North Temple and First West Westmore Westmore Westmore more trouble is is being experienced The water has washed up over oer the bridge and has made crossing by pedestrians almost impossible All persons are are walkin walking a half block east and crossing the on the footbridge at that point Today the Emigration canyon stream is not 50 so high asit has been heretofore but the Parleys Parley's canyon stream is at its highest p- p point int All XII the TV way ay from Seventh East between Eleventh Ele and Twelfth South streets to State and Tenth South streets the stream is doing all kinds of damage Many houses are arp- under water and hundreds of acres of land are flooded lon Considerable dama damage E has been done to various various a ious crops which are planted along the course of the tho stream On the time west side in the neighborhood I of Eighth West lest below Eighth South the residents got jot a fresh flooding last I night and this mornin morning The Ninth South canal rose at such a II rate that I it went wont o er the banks and completely inundated the entire neighborhood The Tho Thel I Idama dama damage e there will be serious The overflow came camo regardless of the efforts I of a large largo force of men to hold the water within the banks Much Damage Done Near the Ore Oregon on Short Line railroad yards yards' this morning City creek grew so violent that a telephone pole which was imbedded in cement was loosened so 80 seriously that it had to be braced to keep it from falling In case this pole is washed out a large part of the west ivest westside westside side will have no electric lights unless a temporary line hue can an be built across the Oregon on Short Line viaduct Measurements in the Cottonwood stream near the city conduit this morning morning morn morn- in ing showed that that stream has risen 00 second feet since yesterday and is still coming up at a rapid rate Today it is is flooding completely over the weirs at the conduit and is expected to cause considerable damage The worst in the flood line is is expected expected ex ex- tODi i With the hot weather of today added to that of yesterday and last night the fear foar has been expressed that the water wi will get beyond all con con- Men who are working at the scene of the various flooded streams say that many residents can rest assured that tonight they wi will need boats to navigate their front yards |