The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-04

large Cannes could carry. the hood
waters sand at every crossing the tide
through almost every block in the low
er part Of town.
Along the +sWale't south of. Seventh
Sot1th Streets from near Liberty park
varying IN width from atty e. more.
than 100 feet, winding between houses
and barns and across gardens. The.
depths Of the new river varied from
p few inches to a couple Of feet. The
salt Paiace grounds. and the ball
water that refused to drain off into the
Ninth South canal because it was run
ming bank full
I'm the southwestern pert Of the city
. the conditions were worse, II anything.
for hern there was more wafer. SUI
perrisoF Condie has lived more than a
eneratfon in that Locality and be de-
elared that he had never seen such a
I food in this city
On the vest -ide and to the north
west The flood rose 20 a. higher level
ard spread over larger areas than any
safhe7e else Even the new houses that
have Fbeen recently built high enough
US Afrsm the ground ID negative the et-
Ras scarcely p house of tliiss kind that
did not show, water up 70 the firSt row
of bricks, entiFelyt covering the stone
foundations. The same condition was
seen IN the southern anas sOuthW estern
parts Of town. but 70 a less degree.
filed with water were fortunate.
While o3t.in the rafH yesteUday noon
trying TO relieve The distress Of the
pdorle on the vest SIDE Supervisor
q corner 6fSEiehth ENesk and South Tenn
pie streets with Der SKIRTS rolled up
ana in her bare feet ing to beat
hack the n0ad- from her door. The su-
perVisor got On Of llis ca'rt and IN his
\ long 4rllbbers boots commenced 10 wade
10 the sufferers relief AS he passed
through the gate he noted. that the
water was ffu to his knees. Ia two
rooms OF the house the water was
about eight inches deep and everything
4 pOrtable was oH the float. The woman
E declined IVY ASS aRee, because she be-
( Hevm The worst was then over.
Jr, the vfcinitv 81 thG Lincoln school
and also the Franklin school it was
T IMPOSSIBLE for the little children 70 SET
1 to their class rooms for the water was
+ at ieast six inches deepc on the. side
( walk.
Lake Nile Wide.
! Along about 8 o'clock in the after
ucUu when Supervisor C1ndfe was try
3 me 20 get a. breathi3g spell and hOp-
4 ing that the worst was over lespecial-
y Isl IN the low lands where Hood waters
1 are slow running off, he was surprised
Dy telephone that the Tenth South
canal had broken its banks Between
Fifth and Sixth West. As quickly az
/ possible he summoned hfs.deppties With
I a number Of men and teams and went
4 - the scene of disaster Fer INTO the
1ight the men worked With will 20
repair the damaged levee.. but-the flood
: had gotten such a start ard the volume
! 81 water was SO great that a lake IT
! least a mite wide in it's greatest -dimen-
sions had formed.
Many pedestrians, .anong them sew
eraT school teachers were drenched
! up - the waist BY attempting to cross
at street intersect lions and finding no
foot bridges where they usually are.
i lit was good Wading even In the paved
district, and down state street as tar
as the city and county building and
{ beyond u was aDout as pad, traVellHs
( on foot or iu .ntteEHpthg 70 sget of 4
street car as in any part Of the city
during the greater part Of the day.
sIp theHcanyons the water was eou5-
+ ing down 81 torrents. but no real daIf
age Of serious consequences was done.
3 Al the mouth of Parleyss canyon there
/ was q landslide on the north side "a
I the roasL bus II stopped before running
into The reservoir. 4tNateTsvoFlSs SUI
{. pel8nteEdent Hines had q foFee q mea
in the canyon 70 take ont drift wood
/ III fhe creek ard to prevent amy dam
4 age 60 the reservoir. around witch the
ffsod was successfully diverted in The
/ tig sumo
Eortunately il City Creek CanyoH
tie water remained reasonably clear
; and the supply from this source was
made - satisfy an the wants of sfe
pipe system without orawing from
X Parley's. AZ the new reservoir OF
+. Thirteenth East street however, &
I kept couple Of men busy divertinE
Che food waters around the edges "a
3 nvt to let lot of mad and pebbies
Net iEto the storage basiT.
The watsf IN the city canal had beeh
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