Show SALT enthen portion of city prom two Inoh Mito two eft deep j the worst rainstorm ever expert ended in salt lake began may 2 an in thirty six hours 3 31 inches haa fallen measured in this would equal six feet the rain was steady averaging about 10 of an inch pel chour and it never let ip ditches were not equal to the tab of carrying the water away and the overflow from the higher ground rushed to the southern and southwest ern parts of the city forming littia rivers through yards and gardens flooding many houses until the cocu pants were driven out from second to fourth west between seventh and ninth south was the worst the water in the street reaching a depth of about two feet the drainage canal was ful land overflowing so that streams were running parallel to it in the street with force enough to wash out bridges and culverts the salt palace and ball grounds were under several inches of water be cause the drainage canal could not carry off the water although it reached the proportions of a small river never since the weather bureau was dished along in the seventies ha there been such a downpour and all the western portion of the city extending to the jordan river is almost a lake |