Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-15
IN PANDEM0|UM
FIERCEST GALE IN HISTORY OF
THE COAST.
BUT ONLY ONE LIFE is LOST.
Great Property Damage-San Fran
cisco Isolated by Breaking of
Telegraph Wires.

San Francisco, Dec. 14.--The heaviest
wind and rain storm in the history of the
state ragged for half an hour this fore
neon. One man was killed near Salinas
and the damage to property will be con-
siderable. The telegraph and telephone
companies suffered severely and for sey-
eral hours service was completely sus-
pended. Even at midnight, communica-
ton with the outside world is badly
handicapped. The greatest damage done
to the wires was between this city and
Benicia, where the wind from San Fran
cisco bay had a full sweep. In places
poles for several hundred yards were
blown down and the Wires were thrown
into mess of confusion. The few tee-
grams received from outside points show
that the storm extended quite generally
over the central and northern portion of
the state. The principal damage was
caused by the wind, which blew down
many trees, fences and frail buildings.
The only fatality reported is from Sa-
linas, where Mrs John King was in
stantly killed by being blown from the
tank of a windmill. Her husband at
Seattle has been notified.
Heavy thunder and lightning accom-
panied the storm. iii this city the wind
blew at terrible velocity and the rain
descended in sheets. High fences and
billboards We're blown down, lamp post
We're twisted, signs we're thrown to the
sidewalks and plate glass windows We're
broken. Trees We're blown across car
tracks and the roofs and fronts of frail
buildings were carried away. An old
house on Bartlett street was blown down
and it's occupant. Mrs. Kate Ramsen, 20
years old, seriously injured
In Oakland the greatest force of wind
did not exceed a period of over 20 min
utes. but it made it's presence felt every
minutes of time. On the Oakland mole
90 poles went down and the telegraph
and telephone connection with San
Francisco was effectively cut off until
this evening. At Adams wharf heavy
planks We're dashed about and some
We're blown into the water. At the Jud-
son Rolling mills one of the big smoke
stacks was blown down and a part of
the works unroofed. Long wharf re-
Sembled a scene of a collision between
two building material yards. Lumber,
barrels and material were scattered
everywhere. Four empty fiat cars stand
ing on the end of the old wharf caught
the full force of the wind and were
driven off the end of the track into the
bay. At Berkeley, ST. Mathews Episco-
pal church in Lorin was entirely demol-
ished. A house in process of corstruc-
ton near by was blown out of shape. A
six-room house in West Berkeley was
urenched out of shape. Many other
ha11V Wrpnrhpd and
minor damage to property was wide
spread.
st. Mathews church, on Grove street.
near Russell, was wrecked beyond re-
pair. Many trees We're uprooted.
Meagre dispatches from outside points
shoN that the storm covered consider
able territory At Vallejo several per-
sors We're injured by flying debris. Sew
| eral thousand feet of lumber was Blown
| into the bay. "A large section Of the roof
| of the Wilson house was carried OIL by
| the wind the large coal sned of the VAL
| leio Gas company was demolished, the
| electric light and tale., hone systems We're
badly DANA ged. The storm lasted hali
| an hour.
In Fairfield several houses were blown
down, In farming and orchard districts
several outhuildinss and fencing were
DANA eed. Havoc was played with gar
| den plants and trees We're uprooted.
| Reports received here this morning from
| Rio Vista, Cordeia and lEllmra are to
| the effect that the cyclone inflicted much
| damage, especially in demoiishing sheds
| Poles on the line of the Bay Counties
( Power company in the tule land show
! the effects of the storm and are leaning
over. In the vicinity of Napa, trees were
| felled. One partially wrecked the office
| of the Sawyer Tanning company.
! The roofs of several barns We're Blown
| off and the school house at Soscol was
moved two feet.
On J. B. Morris ranch, at Aqua Call
! ente, a large gum tree was prostrated
| by the high wind. and. striking Morris
| residence, cut part of it in two. Fortu-
| nately the inmates escaped injury. Chin
neys. fencing and outbuildings We're
blown down in different parts OF Sono-
ma valley. AT Dixon, barns, windmills
and small buildings Were COM. .etely de-
molished. Telegraph wires, north and
| south, Were blown down.