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Show - - - - - - Flood Sweeps Through Tbrou hMoabDamafin Moab , Damaging Streets and Homes Ie Cloudburst Causes Loss of ofAlOund ofAiound ofAlound AlOund Aiound $5000 5000 55000 $ , City Cov Coy Covered Coyered Covered ered with Sand 1nd and 1ndDebris andDebris ' indjebris Debris DebrisThe ) The drought v . which mch had held heldMoab heldMcab heldMcab Moab Mcab in its gnp grip since early spring springwas springwas was \ as broken with v.1th v1th . vengeance \engeance engeance aengeance a \ Mon Monday Monday Monday day evening about 4 30 when a acloudburst a.cloudburst acloudburst . cloudburst acloudburst S\\ S swept Sept \ ept over the vaUey valley bringmg bringing valleybringing vaUeybringmg floods ficods that caused dam damages damages damages ages to streets strees ( homes and bUS1 busy bUS1ness busyness business ness houses conservatively consenatively estimated estimatedat at $5000 5000 $500 500 $ $5000The $500The The stormas storm \ was \\as as very severe se\ere se ere \ an anmch aninch aninch mch inch and a quarter of ra n falling falling'in fallingin ' In ibont about bout half an hour Floods pour poured poured poured ed off the hills east and north of ofto ofto ofto city1Iany cityMany to vn I'll Ill vii ' and s ve vept > : t through the city cityinto 1Iany Many cf of the streets "ere ere were " converted convertedInto convertedinto into rivers and large quantities of ofsand ofsand ofsand sand rocks and debris debns v . were ere de deposited deposited posited in the streets and around aroundhomes aroundhomes aroundhomes aroundhomesA homes homesA A huge flood coursed down Main Mainstleet Mainstreet Mainstieet stleet street andater and water \\ater ater \ poured intoseveral into intoweral weral everal several < Manybasements anybasements bu- bu buness bu . - , ness houses Many ' any basements were flooded and sub subsh substy substiitial sh sty 1tlal itial losses looses ; \ were ere reported by byseveral byseveral eeral several e\ e \ eral homes and business housesThe housesThe houses housesThe The damage to streetses streets wes \\es es \ es.ecl esecl esrecl es.eclaUy esreclally es . eclally aUy ally heavy " Many any { of the streej streets streetswhich streetawhich " v.h1ch vh1ch which . had recently "een een been " en gravelled gravelledand gravelledand gravelledand and w \ were ere be ng oiled at the hme time hme"ere timewere timewere "ere ere were " \ wrecked reeked and much of the thework thework work \ ork heretofore done v . was as lost lostGravel lostGravel lostGravel Gravel Gravelas \ was \\as as . washed v.ashed vashed away a\\ay a ay \ and huge hugegull hugegull gull es cut through the streetsHuge streets streetsHuge Huge sand banks banb.s banbs . " were "ere ere deposited depositedthroughout depositedthroughout depositedthroughout throughout towTi town and the cost of re remolng removing removing mo\lng mo lng moving \ it " will "Ill Ill be heav heaw heavy ) Work of ofrepalrmg ofrepairing ofrepairing repalrmg repairing the damage is now under underay underway underway underwayA \\ay ay way wayA \ ayA A huge flood swept down do\\11 do 11 \ ' Mill Millcreek Millcreek Millcreek creek doing considerable damage damageto to the Utah Po Pover Poer \er er ver \ & . & . Light com corn company cornpany cornpanys pany s dam and ; power Jower house houseS S veral irrigation dams " were "ere ere taken takenout takenout takenout out The flood protectionork protection work \\ork ork \ done doneseveral doneseveral doneseveral several years ago by CCC labor laborundoubtedly laborundoubtedly laborundoubtedly undoubtedly held the flood in m check checkand checkand checkand and saved many thousands of ofdolhrs ofdollars ofdollars dolhrs dollars in damage to farms The Theflocd Theflood Thefiocd flocd flood in 111 the creek , . was v.as vas said paid id to be bethe bethe bethe the largest since smce August 1919The 1919The 1919 1919The The storm " was "as as local in character charactersweepmg charactersweeping charactersweeping sweepmg sweeping up the Colorado river and andhen andhen andhen hen up Moab vallev valle valley ) It did not notextend notextend : extend into the Pack creek drainage drainage dram- dram drain- drain - age |