The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-31

did not afford a sufficient channel for
the water and it poured into the base
ments and first floor entrances of busi.
ness houses. Clerks, walters and bar.
tenders constructed temporary dykes in
front of store doors only to retreat rs
their structures were carried AWAY and
the yellow waters poured over tiled
floors.
Much Cement Lost.
The unprotected basement of the Ec.
cles building, corner of Washington av-
enuc and Twentyfourth street, was an
objective point for the down rushing
water from the bench Before the rain
had ceased falling there was fivo-foot
depth in the excavation. Every work
man on the structure aided in the ef-
fort to rescue n large amount OF cement
stored in the basement, but $50 barrels,
valued at more than 5000, was COM
pletely destroyed. w. A. Larkins, rep
resentative Of the Dinwiddie Construc-
tion company, estimates the total dam
age at the Ecclcs building at $500
Among the Washington avenue stores
in which the water found it's way to the
easements or first floor apartments
were the Elite cafe, Fred NJ Nye cloth
ing store, Richardson-Hun store, Com
mercial National bank, Wheelwright
SIln"
SON cafe, Mansfield Burroughs millinery
store, B. F, Thomas Job printing office,
Oracle theater and score Of others.
Street Cars Blockaded.
Traffic throughout the city was prac-
tically suspended during the storm.
The tons Of earth washed down from
the bench covered Washington avenue
at the intersections, causing the derall-
ment Of several street cars. With the
water from six inches to more than a
foot deep nt all corners, few pedes-
trians braved the flood. At Wall ave.
nue. and Twenty-fifth street, near the
union passenger station, the express
wagons did thriving business with
human freight for half hour after the
storm. Passengers were transported
across the yellow river at the rate of
25 cents per head
When called out on a fruitless mis-
sion the police patrol was pressed into
the service of rescuing marooned per.
sons and transporting persons from one
side Of the street to the other. During
one of these trips tho big car skidded
into q street car, but neither vehicle
was damaged. Throughout the remain
der of the day, after the rain had
ceased falling, large force of men and
teams was required to remove the
debris from the flooded sections.
Lightning Plays Franks.
1t was l1:30 clock when the bolt Of
lightning struck the east side Of tho
Sawyer store building, tearing cement
blocks from the wall and coming in di-
rect contact with the shelving. This
resulted in most freakish perform
anco roacripO 1oup {bropuh ho
shelves to the ground the lightning
melted the solder from more than 1000
cans Of tomatoes, peas and other vege
table products. 1T was discovered that
the cans had been only slightly dis
placed, but in every instance the seal
ing metal had vanished, exposing the
TO the air, There were several
clerks in the store at the time, but none
were injured, although they felt the eff
feet of the shock.
While the motor equipment from the
central fire station was responding to
the alarm from the Sawyer store, Chief
,harted' gutter, breaking the gasoline
feed pipe After the fire the small car
was flowed to the station by the motor
,ruck. Several streets, telephone poles
md awnings were struck by lighting
during the storm, but no person In Og-
ien was injured.
Woman Is Burned.
Mrs. Arave, who resides with her
son, Joseph Arave, at Hooper, was
near the stove when q bolt of
lightning struck the chimney. She was
knocked to the floor and for several
minutes it was believed that che haa