The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-04
|hern Pacific Trains Being Routed
round Lake Over Old Central
Pacific; Damage Will Be Re-
paired by Tuesday Noon.
|fRN PACIFIC TRACKS OBLITERATED
An GARFIELD WHERE STORM is FlERCEST
re at SaItair Amounts to $1,000; Five
Iundred Feet of West Pier Swept Away;
Railway Track Wrecked.

Storm 20 their assistance. This was about
] O'Clock Sunday morning, \ rope was
thrown from the edge of the pavilion and
made last 10 a pile supporting the bunk
houses. Then. with the wind blowing at
a rate OF flfty or sixty miles an hour.
lashin% the waves 10 fury beneath him,
and without any kind OF "A light to guide
him. workman named Alsten climbed
hand over hand for distance of almost
fifty feet and was dragged 10 safety by
his companions. The other man declined
10 essay the trip and remained in his
quarters until the storm subsded Sun
day morning.
Terrible Night
There was no sleep for the men huddled
together on the pavilion, for every un-
usually heavy gust was followed by q
lighthouses was carried away. The men
were fortified and feared that the entire
resort might be swept into the lake. The
wind was so severe that the lanterns car
rIed by the worlemen were extinguished
and the fifteen men were compelled to
grope about in the dark while the roar
Of the wind. the angry swish OF the
waves as they dashed themselves TO
pieces against the pavilion and the crash
ing timbcrs made IL practically impos
sible 10 converse. Among the men at the
pavilion were Edward and Ernest Larsen
and Ernest Jones.
A few minutes before 1 o'clock Sun
day morning a crash that could be heard
above the roar of the storm told the
W
houses had been swept out Into the lake.
In the darkness the men were unable 10
tell the extent of the damage. and with
the wind blowing at a hurricane rate II
was hazardous In the extreme TO make
more than n cursory examination To
venture far out on the pier was tempt
ing death for 1T seemed probable TINT
the next angry gust would carry away
any additional section. The telephone
wires went down about l O'Clock and
there was nothing for the men TO do but
shivcr through the night.
Wierd Picture.
Daylight presented a strange picture
to the tired ewes Of the sleep weary knot
of laborers Tossing about among the
white caps few hundred feet from the
pavilion were six sections OF hathhouses.
while the turbulent waters were Uttered
with wreckagc. Laboring In the gaping
troughs OF the lake, HOW riding foam
crested wall OF water and a moment later
disappearing beneath swell: the the,
! barls at sea, The beach was strewn
with driftwood and the lake Itself took
on a murky hue that told OF the thrash
| ing 1t had received at the hands of the
| wind during the night. The wind finally
| carried the wrecked buildings toward the
beach, where they anchored themselves
| in the sand or were buffeted against the
piling or the trestle.
Al the entrance 10 the trestle the rail
| road tracks had been undermined Tor a
distance OF about 500 feet, In some cases
|
in the air. while the roadbed had been
washed into the lake. Il force OF work
| men was sent out on n worh-trsiin early
Sunday morning and II Is hoped 10 have
| the track completely repaired by We'd
ncsday. when the Il, G.. NJ. /. employees
arc scheduled TO give their annual
| dance.
Roller Coaster Wrecked
The bottom was torn away. from sec
ton OF the "Old Mill" one of the amuse-
| Tncnt devices. while the roller coaster
was also badly damaged. These arr
owned by the Utah Amusement company
/ A person essaynG to ride the roller
| coaster nj the present tim" would ot
| quickly and forcibly hurled into the wa
tcrs OF the lake.
The landing connecting the boathousS
with the pavilion proper was carried
away and slight damage was done !.
other smaller buildings. Several smal
boats were torn loose from their moor
incs and carried well upon the beach
ana the shore for almost half mile wa
thicltly dotted with wreckage.
The excursion boat Vista, owned D;
! Cantain Charles Anderson. hatileu VIII
the breakers during the night out 10 ~
| appearanccS was intact Sunday morning
With her keel pointing skyward' th
launch Uinta was oeacned at tne pom
where the trestle touches the mainland;
General Manager j. n. Lanetord ot tti
resort made the following statement sun
day evening. after having made a care
ful inspection OF tho pavilion; .-oo,
our loss will be approximately $SVo'
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