Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-16

rcfrigerators and other sheltered
places.
In East Pueblo Sixth and Center
streets a large dead cottonwood tree,
10 inches in diameter was broken off
and flung against an electric light and
telephone transmission line, rendering
that circuit useless.
In the First National Bank Building,
when the wind was at its height, three
outside windows on tho sixth floor.
belonging to the Pueblo Medical Group,
were broken in. allowing such an in
rush of air as to force glass from their
frames in doors. Damage at this place
was estimated at about SIS.
Along the entire length of West
Abriendo avenue, globes surmouptinG
the light posts were blown off. The
pavements we're scattered with bits of
broken glass.
While the wind blew hardest Main
street was clear of moving automobiles
for nearly an hour. The traffic police
man at the corner OF Fourth and Main
streets was forced to leave his post,
taking his semaphorc with him. When
no returned. the wind still was strong
enough to force him to hold the soma
phore in place with one hand, while he
beckoned to motorists with the other.
City commissioners and employees in
the city clerks office at the city hail
were startled by u. loud crash from
Commissioner Studzinski's office about
$3.50 o'clock yesterday morning. An
cast window blow in, with such force
that glass was scattered thruout the
room and into the main office outside
Pictures were torn from the walls,
papers and ink stands were swept
from the commissioners table, and the
room generally ueranged to resemble
quarters recently quilted by an angry
mob.
The wind blew the doors of a barn
and damaged the fence at 516 West
Abriendo avenue, at the home of w. J.
Logan. Damage is estimated at $50.
Weather paper, measuring l. feet
square was torn from the roof OF the
East Side garage on East Fourth
street.
w. D. Fuller. weather observer. at
the Pueblo U. :. Weather office. stated
yesterday afternoon that the storm
was moving across Utah and Colorado
in hortheasteriy direction.
An unusual depression in the eastern
section OF Wyoming Is given as the
cause for the high wind Storm cddies
are observed rushing to that place
from all points of the compass.
by depression we mean that
large hole is found" Mr.. Fuller said
yesterday. Mature requires that this
place must be filled. So anxious is
rushes in wind. or atmosphere. ut a
high rate OF speed.
Another thing that actuated the
velocity OF the wind was the high
temperature recorded In Pueblo. and
thruout this section of the state Tues
day morning. Fifty-two degrees were
registered at this office. This is above
normal for this time of the year.
High temperature causes tho
wind to rush with an increased vo-
locity as does the hot air coming out
of "A furnace register"
At o'clock yesterday morning
Santa Fc railroad thermometers re-
corded a temperature of Sc degrees.
steadily dropping until at IL o'clock
the mercury stood at ~ degrees At
10 o'clock last night the temperature
was reported as being IS degrees
and steadily dropping In the face of
"a brisk north wind.
Weather indications last night were
that cold spell would sweep north
crn and eastern sections of the state.
with "a drop in temperature in south
and western portions.
The highest wind recorded during
the past 10 years in this city was on
March II. 1920. when the ancmu-
graph at the Pueblo weather bureau
indicated rs miles per hour from the
west. The following month in the
same year the wind was recorded an
having attained % velocity of 81 miles
per hour from the northwest.
The Denver and Rio Graude rail-
road company reported last night
that no accidents had been reported
as caused from the high wind but
q number of telegraph poles had been
blown down between Canon City and
Salida. Colo. bincmcn were dispatch
ed from Salida and maintained re
lay circuit thruout tho storm, II Is
said. The Santa Fa railroad officials
reported that u steel scmaphoro pole