Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-02

. ing the lawn and flowers A. it pas>e,
10y. buryiug the garlen and, agar
stopped 10y stone wall, began hack
ing up until, when about three fee
deep, that wall also gave way, and
ialthuugh the flDOi did much dam
age to the garden Of Mr.. Martin. II
lentirely missed the house. running
% the right ami joining the main
body OF this half Of the stream
. which, after visiting n number Of
places and leaving it, mark, passed
at the home Of Thomas G. Bleak.
| II entered the basement story,
us,l 10y the family p kitchen, din
ling room ami store house, and l'ter-
Tally buried I'm one muddy grave
the furniture. provisions and n great
Quantity Of clothing belonging 90
lthis e-rimahle family. When your
| reporter viewed the scene some
! hours later. 10 hpgsarcd description.
The only article rescued uuiujur-i
wss "a -four barrel, which Arthur
| Henry calamity waiei in and
] brought out as Il was floating about.
| The cook stove was carried l. or "a
feet from where &c stood, ami
smashed. The gentlemnp was mot
at home, but came ia ON tine after
noon stage. very uuyNpe.-e4iy but
very happily Tor his family.
| The tasteful home OF Frel Alder
was mui-washei. but the damage is
slight when compared with other
/ uiarg-: from there this branch
spread Uut ami lost its deadly force,
ard the reporter Teir3cei the path
/ hack % the hank corner and the
main stream. The streets for blocks
were rushing torrent almost inn
pas-1hle for men on horseback, aud
/ pedestrians were i'm danger.
The Coop. escaped material dam
age although there were quantitie-
nr bDu'icr- and drif;wDul piled up
hy the stream which runs 10 the
rear of that building. hut the
machine depot belonging b. Mr.. T..
W. Fox, and file with machinery
belonging tg George a. Lowe. 81
salt Lake City, was razri o. the
grpuuG. or rather 20 tine water. for
it was built directly arTu-s the
-strgam. Tire damage tp tine mlchiu-
cry was low when estimated 4t Sl5l. |
The hui ling was a complete loss.
The channel uf the stream here
goes dilguutlIy acrusS the centre IL |
Main street. uut turned hy bridges
and drift Of wrecks. 70 hurled itself |
iu h'iui icmpUiaC fury upon the
double dwelling house owned hy |
Anna Clri~fuH.Tzan ami or Cupici ]
by herself. her son and his wife. |
This building Is ten feet OF more
above the bed n the creek, ur!irari-
is, and the wata- rushed i'm waist /
deep, fillirg cellars and destroying
urn. ,rty in way o. drive the poor
old laIy nearly crazy. ami really /
threatening the house fIioHuI |
with destruction. The younger
lady was rescued and taken with
her little babe % the home Of her
mother. Mrs. q. Il. Sjiwell. o. r.
main indefinitely. but zap t1 Sunday
night tine old lady could not Doe i'm
ducei % leave her diSmlntled
home.
a bridge just below checked the
stream and turned its water again
into q side street. but the main part
tore across lots through the premises
Of W. \. Cox. missing his house but
washing out the machine shed in
good style. s block west and north
10 encountered another bridge ami |
piled it high with u1ft-wo0d, III
vidpf IT, current and hurled ITSELF
on either side Of 10. While engaged
i'm digging this out the Ted OF the /
creek above was flied with a de-
post Of sand ami stones. until IL L.
more than twelve inches
ieep. and IS really much higher
than some Of the dwellings below
This bridge was torn completely
out and tine dwelling 10 the right,
bel8ngiuE to % widow named Han
sen. was 50 damaged that the build
ing Is considered dangerous and al
most unfit for occupancy.
Haza Clark j. the only man, so far
known. who had a narrow escape / I
from death. ami II occurred at this,
n0iut and while that gentleman was
lnveiy aiding the work uf uefeH-cI
and rescue. The bridges were de
and he stood ON a plank
placed ON one bank and pile Of
irift. and was endeIvOring t. clear
he stream Of debris and give the ]
water" or rather mud, q chance o. e
pursue the proper course, when the &
pile of drift the plank and Clark all
le-an going down stream. A great {
.b0ut OF mingled warming ami hDr-
Tor went up from the SPECTATORS and
workers. for they knew that il once d
ne got his head under there was a q
very small chance for him 10 come {
ut alive. for il he were not Drained {
N the thinkers he would be Smuth-
rel in the foul flow. He was yes 5
.ued. rarity by his own cool presence 7
Il mind and partly by the prompt
and efficient aid rendered him 10y 5
MS comrades.
Below this the work Of destruction V
vent on 10 the field, hut nothing SO Z
.erious occurred as those already q
and the minor events G
would fiji "a volume. q
Above the point where the re- y
lorter first saw the flood many '
,laces were ravished Of gardens. e
md denuded OF mOvables. cellars =
we're filled, and stack yaris invaded: q
lut at the gri-t mill opposite +. NJ. 4
IOlly's residence are piles Of slabs, {
lumber. POLES. and trees piled up, a
Intil Il + matter Of establishment 7
now it made its way even that far, q
a populOus city. without q
luinE more damage than il dii. ItI
IS a deplorable sight TO see the e
premises of the iron founder with !
an his buildings. machinery, mOuli- Z
luI material destroyed. The Roller e
mill is safe. From an interview I
with Fred Alder who witnessed the {
aking Out Of the saw mills. etc. in I
he canyon. we learn the following q
'acts: IL
Mr.. Fred Alder, Guard Snow.and q
W. H. Peacock, were AT Peacock's I
,aw mill in Manti Canyon. The re-
pairs Il bridges, ruads, etc, had ]
barely been completed, celebrating q
the damage done by the last years &
food. The mill owners had made {
extensive preparations for n long q
run. On SATURDAY, July 18th, n /
little before noon, while Mr.. Pea {
cock was putting in aLridge at the
end Of the mill, aud was down In a
gulch, and Mr.. Alder was sharpen-l
ing n saw, the last named gentle 4,
man heard, above the customary | I
sound and gurgle Of Mingled water
and tree-tOrn wind. a peculiar ,
grinding roar. that had an
Undesirable sound Of overpOwering /,
force in its intermittent tumult. Hell
paused 10 listen and Mr.. Peacock
seeing his attitude, also PAUSED and