The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-03
REPAIR DAMAGE DONE BY FLOOD
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/ terday. Miniature canyons cut in the
earth, bouiders washed from their nat
/ ural resting places, and debris scat
E tered all over the canyon silently toi1
of the force OF the wave that swept
down that mountain defile.
At the mouth of the canyon were TO
/ be seen the same evidences Of the force
Of water From the point where the
Fort Douglas car turns onto that tnOI-
+ oughfare until II turns south a block
! above ~Lingerlonger,' the residence or
( Judge o. ". Powers, the street Is cut
/ and scanned in a dozen places The
/ ties of the street car track are exposed
/ to view where the waters washed the
4 earth and ballast away.
! At the corner of ' street and Logan
avenue it is hardly possible for va
! gon to proceed along the north side OF
/ the road, owing to the seams cut BY
( the flood Here and there small trees
and bouIders and limbs add TO the scene
/ OF desoIation.
: From that point. looking southwest,
7 the most damage was done by the rush
OF water. An old brick yard stood on
the block southwest years ago, and the
waters carried several wagonloads or
/ the bricks as far down as the corner
/ of Third and Z streets. At that IN
! tersection stands the residence of J. A
i Williams. His lawns are ruined, the
] 4
! fences weakened
In a southerIy and southeasterly di-
rection there are faint traces Of the
flood. A big hollow in Popperton Is
/ filed with water, while the lawns OF
DR.. L. w. Whitney. First and streets
give evidence Of the flood
Terrace is Damaged
But the most actual damage was
! done southwest from the corner OF
Fourth and L streets The residence
| of L. H. Page stands there, just above
/ the old brick yard. The wave passed
! over his back and front yards, com
pieteiy surrounding the house Inc
: truck garden is ruined and large crew
! ices are cut in the terrace to the south
/ of the house. showing where the Wa
/ ter rushed in that direction. The lots
] to the south are covered with DT1cks
and the grass and weeds are matted
4 to the earth. The houses on the other
/ side of the street were not hurt, mel
Their were the lawns.
After passing that corner the waters
I rushed onward TO T and Third streets.
! There were two excavations on the
southeast corner They were filled with
] water. and small boys of the neigh
( bOrhood lost no time yesterday morn
. ing in building RATS and enjoying
aquatic sports. That point IS only
short block south from the entrance
/ to the City cemetery.
The four houses diagonally across
/ from the northeast suffered consider
ably On the corner stands the house
/ OCCUPIED by William Timms, 7 and
( Third streets. The property stands al
/ the base of a hill leading from Judge
/ Powers house. The cellar was r1lled
with water which almost reached the
/ first floor. On T street, to the south,
/ lives Avery Trims. Little water
/ found its way into his cellar, but the
I barn to the south was flooded, and the
/ truck garden further along in the
/ block was almost washed up by the
+ roots.
/ J. F. Fowler. living at 112S Thru
/ street. west from William Timms, mad
a foot Of mud left in his cellar, his gar
( den is gone and his lawns covered with
sand. The fence between his house
and that of William Timms was almost
I washed away. It acted as a dam for
debris coming from the east and was
: piled up several feet high.
Fence is Torn Out
/ A H. Ensign lives west Of Mr.. FOw-
/ Ter. at 1124 Third street. Not much
water got into his cellar, but foot Of
/ mud was deposited in his barn, which
/ is lower on the same lot. to the south
I The water banked several feet high in
/ his back yard until he tore out sec
/ ton of fence to the west TO let 1t es-
cape A force of men and boys spent
an hour yesterday morning digging the
mud out of the barn.
/ All the houses on that corner Of the
/ block have back yards which join one
another. being considerably lower than
( the street. At one time Friday night
/ il is estimated that three feet Of water
! covered everything. Bales Of hay
hoated around. chicken coops took a
sail, and boards and planks bObbed up
and down on the water.
J On Second street, between T and s
! streets, the houses were surrounded
with water when the flood was at its
highest. The fence on the west lot linz
( Of Z. G. WoOlley, jT., 1928 Second street,
acted as dam for ali kinds of rub
{ Dish. which mad first crossed his lawns.
the latter being covered with mud and
sand. J. =. MeilstTup lives next door,
, at 1926 Second street The gravel walk
in front Of his house, and oil along the
] block, WAS swept away, and his front
/ and back lawns presented sorry sight
/ when he arose yesterday morning
The yard Of A H Walch, 1i20 Sec
I ond street, was almost ruined, and his
flower bed was wrecked.
The gutter along that block, from >
+ to 7 street, was cut like canyon III
the mountains, being two feet deep in
MANY places.
Across the street an excavation at
( No. 1117 was filed with water. w g
! Druehl lives to the west He says the
water was two feet deep on his lawn
at one time, the sod being swept away
| IN places. That particular point on
that corner Of the block was hard hit
! because the water had a clean sweep
across the vacant lots 10 the north
east,
Child Has Narrow Escape.
At 1I09 Second street, nearer the cor
ner, Mrs Frank Dover and her baby
had narrow escape from death Three
families live in the house. The Do
Vers occupy the east side which re-
ceived the bTunt Of the flood.
When the flood came Mrs. Dover went
out into the yard to see what was the
/ matter. The water came with such a
rush that she was lifted off her feet
as she attempted to re-enter the house
Before she could recover her feet, the
water had entered the kitchen and din
ing room, covering the floors almost
two feet.
The mother left her child on the fool
when she went out. On her return the
little one. yelling at the top OF its voice
was clinging 30 g chair, which was al
most submerged.
The front yard was bower of flow
ers, but yesterday il was sight to be
hold, only a portion OF them being left
G. /. Savage lives next door. ITO,