The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-22
TWO DEAD, OTHERS INJURED,
IN TERRIFIC HURRICANE
Damage Amounting to Tens OF Thou
sands of Dollars Done in Salt
Lake and Vicinity.
Trains Blown From TraCks-Wires Down and City Cut Off
From the World at Tines

Damage which will run into the thousands of dollars
but which cannot now be accurately estimated was caused
by WndStoTm OF unprecedented fury and duration, which
swept over the city and county, from before midnight Sat
urday night, and continued until after midnight this morn
ing.
For many hours Salt Lake was almost entirely cut off
from communication with the outer world with the ex-
cepon of Park City, Bingham and Provo The telephone
lines between these towns were not damaged. but in all
other directions communication was not to be had.
Telegraph and telephone lines have been swept TO the
ground, and the power service OF the Utah Light Railway
company was parayzed for many hours, and will not be
fully restored for at least another twenty hours. 1t
will be several days before the telegraph companies can
get all their wires working in good order
RAILROADS TIED UP
As result of the destruction of telegraph lines rail-
roads unable to their trains with the exception
OF the Salt Lake Route and the Rio Grande, souhbound
These trains are running behind time On the Rio Grande
to Ogden few trains are being run, and these without
dspatchng and effort is being made to maintain any
kind of schedule. The Short Line is bockaded by wreck
as is the Bamberger road.
The wind reached maximum velocity of sixty miles an
hour, and for periods OF many minutes maintained We
l0cy of ftyWo miles an hour, according to the regisa-
ton at the local branch OF the weather bureau.
J. H. SorenSon was killed at MURRAY and William Gibbs
was killed at Ogden. number of men and women,
including two iremen, were seriously injured here.
Owing to the damage done to the local electric light and
power service, thousands of persons compelled Sat-
urday and Sunday nights to resort to primitive methods OF
lighting laoW candles were in demand but the more for
tnate hosehoderS used automobile lamps for Illuminating
tneIr homes.
TRAINS BLOWN FROM TRACK
Some idea as to the velocity of the wind may be gained
when it is stated that train of freight the Short
Line Kaysve and another on the Bamberger road
were blown from the track and into the ditch Plate glass
windows were shattered and houses were unroofed all
over the city.
While accurate information cannot be gained, it was
stated last night that Ogden had suffered damage to the ex
tent of than 100000 1t is believed that the storm
area extended into Cache valley and the northern part of
the state.
AT Lagoon, in Davis county, the damage was more than
$4,000, according to estimates made last light The
wind was particularly severe in Davis county, and the
damage will be heavy.
1t was rumored that the smeIerS at Murray had been
badly damaged but neither these those at Garfield were
injured. Satar escaped injury.
That greater number of persons were not killed or in
jured seems almost miracle, as the falling trees swep
hundreds of live wires across streets and sidewalks i'm
perng pedestrians No injuries of this kind were reported
at any of the hospitals.
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