Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-09
TIM BLIZZARD


Aeolur has been master Of the sl;ua-
tlon In Utah for some forty consecutive
hours. and most mcrcllcss master he
IL. Even the music which he produces
from the numerous ovcrsifung Nlref
representing In some measure the IN
e,rumcnt on which the god ~ the winds
.. wont 20 play. Il not cheering. nor
Measurable. nor even tolerahle. bong
sor, Of sad. weird refrain ne of spirit
voices from out the Vastly depths N
space chanting q miscrere for the dyinF
year, a requiem for the dead already
In every feature Of visible nature. Tne
air Il flled with Invisible nyflala ~
Icy needles. nRainst which no htmor
devised by The cunning Of man ia ih'o-
lutte proof. the best OF u being bu;
metra OF modifying the mlsctles which
the wlnd.Tod's blasts thrust Into me
persons Of all who place ihemselvos
within reach. And thu roaring. she
groanlng. the shrleklngl wherever q
sharp corner. an abrup, curve, an apcr-
sure however small. or even an unoc.
cuplcd keyholo can be- found, the wee.
winged myrrnldons Of the frosty mon
arch lntrude themselves In Rrea, null
tl,udc and In ugly chorus drive rcpose
from the minds and cheer from the
hearts Of their hopeless victims. bu, u
4. when the iabors ~ the day are ended
and the shelter Of 4hc domlcile u
reached, the welcome open door Il on
tered and she glowing fire casts forth ~
grateful beams that We fully realize
the awfulness OF the rule outside. A. N
determined not 20 Yield even when all
opportunities for trouble are zone. the
ruler u the eiemcrs sends Frcae gus;
into the room before the door IL closed
upon him, and then he pounds AZ the
closed entrance. shakes the window
panss like they were 20 many cas-
,aneis. makes the whole structure rock
and keeps the inmates In mind Of his
unwcicomc presence with uneeaslng
vigilance. He boots and foars ana
RACES. making the mos, ~ his oppor-
tunii-s. which We are all feryeniiy hop
inE will soon be- cut short.
but II we are having hard time u
where we nre In n measure shielded
fran some Of she rlgors u the sltua-
'ion. our friends Of the Eas, are having
or have had a much harder one, Life In
some OF the cities hAs been less secure
and more exposed 20 the nercensss OF
the onslauehis than. here. Along the
coasts IN, destruction aud haflshlps
have been aliorciher Unprecedented.
The dispatches have disasters. but Of
course they could not give " even an
approximation " +ho sunsrlngs and
Losses. Tn, "yeasty waves c0nfoundcd
and swallowed navigation up." and
other fanclfui pronounccmep,s OF the
poets were realized In awful array.
We have read Of the loss 81 the ship
Portland. with an on board. but an
oihcr-thai 81 the Lcwis-has not yet
hevn told. 1, and some other details arr
related by a reporter ~ the world. who
rccounis taat un thas awful sunday.
when the northeast gale blew across
the low sand dunes n Cape Cod aud
turned the usually slfc aud placid har-
bor into a scum " wild wrecknFc. two
ana three masi.d fishing srhoonsrs were
driven from their anchofages 60 the
Hats. where the might ~ wind and wave
branded from in-fCncid nella. drove
others against the wharf-twp indeed
through a wharf-whlle many were
heeicd over at their anchors.
Tho Hunken i.owia was hecied over un.
VI only a few feet Of her tnpmuHts aud
but into this retreat slN mon climbed
aud dashed themselves IN. Al old man
- The wheel 81 y schooner sighted thuin.
In the occaHlonai riffs Of the driving
snow ana spray he saw the HiN men aud
knew they were alive, f0f BE- could ss,i
them ihrnshing their arms across their
was killing them. Tho Ola man rode
securely ~ anchor 60 wtndward OF tho
wreck, and he made long line fast To
81 last Was out ~ full length and thnt.
but YET an Impossible distance away fof
mos" men W. Thy rlgsing, Tor u they
toward the llt,le craft.
II Il an awful story. and douhtlos,
hut one ~ many similar 90 q. Tor ufty.
six craft Of various kinds and uyer 20,
lives, the xix men spoken OF being In,
cluitd, were Loot. These men wrr,
seen by the old fisherman 10 give va,
one by one as their benumbed limbs u,
hnger sustained them, and ihey tum
hlcd Into the sea 20 be- beaten Co dcati
by the pillows ana seen no more. Ye.
We are In the mlis, " no little dis
comfort Tor the time being. here II
Utah, but our situation Is Inviting com
pared with tina, which some f-cti1n
hav" had ana arc having.
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