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Show GREAi: HAVOC WROUGHT. ;x Damago dono by this week's Storms. The moil g'gaulla Hootl in the historj f KiehrlcM e.uno rtMiIng donu the nioutiliiliia and emptied into tho cil) Monday, At I o'clock, tin) streeti wero diit It half past I they Weieiherr" vfsceth ug water, imiHMmblu to ptiUnlinun .uiJdlllleuit uf travel lij 'trnnt; uiidai i u'tlwck the niienrjiice Of'thoninli fares and aldewnlru h in though It were hut an April showur that barely laid 'In duet. In tho half hour's torrent there fell Iwuaiid u half Inches of water, and then Hie sun came mil lo add to the loliarpie uune ofn town wlmsu high-rtiita high-rtiita and nllejB weio rlveis and brook-lels, brook-lels, u voritiiblc Venlco in Utah. The Etorm camo thuiideiiug down the wilh'V fioin Hie ninth after it bad glcn Moiiroo ti thorough dicuulilng nnd hud wrought hoiiiu lmoc In Intervening lowna. A h'gh wind nrfompnnlcd the gnat ahcelN ofwnlcr that iwcptover Hichtleld llko gleut sails bullied by the galo . When I ho heavy-laden clouds bad ntflK'icnlly w licked llieir vungeuueo up in Kichlleld Ihcy s)ied olI'totliH north. . ast nnd i-priil llivli fury in Ibe lower 'lid mid in Ihe wiutheiu end uf Sanpete comity. Tho trains on '.ho UioCiunde Western weioilelajed f icm thirly-six to forly-elght forly-elght hours Jit t what la tho extent of the laiiuigo done by Mondny'ri Hood ciui'iot now bo determined; nearly all tho Irrigation cauala rie liiukcn through banks and have idled their conttiita over the Held. Tin. loss to Peier will l0 suvtiu, Ar rn. i.Jioiin on tho ether side ol of the range tho people wcro cugagfd In the school election when sudiUnly John Caning camu dashing into town horbelmck, crying, "A Hood I A lloodla coming I" and quickly rideia wvio aecu daubing in all dinctloui', warning tlio pcnploof, danger. l'or lialf an hour provloua to tho Hood's etrlklng tho city, ilimetencli AaX ltfiftrttfKBfc rffBl8iHtli iflO"! on-'' of Ihe rushing watei could bo heard for nillea. Tim coming terror looked likon mighty lava flreani 'ruihiiig foiuard, bearing Upon ila bo4om upioulcd treea, eawloga and bouldura by tlio llioutaude. T'aete dabbing In contact cleaned out every biidgo and dam as play things, chunking tlio tiKiial water couixcs and covering Held, orchiiidsiuid gardeua wltii debris and mud two feet thick, nnd Hooding Nortli Main nlrcet fiom tho bridgo lo I'M Bartholomew', half o nillu below( tho llco I continuing in its louteeof. iluvastiillou, until it npeut Itf'lf In the wiibtua miles northeast of town So far theio aro no leporta of live being lost, but cousiijeiable anxiety e uxpieed us lo Ihu fate of many saw mill hands wo' king In the inountnliia. Major Sinil'i and Judge Yeile rtll-male rtll-male tho loss of tliu people at from (15,000 lo 120,00 , iilthougli it ia voiy li.n.1 lo ttiiiimo tlio Iota at present, Wu eilU'eiud fiom n very ihimaglng Hood ten youia ago, and another about lle ytura tlinv, bill this ia by fai tliu worst ueraecii line. A lolief jmrly was orgauiiEuit to gc up tlieinnjon to under atsititiicu ti. thou up tlieiu ii ucvilul ; hut littlu cuulJ he done until d ivllbt Tuvwlay morn lug. Word camo from Meadow mid Kiiuoslitli.it disastrous Hood have oe t Hired tlieiu, Mt.MIJW AMI K VNOJII. Olio of ihu woiat lloo.li known fu yearn i.iacd thiaugh town Mombiy cnriyiiigiill tliu bridges anddiiuli befor it. 'I'ho extent of tliu il.tiu.tgo its nut I yet known, but on account of tho u id I ti.neu of land to e.urv nil tlio water. I la not Htipponed that tlie damage will lis grett. Meadow was alio visited by it destructive de-structive flood on Moud ly, doing much lUinaue lohouies, carrying awaycorrala, atacki, etc, one lady loosing iiIhiuI $100 worth ti honey and beer Tuewaier could be scan sweeping along at ndlitanco nfsix miles away. It is said tho damage done there will reach thousan Js of dolhira, , THKsnw's annul. Tho Btonu which swept tho Stale ViuKdny cnuted mi inmate of diHslera and damage. Tnollvua weiu Intt at Kurcka, and $10,0J3 woilli ol damage done, while great danmgt wn i'lo dono at Miiui-moth Miiui-moth mid Sihur City. Itichlleld and Momoo wore again visited and tliu dla.mttira at I'ilhnoie. Meadow and Kaupili woio repeated, tlio damago lit Meadow bslng oatlmaled at $10,1100. Nearly all tlio Sanpeto Valley tonna wero iaited liy Hoods yreatir than any beforo known In their history. Mercur wrw 'leatly damagtHl, Ihe Iota being cbont J60OO. l'arU City was visited by a eloud-biiibt and great liatuaga done. |