The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-22
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The storm did not effect all parts of the
city alike There were districts where
the wind seemed TO swoop down with ter
rifle violence and tear. great trees up by
the roots. wreck buildings. and lay tele-
graph, telephone and power transmission
wires flat on the ground Then the wind
would skip whole blocks. like stone that
Is thrown across a pond, and Swoop down
again, leaving destruction behind il.
At Liberty park, the gate at the north
entrance of the park. Ninth South and
Sixth East streets was leveled TO the
ground. This gateway, which was of
lumber, was erected at the time of the
return Of the Utah volunteers from the
1Imphal arch. The gateway can be re-
placed at little cost, the structure has
not been materially damaged. the wooden
posts supporting it being snapped off at
the ground.
Water Swept Out of Lake.
The force of the gale was such that the
water i'm the lake at the park was swept
over the banks on the west side, and
flowed for forty feet along the entire
west frontage of the lake. toward the old
mill The air was so cold that the water
frCze. forming sheet of ice covering the
read and the lawn to width of forty
fleet. and extending from one side Of the
lake to the other Many trees were blown
down in the park. The conservatory eS-
CaDed injury.
A reporter for The Herald made a tour
bile with Orson H Hewlett. The dam
age was widespread. In all parts Of this
section trees were thrown across the
street, carrying wires of all kinds with
them.
\ cable line of the Independent COM
pany was torn from it's fastenings at
Fifth East and Sixth South streets, and
the pole carrying II was torn down by a
falling tree. Telephone communication
for persons served by this trunk cable was
shut off completely.
\ number of other cables were torn
from the poles in other parts Of the south
east section, but the cables were not bro
ken. and while the cables sagged to the
ground in some instances by reason of
the poles having blown over, cOmmunica-
ton was not destroyed.
, The destruction of trees was great On
the east side of Sixth East street. be-
tween Sixth and Seventh South streets.
thirteen great maple trees in row. were
overturned. By some trick of fate these
trees fell toward the street. and missed
the telephone and other wires strung
along that block.
. A dozen boz elder trees surrounding the
Sam Groesbeck residence on Sixth South
.betweein Third and Fourth East streets
were thrown into the street. The resi-
dence itself was slightly damaged No
one was injured.
. In the next block there were eight trees
lying across the gutter, with their roots,
covered with earth and sod. forming a
breastwork along the sidewalk.
Residence Is Unroofed.
The resi- lence of ]. T. Evans. Earls
court. between Third and Fourth South
streets and Fourth and Fifth East streets,
was partly unroofed. but the occupants
escaped injury.
The damage done to buildings under
course of construction in this section was
great. In many instances roofs were torn
off. and brickwork was RACED to the
ground In Lincoln street. near Liberty
park. new house. which was ready for
the roof was demolished. and no two
standing -
At the Salt Palace long sections of
fence and bill boards were thrown to the
ground. Trees and llmDs or trees Uttered
the driveway. but no serious damage was
Zone TO the building, which withstoodl the
Shrek OF the storm.
streets was badly damaged by a huge pop
lar tree which was blown down, and
which crashed through The roof
Denuded of Trees.
Every tree surrounding the residence OF
John y. Smith, ST.. at Sixth South and
Second East streets was overturned. The
trees. and there were nearly a dozen of
them We're the pride Of the neighborhood.
At Seventh South and State streets a
warehouse adjoining the store of Jed F.
Wooley was torn down and the lumber of
which IL was built fell across the side
walk. The store building was not dam
aged
At Morton's row. on Seventh South be-
tween State and Second East streets a
cd. The property loss was small.
The grocery store and butcher shop OF
Robert Sherwood on State street between
Sey enth and Eighth South streets. was
badly damag geo. a tree falling across the
northeast corner of the building. knock
Ing several hundred OF bricks from the
top.
Plate Windows Smashed.
The Halliday Drug GO. at First South
and State streets was another sufferer
from the storm. The store occupies COR
ner location and was subjected to the full
sweep of the wind from two directions
At early hour yesterday morning the
plate glass windows were unable longer tC
stand the strain, and the two at the NORTH
end Of the store were blown violently in
ward. with considerable damage to the
Interior Of the window in addition TO the
cost OF the glass,
TWO large plate glass windows of the
keith-O Brien company were blown in
.and third cracked by the wind
HeWIett's Factory Hit.
The damage done by the storm 10 tho
faCtory Of Hewlett Brothers company be.
tween Seventh and Eighth South street.
on State. was considerable. In the south
t2ctOry window in the upper floor wa.
blown out and this gave the wind a full
sweep i'm the interior The force of the
wind was great that fully one-half o.
the roof was torn from fits fastenings anC
will necesstate the replacing OF the en-
tire roof
The north building. which was com