Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-13
pjo Fall Of Snow and Violent
Wind Sweep Every Part
OF the State.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE.
telegraph Lines Down And Only
Anew Wires Being Success
fully Operated Today.
In This city Wind Reached Velocity
OF sixty Miles an Hour and Gem
eral Condition Is Severe.

prtit - ''N'Nat'
There was an unusually heavy snow
and wind storm last night, special
feature Of which was a hurricane trav-
cling al the rate of SO miles an hour;
and the situation was emphasized fur
Their BY thunder and lightning, the lat
Ter striking a house on Second West
street IN the southern limits OF the
town. but not doing much damage.
Trees we're uprooted and blown down,
though this occurred mostly in the west
ern section OF the city, where the
blasts appear 10 have been the heaviest.
signs suffered all over town, tearing
loose from their fastenings, number
of windows in the business part OF
the city were blown In. though not az
much damage was done IN this line as
might have been expected. Blllboards
were demolished as well as board
fences, and number OF smaller build
ings suffered more or less severely. The
electric lights went out of commission
for short time, owing to the blowing
down Of wires both IN the city and out
on the other lines supplying the fluid,
in addition to the local supply. The
street car service was not affected, as
between and a. m, when the storm
was at Its height, no cars were running.
The telephone companies were slightly
ineonvenlenced In the city, but out on
the toll lines trouble was reported this
morning, though the wires were report
ed all right by noon,
TELEGRAPH POLES DOWN.
The telegraph companies suffered out
In the country regions the Western
Union losing 1875 poles north OF Pocatel-
10. which VIII cripple its northern SER
vice for a day or two, and 1t would be
longer but tor the fact that the COM
pany has several gangs Of men mp
there who are rapidly repairing da-
IMAGES The same company IL suffering
t1om the blowing down Of quite a num-
h,r OF poles In the southern yards of
The Denver & Rio Grande road, which
Is embarrassing southern communica-
Tons Wires We're down on the San
Pedro, between Ogden and San
Francisco as well as between Ogden
and the east, but Manager Hay report
ed most Of the trouble corrected by
this afternoon The Postal companys
damages were readily repaired, so that
their communications were report
I'd as IN working order by noon. The
wind unroofed the Roller mills in North
sall Lake, and the bath house at the
Warm Springs and caused a general
fright In that section OF the city, lest
the hurricane should turn into cy-
clone,
WAS A RECORD BREAKER.
The storm was a record breaker, In
mat II extended from the Pacific ocean
10 the Atlantic coast, showing at points
west Of the Tooth meridian and east OF
the Sah meridian. with sleet between
those two lines. The lines OF the storm
extended as far south as the Mexican
border where Of course il rained. The
precipitation at the weather office In
this city registered 10 of an inch, or
about seven inches OF snow. But up
on the benches the fall was much
heavier, and In the mountains II was
al OF two feet, The salutatlon of the
morning was Merry Christmas" and
the temperature fell to ~ degrees early
IN the day, but rose later, the snow
melting rapidly and filing the streets
with sush For this time of year the
minimum temperatures over the coun-
try were very low, 1t being below zero
at half dozen places. The weather
ONCE predicts snow and colder weather
egaln for tonight but IL Is not believed
here will be any hurricane.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR LOSS.
The Salt Lake Engineering COM
Ianys plant at Fourth South and
sixth West street was damaged TO the
sNlent OF probably more than $4,000
by last nights blizzard.
=, Inc roof of the machine shop was
literally torn off and the walls badly
managed 10 that thoy Will have to be
.,orh down. The street ear wires and
.ne telephone wires along that street
we're also torn down. As the roof OF
,ne building was torn off and the walls
damaged some machinery was put out
commission. and the management
~ W. company says II viii cost at
ieast 5000 in repairs.
CARRIAGE FACTORY DEMOL-
lSHED.
The entire upper front NJ tho huiId-
ilg used by Phil KllppIe as n carriage
factory fell last night during the
slorm Today tons OF brick and NOR
ar are piled upon the sidewalk. aud
,Ie interior OF the second story rs COM
p,eley exposed. The building. at hest
ha tumble-1own shack, and that
h.a.eV pedestrians were not buried
-, eeln me mass of debris is a mat;,r
,n, eongratulatlon. The premises arc
81 ~, uialely adjoining the CONSOLIDATE
,ho Nae9h and Machine company's ON
~ south and IL passed by thousands
people every day and night. esnccI-
houses. Wv ''ieo ieauihs play
NAY DELAY BEET PLANTING.
= me storm may delay beet seed rsa,t
,.'s ID The Boise ayette valley where
, was the Intention to have comn,enceI
~ "ork yesterday. Owing tn The To-,
stdV wires were working badly or not
all Today advlces were nnt ro,at,.,r
oUI me probabilities are thai tho vvori,
a. planting VIII have To be temnorarii,,
uelayed there. where II usuaIIv hegins
Ns earlier than I'm the snake p7,or
,au'y, Whero tho climate Is soncr,I,,,
more rigorous. ''"'' WAT
HARD on WYOMING SHEEP
w telephone message from Grarssr
" ~ says that II was lust hegInning
A. stoIh there today, and ihoI ,bo
49, ln mat section had not yet suf-
10 "a lloin snow or cold Beyond thero
A. " cast' however, are a great manv
:. several hundred thousand own.
:" " Utah men. that are said To- he IN