Show i l 1 I I I I I J I BY STORM k IN UTAH J Wires Down in Northeast anti and Telegraphic Communication tion Interrupted CITY CREEK ON RAMPAGE Four Families on West Side Sice Deser Desert Honl Homes s on Ac Account Account Ac- Ac count of Flood Telegraphic vice set was crippled an anla i la Ia In some places demoralized telephone hono 3 lines lInc's Ins were vere Injured trains were delayer delayed and the malls mals were hours late Int through a n general storm torm which swept Utah ant and ond adjoining states all al day duy Friday Heavy y nta rains throughout Utah caused tood floods flood or ot serious nature but hut In southwestern southwester Wyoming a heavy y wind drove e snow rain and sleet sleN before It St It to such uch an au ex extent cx cx- tent that telegraph pol s were felled cued and service ruined for hours Cr The Tho center of or the lie storm seemed to be he benear benear near Evanston Wyo Vo as In this region reglo great damage was don done on Wires Ires on both the the- Postal and ane Western est rn Union telegraph mole tele Ic- Ic blown down foi for graph systems wore were miles mits The Postal lostal company van can HsI Its Hs lines around by way of or S Seattle to lO serve serc local loel patrons Both companies R word were were hundreds of or messages messages behind In tho local offices hut but by ly mIdnight had hati begun to catch up uJ with wih their work worl as ns new nev circuits had been lleen mm made anI and messages rues mes sages wore were were being whirled into Salt aH as rn fast t as ns pO possible Flood water sater In City creek b began falling late Friday afternoon and slid at nt midnight lost last night had dropped four Inches Incites from the high point reached at about 2 o'clock In it-i the afternoon afternoon- The me falling ailing temperature turned turne the tile rain to tosno snow sno In I the lie moun mountain and anti stopped the melting In the time foothills which checked the time rl rise Rain fell Cel la In last t l night at Intervals als but the time went weather h pre lc- lc lon tion ton of or Dr R. R n J. J Hyatt for Cor fair and warmer weather today will wil bring bring- bringa a abright bright ray of or hope to the residents who have been en threatened by the constant rising w. w waters er B Every stream In and near Salt Sal Lake has las become a n raging torrent torment and amI much damage amago l Is hi threatened within the next 12 2 hours If i the time streams go so on a araT raT Tho 1110 TIO most danger perhaps Is along long City creek between Third West mind nd nc Ninth West streets on 00 North Tem fem pie le Jer Here tho the water has hns long long- long since reach reached cached the top of or its ls old banks and was vas only held helel In its Is course by the work of f Street trept Supervisor Raleigh and Ind the resIdents in that part o of the city Thousands of or tons tolis of or un J manure nur and amul ther debris have haw been pl piled d along the hc creek reek banks hanl s during tho time last two days strengthening hen In the time weak places s and amid holding the time water vater in check cl r irce I 1 tu In Mate t Four Faur families have ha been n forced to move love e 10 from flom their homes between Fifth est and J West Vest streets owing oving to 0 time the o elo from oni frol the time cr creek ek All 1 long along this route the wat water I Is already two wo or em- three feet a above o c the foundation levels of oC the time houses and amid nd much damage would be e done In li-i case the time storm 1101 romp rom its Its I mid tl spreads th th n t I rl ol I long along the rOute ite of or the time canal canol are ale al already already al- al ready cady two Iwo three or-three feet deep with wih wa- wa ter er but the time residents have h e been olI work work- i In ng arduously to stop the tue wat waters rs from coin rising R. 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J I Hyatt att weather prognosticator prognosticates s stated In his hits report Issued Friday afternoon after after- noon that the tile rainfall ha had ceased and arid forecasted a clear cear and sunny day Ilay for 01 forSa fora Sa a tin day nut flu t the time rain fell cU fel Intermittently In- In for Cor several se hours last Jast night Ight and 11 the time effect was noticeable l In ii 1 the time volume of or the water poured Into he the streams Residents alon along the thc Ninth South and South canals arc are again watching tho ie sire closel closely fearing that a second flood lood worse v than the he one a month a a ao o wi be experienced Men Ien patrolled the anal c-anal banks hanks at Intervals last night to guard the time residents against a n flood No Xo leaks breaks of oC any consequence were id i- i ec d but ut the water here Is at nt a fast rast rate ate At the time of the former flood the time city ily worked with the time people along tho the route oute of time the canals an and the tile work done then hen is' is still Ul standing time the test and w will uve much labor in no me present crisis I Higher I Igi ii Than ma mm for foi Not In years eals has Ci City cl creek