Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-18
DAMAGE BY FLOOD.
A Cloud Burst In Ssnpete County
Naati.s Losses.

For the second time in the cours,
of a year the residents Of Manti ar
the sufferers by a flood. On tn,
10th Of last August flood destroye,
about =, 500 worth Of property, ant
now on SundaA'. july 10th; i aimila
( misfortune has befallen the people
| The damage done is not so heavy
neither was the stream of water 81
| great.
For some hours OH Sunday morn
ing heavy black clouds had beer
floating up from the south, Unit
about 2o'cluCk PIN. wheh the shy
I was'coveei. The THUNDER Yep: Up g
continuous n;uttering, and at last
I came 4 heavy shower, which lasted
! but a few minutes.
Three or four miles UP Manti
canyon a cloud burst and preclpita.
I ted the large amount of moisture
with which The cloud was laden, on
Z the hills. On arJVent IT thu sheer
aud cattle hnving eaten of all the
vr-sSal0n I'm the hills near town,
there Is nothing 10 hold the water
or in any way arrest its flow. The
consequence is that q heavy rain ill.,
stead Of soaking into the ground
PUSHES down the creek. flooding the
country below and usually doing
more harm thaA gppt' In this uase
the water r''hhea down the canyon,
carrying with it all the loose soil
and trash in its course. The road
through the canyon was covered
with rocks and mud 20 such an eK-
rent that travel was rendered we'll
nigh impossible,
Along tt- r-~es lie people had
9n' '5E5, u!auks and other things to
form dams for turning water into
the bitches. These are carried
along down the stream. The props
for The flume Of Mr.. Hansen's
foundry We're carried away, and the
ilume left in rather a bad condition.
The water wheel was thrown out Of
position by the for-a NJ 'he water,
and uagt cftat foundry flooded. 4
h,5ck UelOw, the foot bridge was
carried away and the street Hooded
in various places.
The log laid across the creek at
the rear Of the premises occupied by
George 4. Lowe, caught some Of the
floating brush and debris, which
Immediately began to pile up in
large heap, blocking the bed Of the
stream and sending the water out
o neither side. But for he lodging
Of the floating matter here, the
bridge across Main Street would I'M
doublcily have beer carried away.
A. Il was the planks were lifted
nom their positions 10y the force Of
the stream flowing under. \ little
farther down a foot bridge was car
riei away, and art Of fence.
Although the wagon bridges are
all in their places, some Of them are
pretty lady washed, under the
piers, and one at least is dangerous
to cross. The planks ON one bridge
had to bee pulled W, TO prevent its
being carried away. Many Of the
bitches are filed up. some Of the
crops are buried up in the mud and
the creek j. filed with large bOuld-
ers. Altogether the damages can
not Ice less thar n thousand dollars.
No doubt much more would have
been done, but ~ soon rs il became
known that there was work to do
;iiela many willing hands TO assist
IN the work Of clearing out the OBJ
structiOns 50 that the water might
Re kept in its channel as much a.
p.s>ihle. About an hour after the
first rush, the water began to lower
aud before dark was flowing in the !
Did channel, with but little more
water than before the stOTm.-HdRi |
SCHtuCi.