Show SALT ALT LAKE FLOODED or ally 7 I 1 war arom two lagh ib t f two rt feet up deep the worst wont rainia torm ever expert once d in bait lake began may 2 and la in thirty six alit hours 3 34 inches bad hac fallen measured in snow this would aul equal six feet the rain was steady avera gimi about 10 of an inch per hour bour and it never cover lot let up were ware not equal to the task 0 carry ing the nater away and tha overflow oter flow f om the higher ground to the southern and southwest fern rn parts part of the city forming little rivers riven through yards and gardens g flooding many houses until the were drives out I 1 rom second to fourth west between seventh and ninth south was the worst the th water in the street reaching reach fog a depth of about two to feet the dr drainage alonge canal was waa ful and overflowing so ao that streams wre were running parallel to tt it in the streets street with force nouga to wash out bridges add d cu lverts the salt palace and ball grounds were era under several inches of water be cause tile the drainage canal could not 11 the water although it reached tile the proportions of a small river neve alance the weather bureau was estta fished along in the alie seventies has there thero been such a downpour and all the western portion of the city extending to the jordan river is almost a lake |