The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-06
Retaining Wall Is Battered
Down and Banks Washed
Out for Two Blocks.
NORTH TEMPLE TURNED
INTO A RUNNING STREAM
TEMPORARY LEVEEs GIVE WAY
UNDER THE HEAVY PRES
SURE OF WATER.
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= West Temple and at First West =
= streets and flooded both streets TO =
y South Temple street. A stream OF >
= water several inches deep was run =
y ming down South Temple street at >
! an early hour this morning
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Residents Of Canyon road. who up to
yesterday noon believed themselves safe
from the dangers Of the high water In
City creek, realized Saturday afternoon
that their homes were in peril and likely
TO be washed away at any time The
trouble with the high water on West
North Temple street, while It Is serious
to some extent, is only second 10 the
danger which threatens several homes in
Canyon road
At noon Saturday the water OF City
creek began beating down the cobble-
stone walls and threatening to make its
way down Canyon road. The homes Of
V. -. Halliday and Professor J. II Paul.
located about half a block north OF
Fourth avenue on Canyon road, were in
grave danger yesterday afternoon and
Tor a time il was feared the foundations
would be undermined by the violent force
or the water and cause the houses to
tumble into the stream. Bridges across
the stream in the canyon are IN an IN
safe condition-that is, what few are left,
Tor the larger number have been washed
from their mOorings and carried down
stream.
The creek in Canyon road from Fifth
e-FN-tt-E " AHillA avenue mas MIQen90 TuI-
~ ten feet and the water is still wash
ING the banks away al a rapid rate. The
heSvy wall Of cobblestones which has
WitlStood the water for many years was
washed out for two blocks yesterday
afternoon and the cobbles carried down
stream. It is feared that the conduit
from State TO Main street will becnne
clOgged from the debris which is being
carried down. Should this result there
VIII be serious damage to much vaIu-
aole property In the vicinity Of Canyon
Residence Is Threatened.
The home Of V. L. Halliday is built
on small hill within fifteen feet Of
the edge Of the stream AIonr the east
side Of the house where the creek runs
there was built a retaining wall OF con
crete Saturday afternoon the water
gradually lOOseIed the base Of the wall
and it soon began to break and fan AWAY
FULLY ten feet of the wall had been
washed away by the water Of the creek
before the seriousness Of the trouble was
realized A large force of men under
I Thomas HOLIDAY were put To work filling
sacks with earth placing them on the
! edge OF the stream and trying TO pre-
Eent ne water from tearing away the
1 remaining portion Of the wall
The force Of the water was so great
that the sacks of earth and rock were
Of but little use and during the after
noon the water tore away fully five
Ieet OF the bank, placing the house, a
most beautiful structure and valued at
several thousand dollars, in a most dan
gerOus position.
Logs and trees were cut up the can
yon and placed in the creek and slowly
the water was diverted from beating
against the west wall and bank, but only
to bring destruction and havoc on the
east embankment. Before the men could
brace the east bank the water tore away
about six feet Of earth and the stream
al this point is now fully ten feet wider
than yesterday morning.
The bridge which -rare tho -~1.L-
front of J. II. Pauls home is being held
in place by ropes and the approaches
are washed away for two feet on either
end The sidewalk on the east side of
the creek has been washed away and
the banks Of the raging torrent arc
nov at the inner edge Of the sidewalk
line
Material Is Swept Away.
At late hour last night the forcs
or men were working TO prevent the
banks from giving way any further. bur
their work was Of but little avail The
stream Is coming down with such VIC
lent force that it tears out any material
which may be placed along the edges
The work IS useless. Banks and walls
of stone and cement which have held out
Tor many years were torn away by the
raglng waters yesterday afternoon as IL
they were nothing more than paper Al
ready much loss has resulted and before
the high water has reached its end Ii
will be hard to estimate the damage.
y
before it and leaving wreckage and de-
strUction behind
At Third avenue, where the stream
turns west and crosses Canyon road the
south bank was I'm danger of giving way
for a while yesterday afternoon and for
several hours large force af men worked
with all their energy to keep the water
in its proper course. At the bridge on
{ Third avenue the barrier Of steel rails
has been almost destroyed and large
stones and other distractions are now
free to enter the conduit The waters
are filling the conduit 10 its limit and
the debris coming down with the water
may choke 1t at any time. Should this
occur the water ewill back up and ruin
many fine homes on Canyon road
Officials Hard at Work.
Thomas HOLIDAY, superintendent Of the
wateTWOrks department., and J. T. Ra-
leigh supervisor OF streets. were both on
the scene of the trouble in the canyon
yesterday afternoon, directing the work
and trying to save the wall from total de-
structiOn. Big trees were cut and thrown
in the edge Of the stream. but the rocks
swept them away in a short while. The
water in the canyon Is not under control.
but every effort is being made to save
the homes. All night a force Of men was
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