The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-22
WAVES OF LAKE
INJURE CUTOFF
Heavy Storm Sweeps Over 0g.
den, Adding to Gravity of
Flood Conditions.

Ogden ami vicinity was in the grasp of
one of the most peculiar storms that ever
visited this section Of the country early
yesterday morning. Shortly after mid
night lightning appeared in the west and
a little later the electrical display seemed
10 come from all quarters. This was fol-
lowed by a high wind that did more or
less damage throughout the city. A heavy
transform also set in. which later turned
into a hailstOrm. For "A short time the
wind died down ana there was clear
sky,
II was during the time that this mix
ture was being dished out to the people of
ogden that fierce storm swept over the
Great Salt lake and carried away a great
portion of the fill at the eaS end of the
Ogden-LUcin cutoff. Great waves swept
over the lake and spent their force against
the fill Of the cutoff. carrying away the
large stones that had been placed there
10 protect It. This action of the water
weakened the track at that point and
threw il out Of line 10 such an extent that
The Southern Pacific was forced 10 suS-
pend traffic over that route for 4 period
of five or six hours During that time
more than a hundred cars OF rock were
taken TO the place where the WdSnOut Oc-
CURED. from Lakeside, and Inc break re-
paired so that the line was opened to trat-
fic by a m. Two eaStbOund passenger
trains were delayed for about four hours.
In Ogden the Hood condition was the
worst yesterday that il has ever been IN
this region The high winds and rain of
The night previous assisted in bringing
down a greater supply Of water from the
mountains. and places thought to be high
and dry were flooded. From Nineteenth
street north to Seventeenth, between
Grant avenue and the railroad, almost the
entire tract was under water. The water
continued to rise gradually until IT was at
least eighteen feet higher than during the
previous flood. At the Ogden river
bridge the water reached up to the grid
Will a n
bridge. Considerable concern was felt Tor
The safety of the structure. 1t was feared
that some obstruction might come down
the stream and lodge against the bridge,
thus causing the water to dam up and
carry the bridge away Watchers were
Kept on the bridge all day. To the north
of the bridge the water ran out onto
Washington avenue. The river also over
flowed it's banks on the south side Just
east of the bridge. At both points teams
were kept busy Yesterday morning haul
ing material to form bank 10 keep the
water in the river
The plant of the Becker company on
/ lincoln avenue at Nineteenth street was
completely surrounded by water, when
lower floors of the big building At this
point the water rushed through the street
with great 70 -ce in many places at
depth of four feet.
The police were again called upon sew
eral times yesterday to remove people
from their dwellings on account OF the
high water Il is feared that the big
Shupe ice houses will be swept away.
Already thousands Of dollars worth OF
damage has been done in the city and
there is no way Of even guessing at the
result if the water rises another foot.
The indica ions are that the waters VIII
recede TODAY owing to the fact that the
wind stopped blowing yesterday morning
and the cool weather of last night Thou
sands of people visited Ogden canyon yes
1erday to see the high water and there
We're hundreds of interested persons al
other points of vantage in the city.
Shortly before midnight the river burst
through the bank of the NJ. l. Jones Ice
pond east of GleuwOod park and formed
a new channel covering much additional
territory. A large stream of water poured
down Seventeenth street from Adams ave
nue.. making the street impossible ana
filling all the cellars in that neighoor-
hood At the junction of Seventeenth
street and Washington avenue the water
backed up and flooded an area of several
blocks At the ogden river bridge at
midnight the river showed drop of about
one foot and was slowly receding- Ad-
ditional calls for aid were received at
nolice headquarters during last evening.
Many persons who refused TO leave their
houses during the day became fearful Ia
Ter and were removed from their homes
with difficulty after the water had risen
GIenwood park suffered greatly. The
bear pits were half filled with water ana
St was necessary TO build platforms 70
save the animals 1t is believed the worst
of the high water is over