Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-15
DAMAGE BY FLOODS.


vista ion In : rral I,wl,.
Accounts continue to come ia ~
damage done In tho Genital and south.
ufn counties VI the State by floods,
during Monday and Tuesday. The
town which hiss suffered most ser.
iously, 20 far As reports that have teen
received would indicate, IN Eureka.
Here, 10 addition 10 tho damage 1one
90 property Of various kinds, two lives
were ~.
II began 10 rain heavily in Eureka
ab5ul 2 p. IN. yesterday (Monday) and
for about an hour the water fell IA
sheets. Houses. stores, Csllsfs and
mines were h1oiod or ugmage and a
| raging torrent OF water Il wed through
tho Town, Several children were
caught ln the angry stream, but all OF
them Escaped " were rescued except
IN italian boy named DJminiC Castul
listo, uged ten years, who was
| ufOwnu1,
A man named Gus johnson, said 10
DO a puIdler from GlaAen, saw the boy
being swept down by the torrent, and
bfnvoly plugged into the water to res.
| yue him. a log which was comlug
swiftly Down the current, struck John.
son and utlablu4 him 40 that no
was himself drowned. Marshal Gus
| Hrnfoll also attempted TO save tho
boy, but was unsuccessful. He was
himself swept far down tho stream,
an 4 narrowly oscap 90 Win bis ITO.
Mayor J0un McCfys.al, who was
witnessing the pfoTrcih Of the illld
anu IN. damage Il was doing, sudden.
~ died from heart failure, supposed 10
have OuCn guperiuduce1 by tho excite.
mvnt. He was much respected and
widely known. His remains woto -
be brought 10 this city today, where
10 was announced toe funeral was 10
be hold unurT the uusPicUs VI the Ma.
opnic fraternity.
viii b. temom bered that on Mon.
Gay Ricnneid, Sevier county, was
heavily damaged by n flood. Ycstrt.
Jay, almost exactly twenty.iOur hours
alter the iirst vlsitation, there came
another one, woeB thsn tho fret
Cottonwood canyon IL about two miles
northwest % the town, which lies In
line with H. A number %, years ago,
a. a ptsCaution against Il ols, ditcu
was dug In such u ma her A. 20 carry
away from tue town hn excess u
water coming down tue oary5u. Bot
this timo the nloi waut 90 lraat that %
swtpt over anu practically gJhtcratod
thia fitch.
The waters rushed on into the town,
tubmpfylng Inc stlosid, hillus c.iiArsi
covering nsiIs aad gatjoua with mui
aud debris, ami uaatroYiug SANDING
crops anu great quantities 3l uay that
had besn cut. h srm "a ratio clouds
segm 10 havg FaJhetsu iusg over the
Cnnycu, Into which they poufel tho
rivers ihuy Olntaiuud. As the 10 q
ssopt downward % presented "a slgnt
Il uuuc awful aui grand, aud u VIE
accompanied by q u,muu slus r1arlug
sound thay we'll nigh oyufoame tnat
oi the almost iucessaul rolling thun'
dtL
Tho damssc RIchnold has suffered
from tutao two vIslAtlons haa not been
stated, but ~ viii amount 10 many
. th0usanda Of dollars.
Fillmore, Meadow, BcipiO aud kar-
! osh OIL shared IA tho tou0ni
visitation which was poured out
upon them during yolloTdn Z.
Much DANA 10 was doau ia Rll
Of them, rhroo saw mills 10 the can.
yOns east on Fillmore have been washed
away. IlUy uel1 s0d respectively O.
Juf0ph Na ION, John JacNon and
low WHrn.l. 10 ani near tho town
OF FiuHYr1 lhnlB were Inundated,
crops ruaiTUye1, uud mud anu debris
upTtHt over tiTug,l, ilfms anu rald0us.
Az Meadow bimiihr damage was
| done. HnyatAuks anu buildings wore
swept away, ana Unu man, wuO was
. Attempting 10 save some o. hla prop.
o orty, was attacked by swarm 0i bees
& ! which stung him until his lie was
D endangered. rhlH man lost all his
o moveablo property.
/. The other towns named above, aud
slilI Others In the same county (Mil.
iutdl suffered 10 a elmlInr way. /. De-
: estimated that the amount OF damage
done IN tho county uy Hoods lu thu
! two days will approximate 100000.
In hanpete unity destructive Hood
, aud slofms Of rain aud bail alto og-
: CURED. from many towns come ac.
y counts u damage done 90 crops, olU.,
:. which, IN thU aggregate, must be-
: heavy, In some plaU8l the huilbtonus
were ~ large az hazel nuts, ana killed
. pguliIY. Near dunniHgn several
}. small nah were found on dry ground,
i which Indicated that the waters that
) had fallen from tho clouds had been
h drawn up from some river OF lake by
d q waterproof, whose suciion was strong
. enough 10 elevate fsh, oiC.
4 In Haupetr gud SEWER counties
y numerous wath0uts OF railroad gfadus
have occurred, causing IN interruption
IN the running OF trains.
The mining town Of Moteur Els0
had a visitation yesterday afternoon.
About turou o'clock, after % moderate
. rain uf about two houTs, tho fountains
j. IN the tky suddunly gave way and
3 poured down thuiT contents M vast
n torrents. A river was quickly formed
p, and ruHhCl down the gulUh IN which
" tho town IL HItuatUI. Tho II uI
:. Rashod out about 200 foot OF the rail,
road grade ana inundated tho Mercur
anil, Tue damhgd O. the mil Wrs
MOI heavy, nor was much other pful .
grty, except tho railroad, greatly ir.
uIeJ,
Tho NEWS correspondent AZ Eureka
, wrote nom there ats IN. yesterday us
o ioUoHs 10 will DC noticed that be-
Ia FtHIeH that live deaths occurred lIuf 30