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Show ' ' rTTWij FLOODS CAUSE GREvr DAMAGEAT OGDEN Ogden, March. 26.-What is said . be the worst flood in many years can! Sunday following several hours , torrential rains at the head of Sou! Fork and North Fork and Wheel! canyon which are the main feeders n the Ogden river. Summer homes in the vicinity ( Wheeler canyon and Pine View were inundated and there was considerable damage to the property. They Wre not occupied but owners hearing of the Hood rushed to the scene Sunday af. ternoon. The great volume of water was con-fined con-fined chiefly to the river channel but flooded some of the lowlands west o' Ogden canyon. The heavy rains are said to have caused a landslide which tore out 200 feet of pipe line of th Utah Pd-r & Light company just od-posite od-posite the old Winslow resort and caused the closing down of the pioneer station near the mouth of Ogden canyon. can-yon. Lights were cut off in Ogden for a short time but were soon conected with the Grace, Ida., station, which supplies the greater part of the power in Ogden, Salt Lake and other Utah points. For more than a half hour the ' Ogden tabernacle was in darkness during a session of Mt. Ogden stake conference. , The heaviest stream of water poured pour-ed down Wheeler canyon where a cloudburst carried a large amount of debris and timber and rocks which formed a dam a short distance above the power dam and this volume of water, together with the heavy stream coming ; down from South and North Forks, flooded the region of Pine View . j for more than a mile and cars of the Utah Rapid Transit company were unable un-able to proceed beyond this point on the Ogden-Huntsville. line. |