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Show SUGARHOUSE FACES HIGH WATER DANGER SALT LAKE April 29. The south- eastern section of Salt Lake II facing H th most B6rJ.OUS flood situation in LH years, according to H. K Burton, sup- MM erintendent of waterworks, who estl- &H mated this afternoon thut within 4S LH hours the Parley canyon crock flow LH will have Increased 50 per cent. LM threatening a congestion of storm sew - II ers at Thirteen' h Soulh and State streets and the Inundation of that sec- tion of the city. Further, should th present thaw continue uninterrupted It is almos' certain that tho residential section a far south and east as Sugarhouse will be under water. Mr. Burton believes H In view of the Impending crisis, all LH waterworks employes will be on the H Job tomorrow, it was announced. City Commissioner T T. Rurton let Bl for the Mountain Dell reservoir early HI tOday when reports were sent In that Bj water in Ihe big reservoir was rapid Bl iv rising to the spillway. Member Bl of the street department workod all Bl night attempting to relieve yesterday's Bl congestion and arrange for the diver- Bl slon of heavy waters from Emigration mm and Red Butte canyons This morn- B ing they reported the situation con- Bl slderably improved and believed th f worst of the present flood was over. ICfl About the same time reports from IBM Mountain Dell Indicated that the huge irD dam there would be able to check the rtfi flood only a few hours longer. Ml |