Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-12 | Page 9 | Storm Sweeps World's Fair

STORM SWEEPS 1 WOKLTS FAIR rjj Wind, Sain and Hail Do J I inch Damage, f I Prlany Buildings Wrecked by-, lvs H Wind, Which Attains a .' j H Velocity 65 Miles. Hail Stones Measuring an Incfe -if ' , Diameter Fall Scare at. ' J World's Fair. ST. LOUIS, July 11. A terrific storm A I of wind, rain and hall prevailed in St."! , ' Louis and vicinity for a short time this afternoon, causing considerable ! i damage to property. One man, named ! O'Toole, was killed by lightning at his jH home and five others were Injured by flying missiles. ( IH The maximum reached by the wind , was sixty-five miles an hour, but this voloolty was sustained for only a mln- ijH ute or so, or tho damage might have lil been much greater. The average ve- loclty was about forty-eight miles. B Many Homes Unroofed. ! jH Twelve barges were blown across the ' , jH river and eighteen or twenty houses on IH Twenty-first street, between Washing- JH ton and Carr streets were completely' 'iiH unroofed, and other damage through- ' JH out the city. Some of the hailstones 'hiiiB that fell during the storm measured an liiifl Inch In diameter. IH Came Without Warning. Visitors to the World's fair had no H time to seek shelter, and hundreds who ' H were more than 100 feet from the build- ' H lngs were drenched by the sudden and ' ' violent pour. The wind, which at- H talned a velocity of forty-eight miles '. I H an hour, caused considerable damage , . throughout the city. Windows were i. H broken by the hailstones and several jH delivery wagons were blown over. M Church Partly Wrecked. Wind struck the steeple of the North Presbyterian church and blew It across H the street. Several buildings were un- IH roofed, trees were uprooted or broken H off, heavy plate glass windows were ., IH broken by wind and hail and telephone 'wliiiH and telegraph wires were carried away ' IH ln various parts of the cjty. IH Fair Buildings Clos' L - ; H The wind was so strong thw he jtft- H ferEon guards were ordered ' -b th M , doors to the large World's Uir nlM- i H lngs in order that the wind n'-rtr run . H raise the roofs. Lightning t-tr-u k th H Agricultural building but dh t" -004 ' 1 J H damage. . fH