Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-04-27
WINDSTORN IN OGDEN.
Two Railway Trains Blown From the
Track, Business Houses Damaged, and
Heavy Losses Sustained.

Track, Business Houses Damaged, and
Heavy Losses Sustained.
Ogden Pilot. April cal
The strongest and most destructive
windstorm Of the season set in about
8 o'clock last night, and very soon it
became power in the land. About 2
o'clock it became furious, and appears
to have reached the hight of its frenzy
and became very destructive.
A train consisting Of FIVE passenger
and two baggage cars, which was
standing on one of the Utah and
Northern tracks, was blown entirely
over, and OH another track a caboose
and two box cars were blown over,
and all were lying over on their side
to-day. Two men were sleeping in
the caboose at the time it went over.
"A few bruises and a bad fright will
cover their injuries.
Two of the Union Pacific transfer
sheds were blown over against some
loaded freight cars standing on the
track, and but for these the sheds
would probably have been destroyed.
The Union Pacific engine.h house
was entirely destroyed, but it was a
frail old frame building which the
city, at least, could we'll spare. and
even the company will doubtless not
mourn over it great deal.
AT the Central Pacific yard greater
loss was sustained. AT the new round
house the north roof was blown off
and the east end of that bnilding was
blown in, and the structure otherwise
wrecked and damaged.
The lumber which was in high piles
to the east of the yards was hurled in
every direction, breaking the windows
of the passenger cars that were in the
yards and punching holes in the sides
of them, and inaicting much damage
in this way. Tie lumber itself was
badly broken up and damaged, and
scattered all over that part of the
city.
In the business portion of the city
several tin roofs were rolled up like
paper and carried away. A portion
of the upper brick wall of Farr
Brothers new ware-room, on Fourth
street, was blown down. A large
plate-glass window in j. w. Guthrie's
building east of Ranks store, was
blown in and broken, and many other
buildings were damaged in various
ways.
The ground being so soft and
spongy caused much damage to large
trees that have stood the storms and
wintry blasts for years, but yielded
last night to the fury of the winds, in
some instances falling on the build,
ings and verandahs over which they
have SO long stood as a protection
from the storms Of winter and the
heat of summer.
The oil houses of the Continental
Oil Company received attention also
from old Boreas, a good portion of the
siding Of the one at the foot of Fourth
street being torn off, while that one at
the foot of Sixth street looks weary
indeed, and but for some heavy tim.
bers bracing it on the west side it
would doubtless seek repose in the
slough, for which it appears to have a
particular leaning.
Twenty-four first and forty-fv
second-class passengers came in from
the West this morning on trains Nos.
l and 5, respectively.
About II o'clock last night the
front of Dee's stable, on Fifth street,
was blown in, but no other damage
was done to the building.
A heavy plate glass window in
Horrock's brick building, on Fifth
street, was shattered to pieces.
Limbs of trees have been broken
off all over the city. On the south
east corner of Main and Seventh
streets, three large cottonwood trees
were uprooted and thrown down. The
remaining cottonwood trees ought
now to be cut down and make room
for something better.
While the gale has made things
pretty lively for the house owners and
house holders of Ogden, there has
also been some personal damage done.
Mr.. Newey, whose house was blown
over, had his right arm broken below
the elbow and Mrs. Newey was very
severely cut about the head. Dr..
Powers was called in and set the bro
ken arm and dressed the scalp wound
of Mrs. Newey.
The skylights on the Broom Hotel
took departure.
Johnny Dee says that his darkey
stock-tender twas as white as any man
you ever saw at o'clock this morn
ing when the front OF the stable blew
in" 1t seems that the colored
brother was sleeping in the garnet of
the building and was first awak-
ened by the fall of the electric light
globe which was Immediately below