Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-09-12 | Page 1 | Floods Again Strike Price

Food J Price IN H fAll INUNDATES TOWN DAMAGE fA V Water Coursing Through Basements Ruin Store Stocks PRICE BRIDGE OUT Willow Creek Canyon Road Impassable PRICE Sept 12 Special Special-A new flood was sweeping down the Price river Monday afternoon and was due to hit the he city of Price about 3 Two inches of rain fell here sInce 1030 a. a m. m and It was still raining hard this afternoon The lie D. D R. R G. G tracks at Castle CastleGate CastleGate Gate were washed out shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon and considerable considerable con con- additional damage was done to highways The bridge over Mead Wash just east of Price was reported washed out Floods hi c sed so much damage in the little towns surrounding struck Price Monday with witha a torrents are raging down the streets through stores buildings and homes carrying a mass of debris before them In the two hours after a cloudburst cloudburst cloud cloud- burst on Wood hill just north ot of Price at 10 1030 30 o'clock more than three Inches of rain feLl feU In Price It It was reported At Al noon there were no signs that the terrific downpour would abate for tor hours and the situation situation situ situ- took on a serIous aspect Citizens Citizens Citi- Citi zens and merchants are threatened with great property COl or already th the waters have filled the basements ot of homes and build build- lags ings In many ot of the stores In Price the floodwaters are arc coursing right through th tho buildings great wreckage In their wake Store fixtures fix lx- tures and stocks have been ruined and merchants are making a a. desperate ties des to save as much as possible from complete wreckage So burled buried In water are the roads and streets In PrIce it has been Impossible impossible Im- Im possible for anyone to reach the PrIce river bridge to determine how well it is standing the strain of the swollen river and the torrents from the streets it was said Another severe storm has also ben been reported at Helper but no defInite def def- mite Information was obtained Governor George H. H Dern and Secretary or of State H. H E. E Crockett who were en route to Carbon county I to Inspect the conditions left b by the Continued on page S. S THREE INCH FALL INUNDATES TOWN DAMAGE HEAVY Continued from page 1 three day floods at Castle Gate Helper Spring Canyon and Willow Creek last w week ek have been marooned in Salina it was learned The roads are said to be absolutely impassable How long before Governor Dern and Mr Crockett will be auie to continue their journey was not estimated Th The floods ot of last week in Caroon CarDon county will cost toe the state about 1 oooo to recondition the damaged highways it was reported to the state road commission Monday morning or Of all the roads the one through Willow Creek will involve the heaviest expense a it was completely completely com com- destroyed A double force torce or of men are at work on the roads and it w was estimated by State Highway Engineer Ii H. S. S Kerr and Superintendent W. W Housecroft Housecroft House House- croft who returned Sunday from a survey of the damaged roads that traffic will be able to get through Willow Creek canyon In a week ne of the chief things to be done Is tle placing of ofa a bridge over Price rivEr at Castle Gate