Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-06

shower. from which ths following is
taken:
For about thirty minutes tho. streets
warn Transformed into canals ana rivers
and aid but The old timers, who were
familiar with surh things, thought that
tho second dUIuao bad come. DoWn Town
the paved streets we're uuundahuy aole
tortrry tho wa.or that rushed over tnem
three to ..x inches deep. on lApltol NH
the water courses were unable 20 even
DayIn 10 accommodate thU floods. Down
Ing ayonue. frum Fourteenth 10 Thirty
sixth, WAS "a river A4 wide a. The street.
Culvorts aud cfUuWalEs went hoating
down tho torrent aud whore mere
woro lots lower than the streets
they wore transformed into minia-
turo lakes in almost the twink
ling Of an oyo. a. l0l.hN avenue the
tracks were submerged under more Than
foot Of wafer, and cats got by only Win
difficulty. Al Thiry.nrst and Downing
the stout street line vas completely sub
merged aud several cars went OIL the
track owing TO the aecumulation Of sand.
40 the corner of THlry.siNth and Lar
liner, whore Downing enters, there was a
lake OF water which covered tho whole
corner and stretched away down Thirty
sixth in some pliUUt luIy three feet doep.
ThoWeltun sirtot rIu.I limo was NO loaded
with sand and watU0 tina. the great Hn-
gincs in tho power house were stalled,
Duing unable 10 pull tho loug caDlo. The
waHHr poured down Iwonty.e ghth
avenue into WoljOu Boo liumcuHo volume
and from Thirtio.h strCct 10 Twenty
sixth tbr whole street was under ifom
one 10 two feet OF vaior On larImer
street. from Thirty.thifd 10 Twenty
oightu, the whole stree. was a
cAuuI. Nearly every cellar was
Hooded and several houses had wot
carpets from tho wat8r pouring In tho
doors. on P1Arl strrU. houses were sur
rounded by water two ioei deep. On
toIiaK street tho water stood in dC0n
pools from one to two feet deep aud
rushed in torrents down tho sidewalks I.
large planks and all kinds Of debris
floatod down the middle OF tho street,
stopping the cars and nli vehicles. Ai
Ciarks In and fifioouth was particular
ly duop pool into which podesirians un-
knowingly plunged VA the dark and
passengers alighung from the ears, before
thoy could Boz stopped, stopped kueo
deep Into wator. On the line OF tho
Twenty. avonuo cars tho road was
practically impossible and traffic entirely
suspended. From Williams street la tho
park tho Ryouuo looked liaa a lake. tho
foot doop aud being high enough 10 cover
motors ON the cars a. "A number Of places
Ca seventeenth avenue, from Grant to
Washington, the whole street was under
wa.or, aud tho cable train. looked moro
like some now Kind OF sailing Graf than
land vehicle.
There isa further lorg account Of
how cellars and stores were soaked and
Hooded, gullies washed In the streets,
places Of amusement shut up because
the audiences could not get there, etc,
closing with the remark that sit was
ouly an Old fafhioncd Colorado raiu.u
Ia Utah we must be content Ia sum.
mer 10 do with our comparatively In.
significant yet peaceful aud refreshing
showers, for when II comes 10 summer
rains with the attendant necessity for
halboats ami IA Idscows ia the capitals
principal streets ps Items Of boom
literature, We Of Utah chrurfully award
the palm To our eastern neighbor.