The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-21

| & Railway company stated that 1t was
the most serious trouble that the COM
pany had ever experienced.
Isolated From the World.
The storm center seems 10 have been
q few miles north of this city. near
Pennington, as every wire in that di.
| rection was down. The eight wires Of
| the Bell Telephone company running
| north, and the four wires of the Iude-
| pendent COMPANY were all down. The
| wires of the Oregon Short Line and
Rio Grande Western railways were
down and those roads were obliged TO
hold their trains to the north until line
men could be secured to accompany
them. The lines Of tho Postal Tele-
graph company and the Western Union
were all down, but about one o clock
one wire was patched up for service
to the East by the Western Union over
the Rio Grande Western.
Box Car Blown From Track.
The storm reached its height over
Salt Lake at about 9:45 and main
tanned great velocity for about thirty
minutes A few minutes before the
greatest velocity had bccu reached over
the city ii was at its height about
Centerville. and into the teeth Of tho
gale an extra northbound freight on
the Oregon Short Line forced its way.
The crew of the train feared that ev-
En
blown from the track, and when the
train reached a point half mile from
Centerville one of the empty cars was
lifted clear off the rails and dropped to
one side. The train was brought TO n
standstill without being wrecked and
the derailed car was replaced
The damage to the local lines of the
two telephone companys was great.
Both reported lines down all over the
city, the north bench seeming, how
ever, to suffer the greatest damage in
this particular.
Some of the toll lines to the south
and west were undisturbed and COM
munieation in those directions was un-
broken,
Hundreds Caught in Storm.
The sight presented in the business
district when the storm was at It's
height is one that will never be for
gotten by those who witnessed it 1T
was at time when the streets were
crowded with homeward bound people
and employees of the stores. The
lights were out everywhere, the force
of the storm made it almost impossible
for a strong person to stay on his feet;
signs were being blown from buildings
in all directions, cndangering life and
limb to such an extent that nearly
women were all running to seek the
shelter of some building and many
face as it passed a chance gas lamp
bore a look of terror.
Damage to Property Heavy.
The damage done to electric signs,
plate glass windows and awnings in
the business district will. run into the
thousands Of dollars. The large electric
sign in front OF the Scbramm drug
store on the corner of First South and
Main street was one of the first to come
down. Fortunately warning was giveh
and no ono was injured, The large new
electric sign Of the Orpheum hotel on
State street was blown to the ground
with crash that completely demolished
it.
Just across the corner of Olive street
a large electric sign, about ten feet in
length, which was III front Of the Lion
saloon, was torn from It's fastenings.
1t swung straight into the large plate
glass window of the saloon, demolish-
ing it, as well as two smaller windows
in the front of the saloon. In its
downward descent, the sign missed by
but couple of inches striking on the
head n young man who was standing
just inside the door of the saloon. AS
it was, he was showsred with falling
glass. His name was not learned, for
as soon as the crash was over he made
for the outside and disappeared in the
darkness.
Soldier Cut by Glass.
A private from Fort Douglas. whose
name was not learned, was nassing the
Peterson saloon. on East Second South
street, during the height of the storm,
A falling sign smashed the front win.
dow of the saloon and piece of the
broken glass fell on the left leg of
the passing soldier, laying the flesh
open for several inches. He was taken
into q nearby store, whore his wound
was dressed. Later he was taken to
the fort.
At Second South and Second East
streets large tree was blown down
and carried with it three live wires
that dangled in the air above the side
walk about five feet in the air, until
the light company was notified and
they were then Immediately removed.
The light company was kept busy for
a couple of hours with all the available