crack ek been so high as at nt the time present time lime lh The Wt r haM as almost reached tile the level of oC the con con- from Stat Stale street to lo Main street at ut North Temple and with wih a n a. a few rew more inches inches' rise il it I will wil begin begin be be- hc- hc gin sin flooding the time near State Slate and and nd North fe Temple Temple- r str streets ets Realizing this timis m J i a man mann n was statIoned alon along time the banks auks of or the time stream near noar the mouth of t he the last night to I keep eel the time passage pas- pas sn sage o clean cean from rom wood wool large stones anti and other which m might ht work together 1 In n mm for a a. i lam damn at ut the Lime mouth and amid Uld thus CRuse cause a flood food which would sweep down State street et and amid cause cam o considerable damage demage At M Third West Ol street tho the creek creel has nearly reached tho the proportions where all th the water vater cannot b IK h. through h the al culvert built buit by the time O. O f i 2 L L. railroad com corn p i. i n ny Is passage e flaler by a foot root than turn tl time the one erie at al State street and the the trouble would therefore arise from froni arse th th- thone one at M the railroad yards ards sooner tha thaIn than tham In 11 time the heart o of the time cit cl All last night the time water Al continued to fall fail fal in tn City I creek but hut ro rose rose- e slightly In tile the canals south o of the cit cl city It I is estimated that fully 20 30 men Including tho 3 employed em er floe b by the time city and residents in to tl dif dif- lt ferent harts of the city were bus busy e c e. e cy y y last t night nigh t and yesterday e piling nil all ni so sorts ol t tot ot or obstacles along along the streams to II life f I and nd property properly Time The Thc ruin rn which fell el almost steadily foi 01 I Is h hours hour stopping for tor a 0 while earl early Fri IH Ua da nr afternoon vas one of oC time the heavIest hla et in months month This with wih the melting snow caused caud the time streams to swell to an art abnormal ab aim- normal state and oni only the fall In al tem tempi temp teJ pi pl staved slaved oft off or a a severe Revero flood food D By noon Friday an amm Inch and a half haIr of rain had hall fallen In Salt Lake and last nl ht nearly a quarter of oC an Inch more fell tel In Inthe Inthe Inthe the mountains the iho rain ruin turned to lo now and this caused he the stead steady fall fail rai of oC the streamS 1 ra m With warm weather toda today however cr it is II I expected that the tho streams will wi again go 0 o on oh a n rampage and 1 by nightfall night night- nil fall fal will 11 be he nearly as os high as th times they have havo yet et h been en A car careful Cul watch will wi be bo kept kepton on Ct Cily creek ek and other streams and in inca incase ca case e of oC a new rise In tn time thc water waler ever every effort efort will wi be made rale to lo confine tile the flood to time the banks hanks of or the stream Salah Bridge Blele In II Danger The Time bridge e on the tile roa road over 01 0 tho Jordan rl river r In Is again threatened owing to tl the the high water At C G o'clock last night the water within seven Inches Of or orth th the tue trucks anti and the river la is L tearing alon along at or a dan dangerous rous rate rale should hould It I rise to lo lothe the Ule l level of oC the tracks river rl Is e 1 hl higher her than thon It was WUI a month ago AW und mind did tiki not fall faiL al so o rapidly a i did cUll time the water II I In CJ City cr creek k I No xO imas d HI done to cit I L i d r 3 J t telegraph wires In tim this Immediate vicin- vicin i ily ity ty but In iii Wyoming the tile storm played havoc oc ha with the Th Time The Western Vestern Union company had only two wires east easi last night as all al others had been torn Town down by a n severe ere storm of snow sno hall haJ and sleet east calt and west vest o of E an E lon The Tile Rio Ilo Grande trains were running narl nearly on schedule but Short Line trains from the time vast ast were several hours bc bc nt their owing to the time storms In Wyo- Wyo r r. r Ing The rho local officials of or the Oregon on Short Ih tiie who have ha c jurisdiction over the time line lne o of o LIe lae Union Pacific PacOc as na far east cost AS ns Green Ri Wyo hn b been n Informed that the time storm Thursday nl nighttime the telegraph tele tele- graph and wires vIres along life tle lino from from rom V Ya is alch atch lo to p Green River were hI OWl down and aad put completely out Olt of commis commis- sion slon The rime storm raged fiercely tercel over o er that section of country countr according to reports report an and Its Is effect upon the telegraph an anif telephone lines IM Is only n a pirt of or considerable considerable consid consid- able erable damal damage done clone In the part lart of DC A large fore forc fOIl of or men has hoR been sent out outto outto to repair the tho thC image In II the time meantime meantime- trains train arc are run slowly under pro eeL le older to lo avoid |