The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-08-01
Greatest RainStOrTn In
Local History
x..,,, Three Inches OF I'pia Falls
within an Hour, Causing Dry
washes 10 BECOME Ringing Torrents
IN a Few Minutes.

From the DcSt niiViH' h'h ou'dil
,,,e. Il appears that the down pour
" ,dnesday had all precious records
l., this locality beaten a city block
w.. ,ain commenced ia"ing a5udt =
,,c,cck and for an nour 1t simply
.,,red Gown. or 10 one man put it,
,,,, L,,lcm dropped ont ant 1t Tell
dawn within few minutes. the
s,.rIs we're running r.y,rs ana they
.ou,iuu ID such for an hour
Th, center of the s;orrl's fury seem
-, L.. on the sids ~ the mountain
In the vicinity of Grove Creek can
con Within few minutes after the
s,orm commenced. Big Peak Hollow,
a dry wash, was a raging ri'er with
c,ove Creek n roaring torrent, and
o,ery little wash along t" moantaiu
eide irving to immitatc The great Nj
AGRA
Ibs Provo River Reservoir com
,.nys canal running along the
base Dl. the hills. was the natural
recepticle for al this water. but had
n been ten times its present size, II
ON nos have held III, Hoods. which
ss.. being poured into 1t. Tn, great
est stream was that coming from Big
Phi Fellow just north OF the Homer
frni fam. This wds where the cauIl
e., way, and so la"rc was In" sup
nj pldtd to the ilf..a " full cII III.
itai Within few minutes stream
i,.tr than Provo Pa II was WASH
ing deep hole In the canal bank that
soon became httceu or twenty feet
deem and about forty feet wide, Sool
as the storm was over twenty men
with teams were put TO work filling
in the gap. They worked all night
Wednesday, Thursday, Thursday night
and we'll towards the close Of Friday
before the gap was closed, and the
canal filled with water again. This
loss alone will total up several hun
ureds Of dollars
As the food tore on through Weeks
field below. II cut deep wide chan
mel and scattered gravel and debris
over the growing crops that lay IN
Its path.
went out, the whole food, added to
the companys supply poured into the
Pleasant Grove Irrigation canals and
into the mill sect These of course
could not meet the demands made
on them aud they broke. scattering
the water everywhere. S. ID. Rad
mails alfalfa aud oats were damaged
considerably William Inns lawn
vas cut out II S. Winnorstrom'
grain and potatoo field were damaged,
anu many other farmers suffered
II will require a lot OF work to get
the gravel and debris out of the canals
and bitches. The Pressed Brick Co
enl be a heavy looscr. They had
lot Of adobcs in the open yard that
were ruined entirely Besides tins
The rain was so heavy that those ~
ine sheds aud unburnCd kiln, we're
thoroughly soaked Several of the
roads were washed out and will need
repair. Bishop James H. Walker and
nose living hear the mouth OF Grove
Greek, had thrilling experience try
ing TO keep the floods out of then
places In doing SO they bcCam,
uv.ouehll soaked, in fact Immersed
N The muddy stream.
frank HUMPHREYS had bushei
neasLfe on bench undur tree.
'"en the storm was over 1t was found
!, Vonlalh o'rr tVO inches OF water
,Iom lhis and other sources. IL ia cs
,Ilna'ed mat between two aud three
time. Wv "'''
curious fact connected with the
Su u,u, was that II was apparently con.
T %u 70 Pleasant Grove precinct At
,nomas Gleason's farm, to the west.
e'e was hardly sprinkle, and abou
.ue same distance to the south the
o'us were dry and farmers continued
hsul their grain into the stacks
canv W. 'ne east and up American Forl
'"'o" different story Is told