Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-13
TROUBLE MEN
HAVE TROUBLES
LNTas Nissaed BY Soese Ran
and Eleeincal Ssoun.
Lssi Night.
IN DARKNESS THREE HOURS

Lixtaans Redsees Fl.ssxf 10 Many
Teahp~ks. R.ia sad Mosa
ca O6.
Las Vegas was Eisitsa hy q severe
slestEscsl storm about six e'eieek yes.
tsrday evening. For aeaEix three
hours the city sss In darkness. during
which time the rain fell In torrents
and lightning flashed In shesss
and sir.sks. Accurate measuEemaets
give the raliFall nj g. Inch.
lightning struck the flagstaff on ths
Gross. Kelly building and Eiddlea haIi
of h 20 toothpieks; singalaTiy snough
the remainder of The stan IN stand.
Ing, Electric circuits u the Las We.
gas Light and Power company were
burned out. which extinguished the
city iishts and put power dynsmos
temporarily out II commission. Can.
dles and eoaioii lamps we're n q
premium Tor q time. Several tele-
phones were reported burned out.
The Colorado Telephone company ex-
change was cut of from Ration and
Mora bat the railroad and CONNER
ciai Telegraph lines escaped. The
basement Oh the Santa W. offices was
flooded win ten inches Of water.
Several cellars are also reported noot-
"a. =
City Edition Held Up.
Probably the Las Vegas Railway n
Power company suffered most from
the storm. Patrons Of the company
were compelled % resort 10 candles
or coal oil lamps for Illuminating
purposes. The Optics city edition was
on the press NJ the time the electrical
disturbance In the heavens begun and
the warning elements prevented aI
iarre number of the subscribers from
receiving their papers until morning.
The motto rsnddeniy stopped for some
unknown reason and II was several
hours afterwards before the power
could bc turned on again. Eleetri.
clans were sent seufrying over the
city and town In the midst of the
storm looking for trouble" Trouble
In this instance meant crossed wires.
water grounds aud burnt fuses. W..
ter soaked poles which allowed the
current 10 leak from the wires and
run Into the ground were responsible |
for the disabling Of circuit.
Crossed Telephone Wires.
Two local telephone systems were
injured more or lgss by the storm. !.
SO far as is known few Of the
telephones were burned out In the
the city or town. Il is reported that
the main trouble was from crossed
wires, which were blown and displac.
ed by the wind which came In gusts.
The Las Vegas Telephone company
did not receive any complaints from
burned out telephones this mornins
The Colorado Telephone company did
not experience and local difficulty
from the storm. although two Of its
toll lines were put ont OF commission.
l.inemen We're repairing the line to.
lay so that telephone communication
san be resumed between Las Vegas.
md Mora and Ration. /
While the storm was raging fiere.
st the sky was welrdly lighted by
threatening flashes Of lightning, which
we're followe dby the distant rumble
" thunder. So far as is known, iieh.
ling struck at only one place In this
ocality and that was the building Of
irasS Kelly and company. Forth.
lately the damage was confined to the
lagsiaff which can be easily replac.
ID. The bolt struck the pole at an
Ingle. ~ only about half of IL IL
ianding on the front Of the building
fhe rest fell to the ground In pieces.
Witnesses said the lightning fash re.
emhled a bah Of fire. A. II exploded
! few feet In the air Immediately
Ifter shattering the fasstaff, No trac.
. can be found anywhere else about
he building. The pole alone was
lamaged. The structure has sheet
In roof. &%~>z
The water which fell while theI
torn was In, progress and converted
treets Into miniature rivers. Il was
ate last night before this surface wa.
er ran on and pools were standing N
expressions IN the streets this morn.
ng' While the rain was pouring
own the streets were nearly impas.
'hle owing to the absence of cross
ialks, The cutters were unable 10
Ary of the water without overflow
lg Little damage was caused from
ae fiooding of cellars, The SAINT, /
' basement was flooded by some N I
e water which came rushing down .
ouglas avenue, The drainage. mines 1
ogKed mp and within short time =
e water was ton inches deem. Y
live Wirss Threaten s.rn q
The electrical storm last eyen,nv 4
= = while caused considerable n. y
1ement on The west side. A M ~
res of the Las Vegas Railway =
'wer company threatened To sci fire 81
The Veeder barn on North Pacific H
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