The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-01

.+.-- Ir the history of the wea-
+ss- 6r-eau ovsrspread the whole6
-.-,..5 s.~tes Yesterday, wrapping the
t... ~ m. continent in a gloomy ana
.T-saferfus bIapka- of clouds. and
tr,fre forth rain and snow that
,-rs.d Goods. snovsiides and various
,.bsr destructive weather demonstra-
rfars throughout the country.
The monster storm area. the effects
81 which were very apparent through
at Utah. had the record breaking dt-
s-afsr of 5000 miles. and was attend
ii bv the second lowest barOmetric
readfne on record At the storm cen
Zen which rested over Chicago yester-
54v line reading of the barometer was
End sd of an inch above that recorded
51rire the Galveston horror, and the
weather observers are authority for the
statement that had there been an area
IF hizh pressure lie the northwestern
rorfn Of De continent, she northern
and central states would probably have
rern swept 10y a cyclone almost, if not
EQUALS. rs destructive as The hurricane
rfaf destroyed Galveston
Telegraph wires were "out' in every
direction and train service was re-
.aued and blocked by washOUts and
s10wslfdas This city was covered by
thrse-inch blanket of snow. and
street car traffic was stopped for
lime bv sn0WsIida i'm the canyons
rtat uut the power houses temporarily
0rt af commission All wires were
heevv. and the effects Of the unusual
oniiticr of the elements We're felt
very sesnIy
Clouds Poured Rain and Snow.
During the whole dav the continent
was urder an inverted umbrella of
storm waves, the apex of which rested
Upon 'hic8g0. From the Atlantic to
lhs Pacific coast and for 5000 miles
;1s,n and south off the storm center
.he heavens were 0bscured by the
mammoth clouds that poured down
rlu aud snow Throughout this wide
erause Of storm waves, NOS an area
uf high pressure was TO be found. a re-
markedly low reading of the barom-
e,sr being Observed at every weather
station
This is one If the remarkable fea-
lures of the storm. according to the
weather men They state that storms
IF this chara ctaT usually have diam
-i-l of 1000 miles. and are closely fol-
owed by areas of high pressure bat
This cyclone. as It is termed in meteor
oog'caI phraseology, is three times the
normal siEe. and the only point of high
pressure discernable upon the storm
maps is Just entering southern Califor-
De
r0meter registered 2S.1S inches at Chi
caEn yesterday. which is the lowest
reading ever recorded i'm that portion
of the country.
Terrible II edy Averted.
This said Di tor Murdoch of the
local weather bI au. is two inches
1-'o" the norma, and but small
traction of an inch above the lowest
reading recorded during the Galveston
hcrEur Had there been an area Of
nigh pressure i'm the northwestern por-
ton of the United States. there would
nave been storm wave 1000 or 5000
.r.t high piled mp there, and it would
nave SWoopei down upon Chicago.
y. saans destruction anu terror as
H'snJiuI OF worse than that OF the Cal
'-'lon horror iu its path. To the re-
HaIR8he fact that there wasn't an area
OF nigh pressure on the map yesterday,
me northern and central states owe
.u7H escape from probable Catastro-
Iu- The destruction of Galveston was
SIlpiF The work of a West Indian hu~-
.gsne That is never more than 200 or
' miles ln diameter and the destruc-
H.I that storm 5000 miles in diam
re. might do. can be compared with
that
The conditions that prevailed
throughout the country today are such
aS nave never before been recorded. /
ana Tho s-~-W is one of historic mo-
I.-Ri There undoubtedly nave been
>.'IlHS like this before because atmos-
,NfHe conditions repeat themselves. J
.1l such remarkable conditions as
'.sse evidently do not occur very fire.
.t n' d ta or high pressure appears on
-V coast 1. california today. hut /. IS
I'd. = enough to cause any disas-
o.S e-acJs- 10 is responsible for the
.7"- .lraIlnS weather that we havesI
-'a afternoon. The storm center is
r,l-- eastward very rapidly. and
rs,.- reaches the coast there will
tsIl % Some very serious storms
s.,- -- .ama.ka5Ie storm created con-
AaNoc in and around Salt
--,. no. The snow that began falling
,.-'.. tag night continued TO descend
5.,. 49, Yesterday afternoon. reaching p
w ''- Oh. three inches as recorded al
,- D.. ...a.7sr station With this 80 of
~ -- Cd. rain fejL causing the snow
.r...''-,h and become a very material
s... .o many business operations
'..".#- miles above rl. f71,ra- ,,,,,,.-,.