The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
TERRIFIC STORM
HITS SALT LAKE
Strong Wind Sweeps the City
and Does Thousands of DOL
lars Damage.
WATER HIGH ON THE LAKE
SPRAY FROM THE WAVES COW
ERS PAVILION FLOOR.

The heaviest storm of the summer Wis
tied Salt Lake yesterday afternoon and
for two hours blew up and down the
streets until it looked as though young
cyclone had crept into the valley. DR..
Hyatt had announced the arrival of the
storm, determined not to DE caught nap
ping as he had been a week ago when
Vagrant thunderstorm came in unan-
nOunced AMI remained for a short time.
Another session of slight storms is eX-
pected today. They will serve to clear
that has been prevalent during the past
week and then another period of real
comfortable warm weather can be eX-
pected. according to the weather man.
Yesterdays storm began in earnest about
$50 and lasted until nearly O'Clock. 1t
was accompanied by heavy winds.
The storm struck the Salt Palace as
though it were a regulation Kansas cy-
close and when it had passed over 81,
900 damage mad been done. The north
ern half of the dance hall roof was blown
off and hurled INTO the beer garden. The
wind also tore down the fence surround
ing the saucer. track at the northeast
corner of the track. No one was injured
by the flying timbers as the park was
almost deserted at the time OF the
storm.
Limbs of trees were blown Gown all
through the park until it was nearly im-
passable. The races were postponed last
night on account of the storm and Man
ager Nelson estimated the damage at 81
600 or over.
The Cullen Hotel electric sign snapped
three of the chains suspending it and
broke its electric connections. For sew
eral moments it swung perilously with
but one corner supported. The wind blew
it about and sparks flew from the live
wires until Ben Haywood had Iassooed
the swinging sign and anchored it.
The storm on the Great Salt lake was
on the mysterious inland sea for years.
The waves rolled over the main section
of the Saltair establishment and some OF
the water reached the promenade, which
Is on the dancing pavilion floor. All OF
the boats that ply the great lake sought
shelter early and were at safe anchor
age when the storm broke. Even mOore1
with cable and haWser aS they were, Che
vessels rocked and tossed much after
the fashion o. a craft in distress at sea
There being no one at sea. no one was
injured. Many scores of people watched
the water in its madness, thrilled, alarmed
and terrified by the spectacle.
The storm is blamed to the low pres
sure that hangs over the plateau and
New England. ThundeTstOrms were gen.
eral yesterday. They We're recorded in
Utah. Nevada, Idaho. New Mexico, Tex
as. Montana. Oklahoma, Missouri, Ne
braska. the lake region and the south
ern states The high pressure continued
over the north Pacific and south Atlantic
states ana Inc upper MISSISSIPPI ana MIS-
souri, valleys.
Despite the storms there were plenty
of places throughout the country yesteT-
day where it was too warm for com
fort. Yuma and Phoenix were in the van
as usual with 1O4 and 102 each. Abilene
Tex. was 9S in the shade Boise had a
record of &C. and the Haywood trial was
over, too. Chicagoans discarded their
straw hats when the mercury dropped to
6S. New York was a bit heated with SO
Omaha could do no better than y. II
might be explained that Vice President
Fairbanks is in Nebraska at present.