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Show A BAD WASHOUT. .Sixteen Miles of 11. G. Yl Track Destroyed. Fassensjers and Bagrg-ag-e Have to Ee Transferred Across the Desert in Convej'ance. Special to Tub Mokmng Dispatch. Gkekx PiIver, Utah, July 29. The largest washout that has ever occurred on the Rio Grand Western happened hap-pened on Tuesday evening, near Thompson's Springs. The country at that place is sandy, and the ro d lays close to a range of mountains where 1 cloudbursts are frequent. At the time named one of these cloudbursts of unusual un-usual magnitude took place, and the water rushed down from the mountains in streams, lodging against the grade until a l.irg lake was formed. As soon i:s the water commenced to flow over the track, it started to wash tlie grade, and in a few minutes, about tif-teen tif-teen miles d' grade was washed away. tlie section hands in that vicinity have standing instructions to watch the mountains for signs of a heavy storm, and as soon as a black cloud is seen to touch the hills the men scatter along the track to watch for washouts and also to warn all trains to keep a sharp lookout, and by this means calamities are averted. On this occasion no accident happened to any tva n, but the washout has caused considerable delay as all passenger pas-senger have to be transferred across the intervening space by means of wagons and buggies. The train which left Provo on Tuesday night at 11:30 left heie to-night and will reach Provo in the morning at 3 o'clock with the passengers that should have arrived there on Tuesday's midnight train. The worktrain whichleft Provo yesterday at 12 o'clock with a load of timbi-r "and men to help fix up the roadbed1, passed I'vre hi l g o-C.'lit. It 1 tn7tjrl,t the track will be relaid by Frij,.iy, and trains running as usual. j |