Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-09
AT FORTY-EIGHT MILES
That IS The Maximum Velocity Attained by The
Wind in Salt Lake City.
is LIKELY 10 CONTINUE TOMORROW.


Foriy.oight miles an hour IL tho
Ercatost velocity reached by the big
Wind in this city. ami that was fog-
iatcttd at tho station hero at i.is yes
iorduy afternoon. The hardest blow
for today wus indicated at the station
81 1910 this morning. when thiriy four
miloa rut hour wuH recorded. The bar
omrtcr b. running hIrh here. which IN
dicntca that the wind is likely 10 con-
iinuc over tomorrow. ~ Cheyenne the
barometer bus nafumrd an especially
I1i'y uis registering % ec. which prog.
nosiicuics Htorm u thU Euf, soon.
Al night the wind continued IT, howl
anu swish out % dismal lullaby Tor tired
''lz"na who would have slept but Tor
tu" continuous acfrnndH. And there Was
nu "iotsup" To- u today, with thu drcpry
itufp"ct VI "a repetition " the dose to-
morrow.
n was not an unusual sight today on
the streets 10 Her q man chasing his
hat down the rund, ana when the cow
'trd article was Just nbuut captured
nud thU owner WIS zoo the act ~ Hinup-
inE Go pick u up.the playful wind would
juEriH hits long uVcfclnt 10 over his
head. 20 completely binding she owner
that hu was for u MON. NJ rendered
h1ff du combat. and when lac would ut
length untangir himself from his cover.
Ing Tho "lld" would be- seen merrllv
bowling along the paved street half
block away. The crowd OF watchers
would laugh until "a gu-t came along
which would ift ;hc tile 81 q soothing
one straight up IN the air. apparently
In an attempt TO land Il on one VI the
tail buildings nf hang n on the horn ~
the moon. chaHcH after hcadgcar have
been ~ frequent today and yesterday
J.
siderable additional length ~ time.
salt l.ukrfn VIII soon have become
frHtsslnHH "fctricNcrr.'
Fort Douglas lH situated. unfortunate
~ on occasions % this Kind. whore q
sets the full hcnent ~ the zcphyrs
which come tripping down Rcd Butte
and Immigration canyons ana the
weather ~ 90 The military post II cun-
fnuuCnily ~ u very frlTid character.
tho wind being somewhat more cmphnt-
lc shan here In the city. Guard duty at
nlRht II not one N tho most pleasant
uaHtimca. The boys who faced he
storm or Mnuartr however, are not
running from old linrcnn, blurtering.
blutinv and pulling though he may be.
Water fnuntains present beautiful
sights, because ~ the frozen npfny
which surrounds them. aud already
ih-re Higua cut indicating wherr good
skating may be- enjoyed 90.
At OGDEN.
A. rased in yesterdays hsuc. ogden
war havirs a visit from her 'mouD.Aln
wind" bus q was not un4n l o'elock
,his maruinE thIg ihr main force % she
clemcng rw-pi the city. Several houses
were blown down ana telephone. tcie-
graph and electric hgct wires were
pr1rirlHi ana scattered about In =
tangled. wrEh.nR. apgiterlry and lash
ing mass. Travel on The streets for q
Ia. aH.N.I a
Gus uniii the electric curIenf from she
llHhi works was turned on. and shen
fhU town was iu ulster darkness. some
- ~. c.iy jan wallis were blown IN and
she Chapman house, ON lower Twenty
nfih rirr0f, was alnori levelcd. ID.J
the debris a this latter wfcck ran a
cab carrying young man aud woman.
The young people werr dumped on.
hui 10 serious Injury resulted. Dr.
'nukH hnufo was blown down. and che
fid, thlf fhc family WIRE IN thc pnrilr
at The time aaNrd ihrlr lives, a. sona
~ brick AMI dcht.r fcil Ia on sho beds
which they usually occupy on uc-
court - sickness among the children
all she family had retired In enc parlur
60 d. mar the heating stove. This cir
cumstancc luckily perverted che chnon.-
telling M "A fatality. or several ~ chem.
cufulcrr. awnings ana signs have been
carried away ar f.upcd ing1 Hhreds,
whle che nireriH AM sidewalks cun-
fllnci many pr0ginited shade trees.
Particles % ghiFs, small pcdiiea and
other missiles we're sglriei through thr
ar. cutting thc hands and fae.s % pc
drHiritna.
DAVIS COUNTY.
Information from "A gcfsieqnan who
came down from Davis cnuiey last
nlEhi was o. fhs offect that the wiu.i
had hl0wn ovpr several hay stacks and
shlnntya' nri that 4 was positively
unsafe Tor people ~ be Oh; in me galc.
No serious dsnafr n reported ~ ys<,
though, ~ she people shef- are nearly
always prepared Cor such vlsAations 90
tms<ne.
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