The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-07-17
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SOUTHERN urAA FLOODS.
Heaviest aud Most D.structi,e Ever
Known The second Flood.

Known The second Fiood
ON Monday afternoon cloudbnrst
occurred In Cottonwood and the waters
swept down on Richdeld, Utah. carry.
ing everything before IL.
The storm came laundering down the
valley from the south after II had given
Monroe a thorough drcnching aud had
wrought some havoc In intervening
towns. 4 high wind accompanied the
sheets Of water that swept over Rich.
field like great sails belled by the gale.
Ten minutes after the first drop fell
In town. a roar as Of distant lombard.
ment was heard In the direction Of Cot.
tonwo0d canyon, down which anon dos.
ccnded with Irresistible energy o. mighty
living wall Of water, boiling aud raging
and sweeping past all obstacles. whether
trees or great rocks or horses aud cattle.
Vegetables In the gardens were washed
clean out Of the ground grain Was
blown down, and stacks Of hay were
spirited away AZ skins over the waves,
aud hardly bridge or crossing In the
precinct escaped unchanged
just what isthe extent Of the dam.
age done by this afternoons nood eau.
not now be determined; nearly an the
irrigation canals are broken through
banks and have piled theircontents over
the fields The loss TO Soyicr will be
severe.
AZ ruiNoRE.
John Carling came dashing into town
ON horseback, crying, "a ilooi A food
Ia comingw aud quickly riders were
dashing In all directions, warning the
people d danger. For half an hour pre-
vions to the flood striking the city. the
stencil was almost unbcarablc and the
roar Of the rushing water could be heard
for miles.
The coming terror looked like
mighty lava storm rushing forward,
bearing upon IT, bosom unrootcd trees,
sawlogs and bouldera by the thousands.
These dashing In contact cleared out
every bridge and dam as plaything-,
choking the usual water courses and
covering fields, orchards aud gardens
with debris and mud two feet thick,
u and flooding North Main street fromithe
Z bridge TO Ed Bartholomew half
J. mile below, the food continuing In lie
course Of devastation until Il spent itself
!, I'm The wastes lniler northgest ~ tovn-
70 iAr thefe n no reports OF lives he.
y Ing lost, but considerable anxiety is ex.
= pressed rs to the fate Of many sawmill
:, hands working In the mountains.
Gunnison Station, July ii.-special
TO the Herald.-rhere was terrible
y, storm In the Sanpeto and SEWER valleys
last night. The hail ana rain fell In
I. torrents In Manti, Moroni aud Gunnlson.
!, The hail at Manti killed spring chickens
(, and beat the leaves Of the grain. In
4 dunnilon ii wont 10 strsaks. beating
b the leaves Oh the grain aud nationiug
the lucern 10 the ground.
, The grain crop may be- failure on
(. account oft o. q may DO TOO late 10
:, ripen.
The Deseret telegraph line is sull
down In several places.
/, The hail stones that fell here were az
large as hWelnuts and fully A. large Ia
Manti. Near Gunnison several small
dsh were found on dry ground. The fish
, were presumably small salmon, and
this leads 10 the belief that il was
" waterspout.
A cloudbirst occurred near Maydeld
and the storm ran down 10 the Gunni.
!, son leids and covered up many acres Of
hay and grain, filled cellars and flooded
barnyards. A great deal Of lucerne has
y been cut and the mud has spoiled II In
y many places. The standing lueerne IL
y too fiat 70 be cut well.
~ AT MAMMOTH.
" At Mammoth the damage was slight,
y although the grades have been washed
out In several places.
y At SILVER.
~ The miners at the South Swansea, al
Silver, were forced TO leave, on account
oithe water pouring In the damage was
considerable, although no lives were
e lost.
70 At mCHFIELD,
le A heavier flood than yesterday came
I'd down this afternoon from Cottonwood,
a Willow Creek and Ceder Ridge canyons,
TX north Of this city. The city Is again
IN flooded with rivers Of water running
1t down each street from small canyon
y west Of town. The floods from Cotton
In wood, Ceder Ridge and Willow Creek
II have carried away large sections Of
n the railroad grade north Of the city. It
=. Is estimated that about three miles Of
re grade between this place and salina is
D.. washed out, or so damaged that trains
cannot pass over II.
AT EUREKA.
l. Eureka was visited to-day by the
10 worst food in lis history.
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