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

I the corner of Second East and Eighth
J South street. Even, then the body OF
the carrisee Vas within an inch Of the
water.
Then Butcher and coul.s gave an.
J exhibition Of pluck and strength. They
+ picked up their wives :. and waded
/ waists for half block. Those who.
7 saw the action laughed some, but they
I applauded also
I'D EllswOod> and his wife live near
the Butcher family Mrs. ElIswood IS
/ a. large woman, while her husband is
B of rather slight build. She wanted To
4 go with her neighoOrs, but the feat Of
\ carrying her through the troubled sea
+ was too much for Ellswood and he.
y passed it up No harm came 10 Mrs.
Il Esllswo0d though remaining where she
was, for in a short time the waters be-
/ gan 10 subside and. soon the houses
4 ana yards were clear once more
Worst Flood in Years.
The flood crept into the residence of
4 William Bingiey at 1l3. East Eighth
/ South street. 1t wet the carpets I'm four
I rooms, but did no damage worthy
4 or men tlen- M Blngley sstlu ne llee
I lived ia his cottage for fifteen years
\ and he had n5Ver seen anything likF
the overflow Of yesterday. He thoughL
( if the fumes hadn't been torn out ana
/ the ties taken from the railroad tracks
: in order to give the water a ffeer out
/ let great loss Of property might have
/ occurred.
/ Mrs. E.-V. Shepherd of q East
/ Eighth South bewailed the damage
I done to her hen house. Mrs, Shepherd
I and her husband barely saved the hen
merry from total destruetion along with
its wildly excited occupants me
4 water was ali around it and the frall
4 building was trembling nightly wnen
+ Mr. Shepherd rushed throughftlIe Hood
4 and brought the ,cbickens into the
+ house Several hens that had anbl-
tiOns to become mothers were Jared
out of their hopes but they'll have an
Z other chance later one
The happiest thing wiki life ia It
around the ueighborhoOd of 5Etghth
i South and Main streets was a bIg
white drake That bird certainly looked
; as if the world aud the fullness there
OF was all his He dirted the water
with his tail, hescavortFd gailys over
the surface Of a bread lake he dove,
he splashed ana some there were no
were NiTine to make oath that he
grinned sarcasticaIly at q weighted
f rooster thar stood on the edge Of the
pond.
East = Third South came in for its
share of the water. and at s O'clock
yesterday morning the street Fesembled
East the greatest damage was done,
and the lower, lawns and sidewalks
q we've -c0Vered with q thin layer. Of mud
after the water receded-
I Dry Stockings for Girls.
I Professt3rs mccoy of she Oduirrh
school did a = act that WIN make hsIn
7 solid Win the mothers in his district.
AEteF seneot hssa tssSen W s d
messepgel for a Clothes hasket4ul OF
stockiAss and br6ered al the girls to
+ 90 to che basement TO- change their
socks. It is said thar there was a whole
room full 81 little girls and girls that
were not 50 Httle, chasing around the
I'M 0T z.
4 Through a mistake on the professors
part the sehooI. teachers were OVer7
hooked on the stocking proposition. He
4 alsovhired a man e carry an the girls
building where the water was several
inches deep. 8lf
City Creek a Torrent.
81 cry creek Becanfe a raging torrent
Il Before .night5all the water MAS neara3-
level with the arlificiai bank "a the
bridge near Third street The gentle
tan at tirat place became hvefy eata-
Z aqueduct is entered, it looked for a
time as if the duct might be blocked
50 as to be unable TO carry of the flood,
backing up the waters Tine torrent
poured through so rapidly, however,
that the course was kept clear up to a
1ate hour last night
t,ain and snow knocked out the train
Z service generally yesterday Rio
ICfraude Western No. . Nhich came ~
from the west in three sections. sur
Il fered. more than any other, perhaps
The last section was over three hours
T behind time and short. Colorado Mid
land connection.
CAST UP By THE TIDE.
E S. LOvesy, the president of The
! I7fah Beekeepers' association, was the
I only man found Yesterday who hao
seen a create fsslF Of rain ~ Utah thar
s.'Of ootrse, tAts Is right smari
t sptinkling, M. LoYesY said, but you
should have been here IN the spring OF
: f62. in the 6rst week Of May ip tha1
year II T1ai1Fea for three days and three
on its Hands Why. there were 1oul.
ders as big as horses carried down tht
: city Creek .canyon. and the gravel, sanl
= and Debris carried down by thai
i ssreaIn c0Fered three entire block If
ethe western part CT TIE city, ana tnt
cl1y was compelled to buy the ground
Z to avoid htlgation- That was rair
Z to talk about
Afaav Of tie builders OF the city wer,
nervous Yesterday because or TIA,
3 threatened damage 20 buildings il
j, course Of cOnstrHcti0n from the ire
! mendo6s rainfah, but 50 far as It co11le
be learned no damage of a serious ma
/. in. regart TO huudipgs going up, on th'
{ side hills. such as 81 Mary S cathBdra
, and theg. n CeauIe FrCssi dence,o from thl
Z water rushing down in large qlaHt
ties An eKauinatfoh In the Afternoon
= az these places revealed .notHing OF
. serious nature. There We're q numbe
OF smaller foandauons. however. tina
We're more or less, damaged by th'
washing out OF the fresi1A mortar from
between .the brick and stones IlsTian1
Z other places the exear atoms that Wer
I'eXpGsed. were partly hiled 10Y dir
was he'd down by the food But. on th
D Whole builders were coRgratuIatinl
4 ther1s elves yesterday ON the. cpnpara
, lively small amount OF damage d0Ife il
this-re gard
Architeet William s Hedges CON
. putes that ont inch OF. rain means. 10
tons weight to tte Hcre- AS the tota
} r515ufall since the beginning Of tn
s storm has been over three and ore-haI
J tihches, making 800 tons to each acre
or 3,5gQ toms 20 each ten-acre block s.
: the city, the people can ia this wa,
! form an Idea Of tue weight that a.
: been hanging over tlaeir heads Tor tn
I past two days; they Vsssls also form. som
8 I slight idea of what the result woub
r have been had this Water an com
e down at once
s An intereE ting sight on t7hfrd SOGtl