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Show [Missing]STORMS. [missing] the territory have [missing] more or less severe damage [missing] cloud bursts, [missing] the southern part of the [missing] was visited on the 11th inst. hail ?? storm, which [unreadable] and did damage to [unreadable] the amount of $8,000. Various portions of Utah county have also been visited with storms that have done considerable damage. A correspondent of the Enquirer gives the following account of a storm in American Fork canyon on Sunday the 14th inst.: "The canyon was visited by an unprecedent rainstorm. Great damage was done to sawmills, roads and other property. The Order steam mill was partly washed away, as also lumber, logs, wagons, carts, etc. There is not a bridge left in the canyon. Judging by the wreck along the course of the river the damage must amount to a large sum. From one gentleman who came down from there on Sunday night we learn that it was with great exertion the families residing in the canyon made their escape with their lives. A party of Presbyterians who were up the canyon on an excursion are hemmed in yet. It is impossible to go up the canyon on horseback. Quite a number of men started up to day to ascertain the true condition of affairs, but at present it is not known whether they have succeeded in getting up the canyon or not. "It is believed that almost every mill in the canyon is rendered useless, if not wholly destroyed." "Much valuable farm and meadow land is the vicinity of American Fork city is damaged by the floods and debris." Later: Nash's mill is a total wreck; even the spot where it stood is gone. Jackson's mill is intact. Pratt and Eversen's race is entirely washed out; loss about $100 by the latter. Mr. Alva Green, of American Fork city, had just completed a dancing hall in a natural cave in the canyon. The excursion party took refuge in it for two nights. They walked out to-day, having to pick their way over cliffs, &c. The whole bed of the canyon is swept clean. The Order mill lost about 40,000 feet of lumber, with everything about the mill yard; their loss must be about $3,000." Dr. W. H. Anderson of Portage, Box Elder County, writes to us a vivid description of a terrific thunderstorm which occurred in Malad valley, on the night of the 13th inst. He says: "On Saturday night, between 10 p. m. and 2 a. m., I witnessed one of the most grand and terrible thunderstorms of my life; it was a constant roar and flash, and shook the houses and ground. No battle that I witnessed in the Mexican war could compare with the terrific roar and flash; the rain just poured down." |
