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Show AT MERCY OF THE ELEMENT Cloudburst and Electrical Storm Caioo Much Damage In Salt Lake Valley. A cloudburst In Dry canyon aa July 1 partially Inundated about I d m blue I, a In tbo northeastern part of tut l.nko City. The water ritxlied froo. the mouth of the mountain di-flie In I wave snld to have been more Uan B feet high. In lesa than half 11 hoff It bad ruahod across the cast bend, twnpt over whole block ant ton down tho thori uglifarea In that portion por-tion of the city, leaving a wake of nut Band and debrla. Just before tho cloudburst u -ehe trlcal atorm fassed nlong tlu) mnot-taln mnot-taln rango, doing not lesa thagl2,sa) damage to property of tha Ullh I.IU k Railway company. About 8 o'chrk. whllo the sltctrltt! atorm waa at It height at Hair rim. the station thorn or the company eat rendered tiaeleaa by being at nek by I honvy bolt. lieforo the company hal had tlmo to recover rrom thtt ahort word came that tho station It Ogdai had been struck by a aecond bolt, e Ing about I?. 500 damage, tb aaat amount aa at near rlvor. An hour later tha auh-etntlcn if ln ray wua destroyed by fire, afler lavla been atruck by llantnlng." u roBB,lr ly destroyed tho lighting ayte,rf thnt city, which waa without l ju tho remnlnder or the nlcht. f Tho ilumnite caused by the c I-burst I-burst cannot he estimated. It Till reach the tliousnnds. lluiulnnJ or inwna throughout the devnstaiiee. lion ore covered with mud ai anl to n dentil varying from onitifslx Inches. Flower beds are ruliieililuuba torn up. fences either partial!. swept awny or badly damiiKe,, woodi slibt-wnlka slibt-wnlka floated off on the rroshf the flood, rellnra wero filled wltlanter and tho atroot a rut where theirront rushed down them. |