Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-15
HIGH WIND CUTS
UP A FEW CAPERs
Two Hundred Bath Houses at
SaItair Cast Adrift on
Raging BiIIoWs.
U. PUMP TOWER COMES DOWN
II. j. Wallace Residence Unroofcd
And Devastation Generally Marks
Course of Strenuous zcpIyrs.

Reaching Il maximum velocity. ac-
cording to the local weather bureau. of
rs miles an hour. n windstorm of un-
precedcnted proportions broke over
Salt Lake City Monday afternoon.
! scattering devastation in the way of
damaged house roofs. street signs, and
| other loosely fastened portable prop
| erty in its wake The morning hours
were soft and balmy and the day gave
| promise of being the beginning OF the
| end OF the winter which had already
| fingered too long; but alas for human
| hopes; the mildness OF the morning
was only the harbinger of a hail. sleet
and snow-accompanied wIndstorm the
like of which had not been experienced
in the city for several years. ard
which caused the unlucky pedestrian
and the drivers of vehicles unfortunate
enough to be caught out to seek the
sheltered side of buildings, and those
already under shelter to wonder how
long the roof over their heads would
withstand the storm
From the clear skies toward the
middle of the afternoon some darl;
patches of cloud began gathering from
the northwest-right over the northern
end of the lake A breeze accompanied
the clouds. and soon the zephyr was
famed into a hurricane. The Sky seem
ed all at once overcast and in the wake
of the wind came snow and sleet and
in some cases hail.
BATH HOUSES DESTROYED.
The wind began to turn things about
before 1t reached the city. Lingering
long enough at Saltalr to lightly pick
up a couple of hundred bath houses on
the north end OF the long row extend
ing out from the pavilion. the material
was strewn along the beach in the
hiSh-running waves. The Saltair man.
agemcnt had planned themselves to
move the lighthouses. and yesterday
morning had sent a force of men out
to the pavilion to do this very work.
The wind beat them to it," in the
language OF the street
STEEL TOWER COMES DOWN.
Upon reaching town the wind first
took a fall'' out OF the most prom
inent object in Sight-the 100 foot steel
tower standing near the shops building
at the university campus. This tower
was the invention of Prof Hyrum
Beckstrand and was erected at O cost
OF about $500 last September. The
strength OF the blast may be Imagined
when il Is known that the tower built
of steel had its foundation In a cc-
ment base. The wind seemed to take
a peculiar delight In smashing things
at the university campus. and tore up
a number of trees by the roots, and
by dint of hurling small pebbles
against them managed to break large
number of windows located on the
north side of the campus buildings.
ROOF TORN OFF.
Coming closer into town the wind
took part of the roof off house owned
by H. ]. Wallace. manager of Auer-
bachs store, situated at First South
and University streets. The house had
been newly built, but the occupants
were not injured The damage done
amounted to perhaps $500. Portions
of the roofs OF other houses were car
ried away, and woodhouses and other
outbuildlngs were picked up bodily
and carried a distance away. Federal
Heights was in the path of the cyclone
and suffered considerably.
AT THE THEATERs.
Some of the pranks cut by the wind
were amusing. At the Orpheum thea
ter the high bicycle stunt was IN
progress when the height of the blast
was reached. The lights In the theater
went out suddenly. leaving the bike
artist pedalling about in the air in
darkness. 1t was no uncommon thing
to see stylishly dressed women dcs-
perately chasing their merry Widows
down the street. while the men seemed
to be engaged in Il foot race. so often
were they compelled to hot-foot 1t in
quest of their dancing chapeaus.
A sheet OF the roofing of the Mis-
sion theater was blown off during the
storm. Passers-by were frightened ~
the tearing off OF the metal, but Man
ager Clarke says that little damage
was done.
The wind carried with il cold wave
which was of much benefit to the peo-
pie living along the banks of the Jor-
dan river The waters OF the river had
been gradually rising and the homes
along the bottoms were threatened
checked. at least temporarily, the
threatened food. giving the residents
opportunity TO further prepare them
selves to meet the hlgn water condi-
tionS.
At Bingham the wind worked havoc
and scores of miners cabins were un-
rooted near the Highland Boy. Tele-
phone poles were blown down and rail-
road traffic was impeded In different
parts OF the county barns were blown
down. chicken houses unroofcd md
damage to light property was report
ed from nearly every town in the
county.
a SAFE GUARD TO CHILDREN.