Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-01
1ELBGRAPHIC.
TIFNEBTS RAGING.
,.,,, Sg,pt Away by The aadIy
gushIlg Waters.
,,s,,yl,c, THUNDER AND RAIN
s,.,.,, Of the PauIc-sIrieLeu In
-, ..,,,,,,. AIugllus with tho Crash
log Of Failing Houses

,.syrn. July 3l.-A NEWS special
sscoffo. y. NJ, ssyn a 'remen'
i ',u' , T startled the people Of 80,
''.' 70 ,,,,srdsy afternoon, about
' '.',,s' SHORTY huge waves Of wafer
. .'a,s rushing down an arroyo wn'en
',I ,'',b, eastern slope Of the MHgda.
''. .,np,alns and almost enclrcled
he town. , u.,h.a ,od
.,tbs confined to the lower pof'
w., a, the city, but coon tue water
' .,n, aver above the town, ana 'hten
.,vst,r began to rush through
y. trlnoiptl streets. the snt ',',' s y,
men aud children mingI'u "''n NV
..,,bipg VI falling houses.
water came IN wavet' eAch sue
i,lnv one apparently higher than
u',hs,, Portions VI houses, house
va ntnitufe, baby cafrisget, stoves
It,,ripg implrmeuts mingled with
~ noplIrfa, railroad Ties aud BRUCE
,s, .s MI beiug borne through The
uu. ~ tho rity by the madly fush-
'.sv.t.ts FoF two hours the WORK
.,sls,,,lrficn continued, the horror
i,i,g Increased by vivid HghthinSi
,y,biur thunder and binding ram
gniually the waters tuusiuci sun.
,isptly 10 allow partial inspection ~
.t,siruciion. Only two bodies were
,.v,, from tho cruel waters before
s,It.amptnct aud her child. An a.
,.rrIt was made 70 Teach the people
Mems In tho tivor bottom, bat dark.
..,,9rd tho nlaoncu Of boats prevented
.ssrss,. An night long homeless reo-
M vefs Lcing brought 10 aud cared
isL .., I...t.,,.,
Va, pfessn,rd. A moiority Of tho busi'
nj. Iousta have escaped heavy dam
49, on obstruction, but huudfvJa OF
NJ ro5frr prople have lost everything,
is,Bg homeless, peupiless and almost
usttt. More than iliy houses Hft
kpbWn 10 have been destroyed, while
s'mtst every rtsiLence Ia the citl 8.
damaged. since tue water has rocoied
many adouU houses have iailon aud
many Others must he abandoned.
The two bodies recovered last might
have been Identified No members OF the
Duran family. -Four more bodies wet'
taEen out this morning aud identified
o. Duraua, mAkirg ak recovered
Other DO lice sTc reported As being seen
tu, owing 10 Iho lreAchefous natnT'
OF tue ground, they cannot yet IA
reached.
The destructive waters spread oveI
lhe entire city anu carried death every
where. Many arc reported mitslng
Another victim has siEce heed added
10 the death list, Rn infant sOn oi l.
Blea, hlylng Just died from tue effect
Ui,hs water, having been rescued whet
almost dfOw ned,
Reports comiug from towns NORTH
anu south VI here tell OF heavy lotser
Eyf twelve miles south the destruction
u property whs terrible, farm house
aud Ciub boiuR entirely swept away
The AgohFon, Topeka 4 Santa IL
track was taHUn out between here anI
Fan Antonio In several places, Tn,
biatch road from this city TO MRgIa
ltla IL practically destroyed for tel
miles out, 1yo bridges being gone an,
several miles Of track. A large tuc
ton oilTack on the south side OF tn
city running east and west was tAkBl
upty the angry waters and tutnuI
north aud south.
No estimate OF the less can yet b
msde, bur u 10 more than 81 900, 900
Among the heaviest losors are Alsyo
Es.OVan Bara, &. 4. Brown, J. h
hmlIh, A. ID. Coon. &. Sperling, J. II
Aul9u, l.. kalEsnstoin, j. w. Terry
A. II. Byefis, Csnuiio Torres, L.. i
VOID, Elias Baca, Mrs. Lophal.
This afternoon the citizens VI Socoi
10 met al tbs court house and Tsll,
e.mmlltee was appointed. The wor
OF Iellei wAs NJ once commenced. bu
the demands soon outgfew tho u
sources, as eysry citizen has sutiere
lss'.
IL Il raining In ths mountains hgsil
bnighi, and great fears are entel
hlned ~ 10 the safety OF the rsmaindt
81 the city. Reports Of damage COZ
hnue 10 come In. II 10 reported thre
small towns south Of here were tola
~ destroyed.