The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-01-09
A SANDSTONE.
Particulars of What the Howler From
the Desert Did.

Particulars of What the HoWler From
the Desert Did.
In clouds that were from ten to TWEEN
ty-five feet high the sand was blow
against the plate glass windows yester
day, breaking them to atoms. Awnings
signs and trees We're blown down
Roofs We're lifted from their support
ing walls and hurled into the streets.
Three trains on the Southern Pa
cific We're blockaded from an early
hour of the morning by the sand-coy
cred tracks. 1t is said that the fury o.
the wind and the quantity Of dust ant
| sand in the air has not been equalet
in the memory of living man.
| When the west bound local train
from Redlands reached Declez, abou
nine miles west of Cotton, the train.
men decided that it was useless to at
| tempt to go any further. The wind
had been blowing fiercely during the
early morning hours and in many
places the trakc was covered with two
feet of sand, Efforts were made to
shovel the sand from the track, but the
efforts were futile The wind blew
with such force that it was difficult for
the shovelers to stand on the track.
| The men could not work in the face of
| such binding sand storm.
| Soon after the west-bound local train
was blockaded at Declez, the west
| bound overland reached that station
and was unable to go further. The
| passengers from the local train were
transferred to the overland and We're
compelled to spend the entire day at
Declez.
The east bound local Redlands train
that leaves Los Angeles at sos a. M.
could get no further than Ontario, AT
a late hour the train was still at On
tario with no immediate prospect of
proceeding any further. Until the
wind subsidized to such an extent as to
allow the men to work in clearing the
track it would be impossible for the
train to move. Thus no trains were
moving between Declez and Ontario, a
distance of eight miles, At both these
points the track was blockaded with
sand. and it was impossible to tell how
much of the intervening track was COW
cred. 1t could not be ascertained at
late hour how long 1t would take to
clear the track of sand, nor could 1T be
told when the trains on the Southern
Pacific would be moving on schedule
time
Thomas McCaffrey, chief train dis
patcher of the Southern Pacific com
pany, stated that the wind was the
most severe that he had ever observed
in Southern California 1T was the
most violent sand storm that has oc-
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it is probably the worst that has ever
occurred. 1t is impossible to tell when
the men will be able to shovel the sand
off of the track between ontario and
Declez, and it will be impossible to
move the Southern Pacific trains until
the track is cleared. The men were
unable to- work at clearing the track
that day in the face of the binding
sand storm. The roof of the companys
oil tank at Cotton was blown off, and
the water tank at Cuamonga was
blown down. AS soon as the wind sub
sides the work of clearing the track
will be commenced. 1t cannot be as
at the present time how
much of the track is covered"
1t is estimated by well-informed fruit
carloads or oranges were blown off the
trees. If this estimate is approximate
ly correct, the damage of the storm will
be the greatest that has overtaken this
section of the state for some years In
Riverside alone the estimated loss from
the storm Is sixty carloads of oranges
From San Bernardino it is reported
that the f1ercest wind that has been
known in many years visited the city
The sand Is piled up on the
tracks of the Southern Pacific COM
pany and all trains are tied up The |
wind began blowing early yesterday |
and continued its destructive |
1areer until evening.
A dispatch from Santa Ana says: I'm |
his city the sand blew in from the des- |
thirty feet and completely binding and |
pedestrians and teams an
he streets. For several hours traffic |
vas virtually suspended Doors and
windows We're tightly closed to keep
,ut the sitting hot wind and smother
ng sand. Several business houses sus-
aimed broken glass windows and every
Lwnng and sign in town was blown
way Several persons sustained minor
INJURIES by being hit by flying debris.
A woman going against the wind on
Fourth street, pushing baby carriage,
vas overcome by sudden strong gust
f wind and knocked down. The car
iage was forced against a telegraph
ole and demolished. Fortunately the
hid escaped without injury and the
ioman was only slightly bruised -
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