The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-07
STORM END
TO CONF:
SOON
WEATHER MAN LOOKS
FOR CLEAR SKIES
TOMORROW.
Considerable Damage and
Suffering Caused by
the Cold Spell.

According to the weather man.
This visitation % Canadian climate
Il not 20 last much longer
THE storm whlen has swept this
city Tor the past three days q gen.
erai an over the country, eNtendine
from ChlcaRo % Sltka. aud as far
south MS the central states a
storm warning was posted thla
morning. bat indications are that
the wind will die ont with the com.
Ing Of evening. and thar tomorrow
wlll again BE- fair said Mr.. sails.
bury this morning. The Their
mometer registered ne degrecs this
morning. AT O'Clock. but WAS at
is AZ :. and has continued on the
upward move an day
Relief viii Be Great.
The relief win be great 70 dwell.
ers on The islands and exposed parts
Of the sound At All Point. espc-
elaiiy. the storm has done great
DAMAGE. The high north winds have
wrought havoc With the tent dwell
lnrs Of many who I've there, and
al least 50 families have beea
driven 70 seek shelter In the city
IN the dead ~ night. the wind hay.
inx torn away the roofs of their
rsmsy houses The high seas that
are rolling on the exposed parts Of
tbs sound have tor three days been
sweeping against the unprotected
point and have washed away the
earthen sea wall. 10 the great dan
ser 81 many Of the buildings Of the
business section.
such storms as this are the more
"a be feared In that they come 50
seldom that no one is prepared for
the exiReucies o. the weather, and
the news that the storm center
which Is WORKING eastward. has
passed Seattle. viii be welcome to
ali
Ysush EnIsys Frssxs.
Mmnwhiie the cynic and the
hgusehoiding coal buyer are shiver-
Ing and making unkind remarks
aeoat the party responsible. hut not
SO with tbs care-gree youth
There we're things doing last
night. thereu b. more doing TO-
night. and. unless Mr.. Salisbury
gets busy and gives us a warm rain
rtkht-awaY quick ths fun win run
into JOY completely unconfined to-
morrow evening and night and foF
a day or two thereafter.
Thousands % boys and girls.
-
older persons who ought 20 know
better. but who didn't seem able 20
appreciate a good fire when they
naw one. were out Tor the times ~
their lives on the hills ~ Seattle
last night
Every hlfl was a. slick as glass
and there was excellent toboggan
stlafng IN a hundred different places
a. shis city last night Every cold
and slippery hillside had It's fuIi
quota N merrymakers.
Everything from a hastily con-
ssructed babaied TO the small store
bought affair was pressed into aery-
zee and the fun thar was produced
made The frozen cared. cold footed
cynic sroan with envy and anger.
a. be hustled home from work 0r
out 70 lodge or some place else.
: From Green Lake 70 the most
southern extremity q the city the
flA streets were black with two
streams u merryulakers-ou lire
scooting like lightning down the
hillside. and The other iabofl0usly
climbing the ascent. laughing and
3eerlug ~ each other ln joyfaI an
ticipaiiou u another plunge aaled
down the hul
Il was q tumble and q r0iI around
. In the snow. with. Ia many q place.
a big bonfire roaring 20 add 10 the
Unborn cheer n the froiickers And
last night wasn't a marker Tor tine
fun that VIII be on tonight
slslghirg To-day.
Bells a jingiing, sieiRhs. legif.
mate and lmpromptu. drawn by
prauclng wellgrOomed steeds and
Flooding work horses. this morning