Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-02
OESERET EVENING news
Saturday. August >. 1890.
TIE SANPETE FLOOD.

TIE SANPETE FLOOD.
Full Account Of the Event and III,
Damage.
The following Is taken from the
/ Ephrsim Eegis'or:
On July 18th, exactly eleven
months after the disastrous Hood OF
I last year. Nauti was again visited hF
that terrible element Of destruction,
I mad rush Of water.
For some time before il reached
town the iudeScrihlbie grinding.
rushing roar could lie heari. and
the RCgistcr reporter on looking ont
upon the streets. saw troops OF
frightened children anu pale women
with their faces turned 100 anxious.
helpless terror toward the sound.
Men on horses. vari1uSly equipped,
rode t0 the places where '1-f years
experience taught them their pres
euce would bee needed.
The suspense was not prolonged.
for before anybody bad time 90
think Of seeking q place of safety.
the first Of the flood bearing upon
its angry front the spells of the
mills in the canyon. and the bridge
above, came tearing down through
the center Of the town. The first
dangerous obstruction that nc met 40
this stage of it, passage was lt Chris
rniler~1n's mill ditch. The Gam
j. thrown across the creek at this.
place. i'm ur.er a. raise the water
sufficiently To ill the ditch that
turns Chri~tniler~uu's ETi~t mill.
situated in the centre OF town. he
great heat II timler. forming an a .
most water tight barrier. was
stopped by this dam, and 10y the
weight 0f the waturpiieI higher and
higher. until the house Of NrS. l..
/. Dalton on the eJ~t hauS was sur
rounded, cellars fil',-i and the build
in- threatened; ami on the east siae
IL ruse IN air and PLUNGED over the
stone wall, and down the lane be-
tween Mrs. Browns business place
and the dwelling hgus-uf thcuufur- !
.uuate Mr.. Joseph Ma l~ou, who,
from some cause. had heard nothing
II il until hc stepped to the don.
The sight was truly APPALLING; as the
rushing mud and timuerS seemed
making straight for his house. hc
Snatched up his little mother
less hoy and, closely followed |
by the nurse. VINO ClG~ueI the
tiny infant in heT arms and half lei I
her aged mother, came directly
across the street 90 tine gate where
your reporter stood, holding il wide |
open and bidding them enter amt |
take refuge i'm the house which |
stood high and dry. ami entirely out
u the track Of the flood. Madison
into a tree with the child !
In his arms, from which position |
he was allie to realize that dau-prI
was not likely 10 follow his lowed
lueS there. He came down, and
his children to the care Of
the ladies Of his household, Joined |
the ranks Of the workers ami did
valiant service. taking many risk
with the others.
Mr.. Browns business place e--
'apeG; Uut her Kitchen on the lower
ground was directly iu the track OF
me half Of the stream. aud
{ ran straight through, wash
NJ out all movable objects, anu
finally floating q huge box % and
.crIss the door, blocking its own
.gress and giving the water such "a
iepth that n high cupboard was
iitCi from the floor and laid ou it,
lack. The cellar was filed anu |
much damage done 30 everything /
within the rsum. TIE lady viewed |
he scene Of destruction from your
ep0rter's elevated premises and
O0k the whole matter phil0s1phir- |
lily. saying. ''WelI. that room |
iceled tearing down anyhow, ami |
will get IL now, and / shgu't fret
bout it,"
Thus far had only followed one
( the little side spouts. now
allied forth and attempted 10 get al
he ruin in the track Of the main
tre'm. Tine next places, Cmw-
Jni's and Duugu1ri'-, got their full
hare, and crossing the street Dver
he ne rly demolished bridge, he
God played sad havoc with the row :
{ business houses and dwellings
that front the Tabernacle
guare, built on the places belong
~ % Bishop Jensen and Hans
The dam and | ,
ridges referred 10 turned perhaps
alt OF the torrent out Of it, course q
ere, hurting it with SAVAGE fury on q
be neat little cottage anu gardens. q
to the wife Of J. VI. sic
ahl, that were 30 lady flooded
ist year. entering anu swampingl
n mud and filth the Bakery OF =
Irs. Safeguard. and the cell r. and
ard Of the millinery shop Of MrS. :
/. G. Smith. 4 high stone wall
-ithin a few feet Of the hack door
nd running up the yard toward the /
zsidtnce Of ChristOfirrsou, hut .
topping short Of that geutleman's
ack door, alone prevented the mass y
( filth diluted with water from
straight through her elegant .
nd well stocked business place. The
God followed the wall until IL came z
D the end at the back door Of the
'hristofferSOn home. and in spite OF I
n efforts filled hugh cellar that {
ras under the house, and augment
q 10y a new branch from the main I
tream that caWe tearing down the &
lope from theNcOrals, 1t made its &
yay across the street, entered the I
,ublic square. went tearing across :
= unObstructed width and hurled I
Is ever augmented weight against
he strong wall with which the I
quare Is surrounded.
President Maiben's beautiful
lwelliug and tasteful grounds lay {
iirectly across the street from the
,oint where the water attacked the
vail. and the gentleman was not at
ZONE. His wife was, ami she
lroved that n woman may be per-
ect lady. and at the same time. n
heroine in an emergency. In the
ew minutes allowed before the food
and beat down the
wall, she planned and executed the
lest deien,e in her power TO make,
re the wall fell anu two rods OF il
vas hurled into the street. The
,aTringe mount in front Of the gate
md other barricades certainly saved
he house from being defaced, if not
destroyed; but the food
divided; that going 10 the left
swept through the orchard, ruin