Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-09-09 | Page 1 | Big Damage to Buildings

Big Damage to Buildings Midnight The wind Is blowing sixty sIxt miles mUes an hour in Houston at midnight and great Ireat damage ib is being Gone tione one to busi busl busine business ne ness s houses and residences throughout the city The Associated Ci Press wire w is S the only one that is working t t all U Uw other rhe rhet rheS telegraph t and telephone business being behig shut oIL off The electric light plant has been closed down as the wipes wires became crossed with telephone wires and some persons were shocked though none were seriously in injured injured injured Several great brick and Iron stacks have haye been blown over oyer and tin roofs are as numerous on the ground as on houses The streets are utterly deserted So far there have been no casualties The storm has spread to the interior and there Is great anxiety ty in this city Persons are offering extraordinary sums i I to the telegraph P companies comi to get gat mae mes I sages through t to o Galveston a aad other othar o t points but an can De us done Jar tor them I Up to midnight JUl nothing has lias been bean hoard heard i I from GalveSton r i