The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-24
.BURSTED WATER MAIN
CAUSES EXCITEMENT
Water Rushes Like Freshet Down
Hill in Northeastern Part
of City.
MUCH DAMAGE RESULTS
Lawns Destroyed and Gardens
Carried Away; Hundreds of
Little Chicks Killed.

Intense excitement prevailed I'm the
neighhorhood of Tenth avenue between II
and / streets Tuesday night when the
Tenth avenue water main OF the city
waterworks burst. flooding The whole dis
triCt southwark from. Tenth avenue TO
Third avenue between II and | streets
on the bench, The greater part of the
volume of water rushed down | street.
although a part Of IL coursed down II
street. AS result street in places
is badly washed out, Car lines on Ninth
and Sixth avenues were completely
blocked. The tracks between II and /
streets on both lines were buried under
two feet Of earth. rocks and debris of
all kinds. including drowned chickens,
garden truck and about everything else
that was loose. Lawns in The flooded
section We're destroyed or damaged, while
the sidewalks were rendered impassable
The break in the main was reported TO
Superintendent Thomas HOLIDAY about
9:15 O'Clock,
The break In the main resulted in
more serious damage Than has come
from a Ike source In a long time. on
account of the darkness II WAS impossible
10 ascertain the amount of loss. but
many lawns We're ruined. the terraces
washed down. great eulchcs cut through
the yards and gardens swept away. One
resident OIL | street Just above Ninth
avenue lost 200 young chickens. The
water swept across his chicken ward,
where coops with little chicks were
washed against the fence. JUST DclOW IDlS
yard the water plunged over a terrace
AT the rear OF houses on Ninth avenue.
One house here was Hooded both OH the
first floor and In the basement Men
with shovcls hastily built dams. dlverting
the water. thus saving further damage
TO the premises.
The report got abroad in the neighbor
hood that the city high line pine at Thlr-
tecnth avenue and j street had turned
its floods OF water loose, and for q while
some of the. people began to talk of
moving household goods out OF the danger
path,
On account OF the noise OF the high
wind the rush of water was given no
attention for few minutes by some OF
the residents of the ncighborhood. with
the exception of some hasty work in
turning the waiter from the easements ol
houses there was no effort made TO
stem il.
The slope from Tenth avenue south is
abrupt. and sweeping across vacant
square the rush of water gathered con.
siderable soil which was distributed
about over lawns. sidewalks. street car
tracks and in all low places. Where the
water swept across Ninth avenue on !
street il washed gulch across the street
not forced out of position. but the quan-
tity OF dirt deposited precluded all
chances of opening the lines before morn :
ing Cars were stalled east OF the wash
on both lines and transfers We're made
Passengers found great dlthcuitN IN ci-
feciing the transfer on agcou1, OF me
avenue the only way To negotiate a pass
age from II TO I stree; was through
yards. Al that mud was eHcountered
almost knee deep.
Taking tho loss OF time 10 the street
car company tho destruction OF lawns.
gardens and the work that viii he nee
essarV TO restore the streets and side
walks the damage proba blk viii reach
n total of considerable proportions
Tho force of the water was leSscned
at each street MS ii raced down the slopu
Of the bench. The Third avenue car line
was not put out Of commission. although
soft mud 10 the depth OF six inches COW
cred tho tracks between VI ana | streets.
| The sewers did not take care cf the wa
ter until South Temp.e street WIS
rca aChed. No attempt WAS made TO com
putr The losecs from the flood by prop
crIN nMnrrS last might