Show GAIN AGAIN ARE AE r N Special to The Telegram O OGDEN March 23 Heavy Heavy ra rains rains' in Ogden valley Uey ley and along anyon streams r a i tributary to Ogden n river are aIe are causing ausing th the waters of to rise t today day and unless tile the situation improves before nightfall Ogden is threatened with the gr greatest flood in its history Since Q 9 o'clock this the waters v of nf 0 un den river 1 h l eve vp I risen six i inches and d. d at 2 o'clock i k this afternoon the condition was was growing worse Colder weather is all aU that can avert averta a great flood of the entire southwestern southwestern south south- southwestern western portion of at the city and parts parts' of ot the business district The farming farming farm farm- ing lands to the w west st of the city including including in in- chiding the territory around Slaterville Slaterville Slater Slater- ville vine Warren Marriott and Plain City is still under six inches of water and andall andall andall all roads are impassable With Willi the rising of ot th the waters today in the Ogden river fully a thousand acres j more of the lands in this section were inundated in d. d Great d damage mage will be caused in this section Reports reaching here from H HuntS Hunt ville vine at noon today were ware to the hie V e effect that the rains h had 1 not hot abated and although the temper temperature ture had fallen I slightly the fall fal was was' was not sufficient t to stop the thaw In North Fork Fork Middle Fork and South Fork canyons all tr tributary but rY to Ogden miny canyon n there is snow ranging from tram three thre to five feet in depth The streams in this canyons are now raging rag raging ing torrents and pour large volumes of ot water into the Ogden river Likewise Like Like- Likewise wise there is snow throughout Ogden valley eight to to ten inches in depth which is gradually being melted and land drained into Ogden river Fully a hundred m men n are working at various points along the Ogden river in a final endeavor to prevent heavy damage to the street car line and th the county boulevard A force of ot men menis is also working on the dam at the mouth of ot the canyon This dam which diverts the stream from Its old course was threatened with destruction Tuesday With greater floods it is considered almost certain that this structure will be washed out and great damage done Due to the masses of ot snow in the u g b U u mountains mountains above Ogden further thawing t thawing thaw thaw- awing aw- aw ing Is considered by officials as certain certain er- er tain of serious consequences Every effort is being made to strengthen the bridges and levees along th the the river but with the waters rising tp any greater grealer height than that attained Tuesday It ItIs itis itis Is almost a certainty that these bridges will be washed out This would entail great loss because all railroad d traffic in and out of Ogden would be Inter Inter- While the Washington avenue bridge in tn Ogden and the adjacent streets which were flooded Tuesday are free from flood waters today the rising stream Is again threatening them So 50 long as the rain continues those close in touch with the flood situation hold forth but little hope for tor Immediate Immediate Imme Imme- diate relief All that can stop the flood now they say is immediate abatement of ot the rain and much lower temperatures |