The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-22
TWO DEAD, OTHERS INJURED,
IN TERRIFIC HURRICANE

pleted only "A few weeks ago was also Sc
riously damaged. The heavy metal cor
nice. weighing three tons or more. was
swept from its fastenings, and fell with
n crash to the roof of the building, dam
aging il seriously. A great gap was torn
in the wall by the falling cornice. and al
most the entire roof will have tC be re-
paired
Extending along the south side of the
new building was platform eighty feet
in length over which was a roof. support
ed from above by dozen large chains.
These chains were snapped by the sway
ing Of the roof, and the entire platform
fell to the ground, being carried fifteen
feet by the gale.
The carriage and wagon sheds at the
rear Of the factory were unroofed. and
the vehicles stored In the sheds were bad
ly damaged. None of the horses in the
sta bles were injured.
The damage will be not less than 81 coo
according to an estimate made at noon
yesterday by Orson II. Hewlett. a mem
Der Of the firm. 1t will take twenty-five
men Week to repair the damage to the
buildings, and during that time the fac
tory will be unable TO put out its full ca
Between the Salt Palace and Fourth
South street there are twenty-five trees
on the ground as the result of the storm
And the district east of there didn't miss
frame barn belonging TO Mrs. Laura
Croker at $50 Seventh East street col
lapsed in a heap. Fortunately, none OF
her valuable horses was inside.
Family Slept soundIy.
AT the home of Mr.. Katz. on Seventh
South and Second East streets the root
was blown away, but the family slept on
oblivious of the disaster.
AT the old Sharp residence South Tenn
pie and h streets. six trees which were
planted twenty years ago were torn ut
by their roots and carried into the next
yard.
Fort Douglas suffered as much as any
portion OF the city. A number of the
houses of the officers lost their chimneys
and practically all Of the fences which
surround the usually attractive quarter:
are down. With the trees down as well
the post looks as though it had beer
struck by cyclone-and lot of people
down town are ready to believe that il
was.
University Campus Wrecked.
The university campus is wreck The
grand stand and the fences which sur.
rounded it came down early in the even.
ing, and the trees planted there with sucl
pride by several hundreds of students arr
now ready to be sawed up for firewood
There is an old-fashioned frame house
out en- the east side, on Fourth South
street, that is propped up, the owners
fearing complete collapse, and the resi-
dence OF Jacob Moritz. Fourth South anC
Tenth East streets, can scarcely be seer
for the trees which have fallen against it
A. f. Burnham, living at 1914 Fourth
East street, Waterloo. suffered consider.
able loss from the storm. The wind blew
out a large bay window in his home anC
the flying glass and sash wrecked the
furniture in his parlor. The damage Il
the furniture and piano was estimated n
SIS. A barn was also badly damaged anC
q large haystack was swept away, leaV
ing not a wisp of fodder for the cattle
The loss of the nay and the damage Il
Many other windows in the vicinity wer,
blown in, and much property damage wa:
inflicted by the hurricane.
Southwest Suffered.
The storm played havoc in the south
western portion of the city. While /
was raging all electric power was off anC
this section of the city was in total dark
ness Cars did not begin TO run until lat
Sunday afternoon The sidewalks an,
streets were blockaded with fallen tree
and fences
The greatest damage in this section wa
done to the buildings Of the POrtlani
Cement company. whose big plant is 10
Gated on Eighth South and Sixth Yves
streets. The loss sustained by this firm
will run into thousands Of dollars. Tn
cause Of their loss chiefly is being cut of
from the supply Of electric power. OF
which they depend TO propel the machin
cry This Will cost the company 500 al
hour The power was cut off about /
o'clock Saturday evening. There wa
also considerable damage done to tn
plant by the wind. Some of the tower
were blown to the ground In many place
the roof and sides, which are of shee
iron and tin. were torn apart and blow
away. 4 force Of men was working OF
the buildings all day yesterday. and hav
repaired most of the damage. Some o
the machinery was damaged by cemeu
dust.
Walls Brown Down.
The new plant of the Silver Bros Iro,
Works company. which is being erecte
on Fourth West and Seventh SOutl
streets. was badly damaged by the wind
section of the new wall being blow
| to the ground.
The wall which toppled over under tn
| force OF the wind is on the east side o
the building. The wall had gone up near
! " TO the second floor line. and there wer
! no braces TO strengthen the green
/ brickWork
| A section of wall fifteen feet high an
/ 100 feet in length. at the front of tn
| building, was blown down, and at tn
| west end a smaller section was RACED.
| Manager Joseph A. Silver. who in
| spected the damage yesterday afternoon
/ said that the damaged sections could b
/ replaced for about $3.50, and that the wor
/ of repairing the damage would not re
| tard the completion of the building NOR
! than a few days beyond the time a
which the building is scheduled to
} completed.
Across the road new frame building
| Foundry company, was completely de
! molished.
On spur of the Rio Grande Wester
/ on Sixth West near Eighth South stree
| number of empty freight cars wer