Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-16

EiLIMour, July IAN, 1896 -Yes.
tcrIay about o'clock p. m. excited
men on horseback were seen gnllopinR
IN mauy directions warning the people
OF this ely that a food was coming
down the canyon aud a tcffiblcs,uucu
ani roar told told oiitsncar approach.
Few people thought 30 could DO but "a
email aiiar until tho utu uA. nolge
dispeilod tho thought, whCn huudreds
oipc0pIu repaired TO The Chalk creek
banks u watch Ne approach.
This was q sight not easily 10 be icr.
gotten. The mighty torrent had little
tho appearance Of water Tor In
H. PERCEPTIONS career down the
at,en canyon 10 had torn the
black ana rsg soil from the
cfeUk banks and, mixing them 10
consistency OF tbick mud and bearing
on Ito bosom uprOoted trees anu
saw logs with debris everywhere, it
looked rs though tue mountains
above had spewtd forth world OF
undiges ed matter 70 stilo and destroy
everything below. Largo trees were
tossed high TO dash against every dam
and bfi1gu that offered an impcIi.
ent.
In looking over the ground this
morning the potent evidences ihat q
calamity has bBinllen our city are he.
fore a.. Many homus that yesterday
were surrounded with everything 10
make tue heart glau with prospective
harvest arc now etanding Ia q sea Of
mud from one 10 two feet deep, From
she Rock bridge on Main street TO the
lnui house on the north, about a half
mile away, teams have TO wade knee
deep IN o tlimy mss Of lniuR mud.
| Tho homes " Lucran Noyga, Dr.
| Keep, GeOr "a Gsuunway, I'D. li hsl
men, Alber' Smaller, J no NHay, ..a.
| JnfsU hrItHmHu, william BuAttJu,
| Tod Aahmau, GlHrlcy Jhf.BiOpnurs0u,
| RilnY HuutHmau,tu alI bartholomew
| place, and many uthtfs ARE damaged
nom one 70 mlHy huuureIs OF uJllars.
| Grain anu Raru-ns ore destroyed tom
| tho top ely waters 10 the lluiIH miiua
fellow. The creamery is surrounded
| with mud and dubus, uuI insliu tho
Two lower GhriyuH hiil wilu uhnUfe
| aro hurled In the tamu nbu. HUgs,
| cllvilans auu numo Cat.lu were tcuu 10
| 10 down tue stream. IhIou wagon
anu goyuTai sets OF narnu1s are known
10 be- Loot, also = road cart belonging 20
John Kelly. Tho wagons aud hnfHe.g
belonged tUslw mill hnnIB w0tkilg la
the mOuut1lua.
Frank R4urll, Just down from the
| Hansen BIJHuri uaw mill, toll mo
that not q ycstgu ~ u 10 ltit ln plucr
and only the smoEu rttck vas tcun by
| the 0wusfs, tbs uelt was !Juud today
la the nuii twelve miles from the IA u
ellei $1,000 'tgt Of lumber was swept
from thi. mil.
Tue Warlet (watef p vol INV mil
h also clranc1 up'. TIE road 10 gone
and the handp, men aud women, have
made new tralls 90 got down homo as
beat THEY could.
John jackson, another steam saw
mill owner with ioton 10 work, has
not been heard from but we hope Tor
/ the beet.
THIS 10 tho worst fijod ever known
here ami estimatrs VI damage run from
$50, 900 10 $4,000.
Meadow ~ suffering from q similar
| disaster and kanpsh 10 damaged 10
some extent.
Several frightened Rnd bodtnyglol
women ana children have Just got 10
town On foot having hai u night Of Ux.
| porience never 70 DO forgotten. They
report the Fomnlua OF the Hansen
sleAm engine 90 be- a mile auoyu town.
Hon, H., NJ. Ly man was an eye wit
mess OF ygslurduy'o disaster.
Dick Russell reports hail stones fall.
log near the saw mill 90 big as his fisl.
Another large torrent vi water Is
rushing down the creek this afternoon,
equal % that Of yesterday but u 10
more free nom timber ana debris, con.
soQuontly win not do M much damage.
We eau stand on Main street anu
zee the water rushing down the mouu-
tain sides four mllos south. IL will 10
down the old Pine creek channel to