Show S L RESERVOIR FLOODS HOMES six million gallons rush down east bench depositing much debris salt lake city As water seeped around the outlet pipes eating into the sand embankment a thirty foot section of 0 the concrete shell jot of sunny side reservoir gave way wednesday morning releasing gallons of water that rushed down tho the east bench and flooded more than a square mile of south and east salt lake city although no houses were washed away lawns and gardens innumerable were coated with deep layers ot of mountain wash and cellars were flooded I 1 people living in basement apartments lost practically all their belongings rho fhe damage when finally to will run into thousands of at dollars the break camo came without warning inspection tuesday night disclosed no untoward happening according to superintendent of water works 11 II IC K burton the first warning that anything was wrong came from a slight stream of muddy water flowing away from the base of the dam about 8 within a few minutes apparently a great subterranean cameran had been eaten out between the concrete lining of the dam and the outer bank suddenly with a rush and roar the dam broke and a great wall of water a quarter of a mile alar ind several feet deep swept down the ast st bench carrying great sections of concrete conduit tor for hun hundreds dreas of yards from this junction of regulating the flow the city has constructed a series of small distributing reservoirs reser volra the latest of which Is the Sunny sunnyside side located just south ot of the entrance to emigration canyon at the farthest north point of the parleys big cottonwood conduit |