Show Fast Thaw Results in Dangerous Flood Condition Chalk Behaves I One day the snow was wu knee deep everywhere The next day there was wa no snow wow anywhere A warm wann sun and a Chinook wind took off oft the snow in this region Saturday and Sunday so 80 fast tast it was WM almost unbelievable Result Flood waters No major damage wa was reported although feed teed yards and a few tew basements suffered The big scare was waa at coalville which viewed with alarm seven ice jams In 18 miles of ot Chalk Creek and anticipated another disastrous di dl flood If It the jams jants went out all at once Officials of ot Mountain Fuel Utah Power and Light Soil Boll Conservation Conserva Conserva- tion lion County and Coalville City Council met In emergency session Monday and discussed the advisability of ot using dynamite to control the jams It was finally decided to Lo let Nature take its course Members of the Summit County Jeep Patrol guarded the full bank all alt night and with colder weather reported the danger was past Tuesday A bridge at the Allan Jones ranch at Upton was taken out to break brenk up a dam but damage at atthe atthe atthe the ranch was reported minor PARK CITY crr- Park CUr CRy was WR right in style with the other sections of Utah who were plagued with a heavy vr and prolonged down pour o ot of rain with snow for three days day's which took a heavy toll toU on the roots roofs of ot homes homes' and business buildings and caused numerous leaks and damage to ceiling and wall Coverings A number of residences on lower low er Park A Avenue Venue were forced to use pumps pumps to remove water which seeped Into basements in several cases damaging furnaces No Injuries due to the storm were reported and Park City residents re to feel reel grateful they ther did not not suffer surfer the great property lose of our neighboring city Heber lieber i where the damage from run off ort water and storm will run into hundreds of ot thousands thousand of or dollars Idaho's flood damage will top lop topa a dollars and ha has been designated de do a disaster area by br the Us VS government |