The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-11

the Bernal school was also torn off and
blown away. Al the Fairmont school n
high board fence was blown into the
street.
On the bay the storm was terrific
Ferry-boats, proceeding with extraordl,,
nary caution, were tossed about until
scores of passengers were sick
Eugene Eber was struck by falling
cornicc at Fillmore and Sutter streets
and his leg fractured.
Earl Temple was blown through
skyhght at Cough and Grove streets.
He suffered concussion of the brain
Some Of the remaining walls of the
Palace and Grand hotels were blown in
to the street, effcctually blocking the
car tracks on Market street, the main
thoroughfare of the city,
Tossed about by the enormous
strength of the gale, the British ship
Palgrave slipped her moorings this
morning and driftcd on tho rocky shore
of Alcatraz island, the Government
fertilization IN San Francisco bay. Two
tugs went 10 the assistance of the dis
abled vessel and succeeded in pulling
her off the rocks.
The tugs had succeeded in getting
the vessel into the stream again when
the Palgrave was again overtaken by
an unusually heavy blast, which carried
her and the tugs onto the rocks again.
allHouSu AZ utuEN Stu Is In5
tugs are vahantly standing by the yes
sci and are endeavoring to pull her of
the rocks second time.
Wild Scenes of Panic.
Wild scenes of disorder and panic
followed the crashing of dead wall
through the roof of shirt factory at
33S, Brannan street. Two men were
seriously injured in the rush for safety
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tunately, there were no fatalities in the
terrifying stampede. When order had
been restored two of the workers were
missing. but were later rescued in
scrious condition.
In addition TO those already men
toned the following persons wcrc
treated at the Harbor Emergency hos
pital:
f. B. WOOLIvER of % Sacramento
street; injured al Market and First
streets; fracture Of right leg.
H. X. BLOWSE, Jones and Broadway
streets; lacerated wound Of the scalp.
II. 4. HAYES, 1899 Guerrero street;
injured at Bcale and Market streets;
lacerated wound of the scalp
The hardware store of Joost Bros.
gave way under the awful strain and
their building was completely wrecked.
The damage Will amount 10 $4,000
Flats which We're being erected al
Valencia and Sixteenth streets were
toppled over by the gale. Two other
sets Of fats on the same street, near
Twenty y-fourth. which were also IN
course of construction were completes
ly wrecked
Church Spire Is Gone.
The spire of st. Peter s church, cor.
ner of Sixth and Alabama streets, was
carried away and set down by the wind
some distance farther on. The roof'of
the Durant school, on Bush and Blu
'hanan streets, met the same fate.
Flats on the east side of Guerrero
street. between Sixteenth and Seven
.eenth streets, collapsed under the
force of the gale. Two flats on Church
street. between Market and Waller, |
we're not built strongly enough to with |
stand such a violent tempest, and col |
apsed.
On Church and Fourteenth streets a
wo story building was being remodeled |
nto stores, making it three stories in
II The supporting pillars were of
limsy construction and the whole build |
ng came tumbling down.
II will take DAYS, perhaps weeks. to
estore the street-car system of this
ity. This will be made more difficult
" reason Of the fact that in every |
Instance the overhead trolley came |
lown with the buildings. Policemen !
Yere stationed at every wreck to warn /
,eople against danger from live wires
The United railways started gang at |
york to cut these wires and thus pre-
'ent accidents.
Loss Is Very Heavy.
Three hundred thousand dollars is the
stimated loss of four of San Fran.
iseo's largest firms by reason of the
amage done by today s storm This
fternoon the large building at TIC
orner Of Polk anl Van Ness avenuu
avo in before the fury Of the storm,
nd all the valuable merchandise housed
here was ruined.
The building was occupied bv tie
damn Trunk company. the Hahnemann
,harmacy and the Meiii Art company.
The loss through this disaster is said
o be about 100000
The building Occupied by the Cali
ornia Notion and Toy company nj No
700 Post street collapsed just before
loon, and the larger portion of the
took was destroyed. The underwriters
ayed what they could, but tho firm
will suffer to the extent of nearly $780,
100.