Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-24
UTAH IS CARRIED
IN WINTER Il. DRESS.
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Storm of Wide Extent Sweeps
The State from Logan
To Dixie. az.
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INTERRUPTS COMMUNICATION
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INTERRUPTS COMMUNICATION
Telegraph, Telephone, Power and
Railway Companies Are
Sufferers.
live Wires Constant Menace to Life
And Property--No Serious
Accidents Reported.

II tic snowfall from 6 o'clock this
morning until the end of the storm,
cxcecds two and onc-half inches, this
Storm will break all Salt Lake records
for u single downfall of snow. The
greatest record TO date was made Feb
mary s. 1899. when 1919 inches fell.
AZ q o'clock this morning the record
for this storm was eight inches.
Tomorrow's Weather Pronisc:-
.,Juch colder and clearing, snow
s,orm,s continuanccs into tonight.
In a storm that was two days IN
gathering and came when it finally
arrived with a rush Of heavy snow
followed by fluffy downEour OF
Fighter and more wintery product
salt Lake today changed its fall Tor
winter weather fashions.
Because Thanksgiving day without
n snowstorrn loses half its charm,
the pelting downpour made more
friends than enimies. First to take
advantage OF it were the Salvation
Army lassies, who with their Thanks
giving kettles reaped a large reward
in nickles and dimes. They thronged
the business district CORNERS, and
the storm lnadc everyone feel charita-
BILE for the unfortunate fathers and
mothers without proper food In such
a storm, with such feast day I'M
Inediately in the future.
Worst hit of all We're the light ana
rover companies, whose visible pro-
perry consists of wires strung any
where in the open. The heavy, slushy
snow that opened the storm graspeu
a good hold on these wires and then
the lighter stuff piled UP on top until
many Of them passed their power
to resist and fell in hopeless wrSckage
to the ground.
Tho most 81 ectacuIar feature Of the
storm occurred at Ninth North and
Forth West streets. Here q resound-
ing crash awakened the North Salt
Lake residents at $50 O'clock this
morning, and looking out of their
windows thew saw a great blue and
white flame shooting UP from the
ground.
NORTH POWER WIRE DOWN.
Closer inspection revealed the fact
that Tie uliln tWlT0 TIC HIGH atel-
sion power circuit from the north was
flown, md the electricity was leaping
from its exposed end into pool Of wa
ter, stirring the whole up into bril-
liant illumination. 1t was the breaking
Of this wire that put the streetcar ser
vice out OF commission. AT Becks Hot
Springs another break occurred in this
line from the weight of snow, and
hgnin helped to put it out of commits
sion.
Inconvenience from the storm made
Salt lake life this morning novel in al
most every department of it. Time
was when the transportation company
got the Jump" on the storm by throw
ing out a force of track sweepers, snow
blows and broommen for the intersec-
lions.
This storm, however got decidedly
best Of the preparations made to beat
Il. and was an easy victor over both
the lights and the streetcars of the
sity. Its first onrush was success
FULLY met in the night, and this morn
ing car service went out on schedule.
apparently flying in the face of the in
svitable. and determined not to be over
come.
But before Z O'Clock, the trouble began
TO be serious. Snow that had been
conquered underfoot by tho sweepers,
got in it's work on the wires. and by
piling up the light stuff that fell in
.cssantly, there began to be breaks, at
first In weak little wires that didn't
count for much, then in bigger wires
that did. In every section Of the city
this morning live wires We're lying
IN the ground, and they included wires
hat were naked little telephone wires,
md others that We're double insulated
current carriers.
EVERYBODY WAS LATE.
The wires made some trouble, but the
,nly serious case Is reported from Muir
.ay. where a child narrowly escaped
leath, and a horse was killed. The
EAR service went out of commission just
n time to force Salt Lakes army of s
Iclock working men to walk to work
Their only consolation as they trundled
.long on the swept car tracks, made
'eady for the cars that could not come
% bring them along, was that the
boss" would be late, too. and could
lot get at his desk much before them
welcome them with a demand fol
explanations, in spite of their all toe
apparent clearness.
Il do hope our principal Will post q
bulletin on the blackboard stating we
AN be excused, please, from bringing
.xctses for being tardy. My, won
I make the registrar a lot of work II
We have to bring them was the re-
mark of a youngster III knee pants as
lie trundled along nine blocks from tho
High school,, with u set OF book
marked in black II. s." on the cover
y telephone TO the school building by
lie reporter who trnndled along t.
work behind the shivering youngster
brought a reply that Principal Eatot
would probably not compel written eN-
.useslfor this morning. and that abou
,alf of the students and nearly all o
lie teachers We're present
AT UNIVERSITY.
From the university word was re
eived at noon that many of the earll
lasses had TO be abandoned, Prot
)verstrom stated that not more thar
fourth of his students were presen
t $3.50 recitation, and Prof. Iynia'
tated that he had to abandon part o
is work Some Of the faculty eouii
ct reach the school. but those Twins
ear the campus We're fortunate IN TIM
aspect and We're on hand to welcome
he students who could come.
In the tall buildings down town !
1t Of melo-d drama was enacted in con
inuous performance from 5 O'Clock liii
US. The power that wrecked the ca