The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-22
Severe Storm.

SAN FRANCISCO, January Phone OF
the severest storms that has ever &C.
Cured on this coast began on Sunday /,
and reached its height shortly after
noon to-day. 1t extended from the
northern boundary of Washington Ter
ritory to the southern boundary of Cali
fornia, and from the Rocky Mountains
to the Pacific Ocean. An almost contin-
uous fall OF rain and snow was accom-
panied by wind, which from five miles
an hour gradually increased, until about
40 this afternoon, when it blew a hur-
ricane, eighty-two miles an hour. The
storm was predicted by the signal SER
vice, and cautionary storm signal was
displayed by order of Lieutenant Glass
ford, from the flagstaff of the Mer-
chants Exchange building. Owing to
this timely notice, many vessels post
poned their departure from here, and
thus escaped the dangers of the storm,
! although the bay inside of the harbor
was very rough, and passengers on
the ferry boats were made seasick.
The shipping suffered no damage. Con-
siderable damage, however, was done
throughout the city by the wind and
rain; houses were unroofed, sheds,
fences, trees, awnings, signs and
churchspireS, minarets and smoke
stacks were blown down; huge plate
windows were blown in, easements
flooded, sewers broken. A car was
lifted from the track and a covered
wagon caught up. No loss of life has
been reported. About 1.30, when the
wind was at its height, the West wall of
the Mechanics Pavilion was blown in
and a few minutes later about eighty
| feet of its roof was carried across the
street and damaged the buildings on
the opposite side. The damage done
the Pavilion amounts to several thous-
and dollars.
One of the most unfortunate disasters
caused by the storm was the collapse of
two-story building on the corner of
Mission and Thirtieth Streets. At the
time of the accident, Mrs. Annie Hum
bert, Mrs. Coyle and John Carroll we're in
the building. The latter rushed from
| the building in time to escape harm.
but both women were buried under the
falling building and were severely, per-
haps fatally, injured, about the head.
The most serious result of the storm
was to cut off San Francisco entirely,
for the first time in its history, from
Geographic communication with the
outside world. The wires began going
down yesterday. one after another, un-
til the final break occurred about 1870
this afternoon, for short time, when
the city wires were rendered entirely
useless. An army of men are now en-.
gagged in repairing the lines, but up to
this time midnight of January 20th) nc
connection with the outside has been
made. This dispatch is sent from here
by mail to Sacramento, by courtesy OF
the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany, whence it will be forwarded to its
destAaton.
Wash uts have occur ! on the South
ern Pacific road at several places be
tween Mojaye and Yuma, which are
not considered serious, and which will
be repaired in three or four DAYS at the
longest Exact information cannot be
obtained Little or no delay has oc
CURED on the Central Pacific Railroad
although heavy snowfall occurred be
tween Truckee. Gala, and Reno, New
No information as to the damage sus
tanned by the shipping along the coas
and by ether portions of the country
has been received, owing to It's isolation
from lack of wire communication.