Show POCATELLO FLOODED i o. o BY STORM WATER VT TELLO Ida Jda Jan ran 27 The 27 The mos most disastrous flood Hood In tho the history of ot Pocatello Poca Poca- I tello swept down own through the tho east cant portion portion por por- tion of town flooding nil all tho the business houses es along North and anti South First avenue avenue ave ve nue tilling filling cella collars cellars ra and covering yards with clo ds In tho the residence district on 01 the east side Surface waters running over the tho frozen ground front from the hills as 86 a a. cons of a Il downpour of rain lasting for over twenty eight hours produced tho the Hood flood t that it has ca caused thousands thousand of dollars l damage The Tho city authorities employed emploY d teams t. t to transport lr people from tho railroad station station station sta sta- tion to tho the east cast sid side a of or town tov and from frem rem the east cast to tho the west st as aa tho the case might he the water b between t cen the tho railroad track and First Ir avenue being eln hub deep A sight that caused much was a sign placed d about midway between those th se two points s some Somo time last ost summer which read Di Dip Big Ln Lost t River Project Now Opening The water covered all alt out th the th first three word words making It read rend BI Lost Rif Rh River r r. r Report comes down from Blackfoot that the Blackfoot oot river Is sorg gorged 11 with Ice and Is II flooding Tho The fro frost froll t now appears to be out of the ground round and the tho worst of ot the flood 1 condition condition condi condi- tion over The city has a o force of at menat men mon menat at work making u culverts erts and digging ln ditches to drain the tho water out of the flooded district |