Show S L RESERVOIR FLOODS HOMES six million gallons rush down east bench depositing much debris salt lake city As AB water seeped beeped around the outlet pipes eating into tile the sand embankment a thirty toot foot section of the conc concrete rebe shell of sunny side bide reservoir gave way wednesday morning releasing gallons of water th that rushed down the east bench and flooded more than a square squar 0 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 people living in basement apartments lost practically all their belongings the damage when finally to will run into thousands of dollars the break came without warning inspection tuesday night disclosed no untoward happening according to superintendent of water works H 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 wide and several feet deep swept down the east bench carrying great sections of concrete conduit tor for hundreds of yards from this junction of re regulating gulting the flow the city has constructed a series tit small email distributing reservoirs the latest of which Is the Sunry side located just south of the entrance to emigration canyon at the farthest north point of the parleys big cottonwood conduit |