The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-23

FIERCE STORM At MERCUR WILL ORGANIZE TONIGHT.
Young Lady School Teacher
Caught in SnoWdrift and
Rescued With Difficulty.

Mercur, Jan. 2l.-The clear sky and still
air of Friday morning made people think
the storm was over, but it proved to be
only a short truce, for in the evening
the storm broke again with increased
fury. The wind blew a perfect gale,
those who were out found their way with
great difficulty. Several children
were literally blown from the sidewalks.
connie EVerS, the little 6-yedr-Old daugII-
ter of Mayor Evers, was picked up by
the night marshal, George Mullen and
taken home. One of the lady teachers
OF the Mercur public schools, attempting
10 shorten her course home by cross
ing large snowdTift, soon found her
self SO ilnbedded in the solid snow as
70 make further movement impossible.
In this dilemma, she shouted at. the
top or her voice. Judge DunlaVey heard
her cry and answered the call. BY a lit
tie wireless telegraphy he was soon able
TO locate the storms victim and, with
inherent gallantry, fastened to her side
as fast as the force of the storm and
the depth Of the snow would permit.
once there, by supreme effort he sue
ceeded In extricating the lady from her
ner way
The telephone line to Sunshine, which
had been caught up the day before, was
blown down again Friday night. Ben
Hickey, an emplOye Of the Bell Tele-
phone company, was sent out to repair
the line. He succeeded in finding the
break and made the repairs, but re-
turned to town with his face badly frost
bitten.
The Salt Lake & Mercur railroad was
unable to get its trains into Mercur yes
terday or today. The mall and pas
sengers were brought in from a point
over the summit in sleighs.
Clark E. Baker was out all day yes
terday making repairs on the Telluride
power line to Sunshine.
The German class met last evening
at the home of Mrs. Glidden. The teach
er, Rev. Charles Lewis, reports that the
class is making good progress.
The house occupied by the family OF
Charles Lawless collapsed Friday night
under the great weight of the snow
and ice which had accumulated upon it.
Fortunately no member Of the family
happened to be in that part OF the house
over which the roof gave way. As the
collapse occurred in the midst of a storm,
great damage was done to wall paper
and carpets by the snow and rain. A
valuable piano and other useful articles
of furniture were badly wrecked by the
falling debris.
The mortal remains Of Mrs. Sampotc
were laid away Friday in the little
/ cemetery below town. Mrs. SampOte was
critically Ill when a neighbOr'S house TOOK
fire and burned down about two weeks
ago. This gave her nervous shock
from which she never recovered, and she
grew weaker until death came to her re-
! lief. The deceased was highly respected
in the neighborhood in which she lived.
She leaves a husband and three small
| children. The two Oldest children will
be taken to the KearnS St AIMS orphan
age, Salt Lake City.
| The work on the teaching plant of the
| Holderman Filter Tank company at Man
ming has been greatly retarded by the
severe weather of the week past. Thomas
! Ferguson, the gentleman who has the
work in charge, reports that the plant
will be ready for active operation in q
| few days.
Guy Robinson, the popular salesma
| OF Boxrud & Co., drove into Mercur yes
terday from ODhir.
| A bouncing baby boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs Louis Simpson last Friday.
| George H. Dern, who has been in Sail
Lake City for about a week on mining
| business, returned to Mercur yesterday