Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-01-30 | Page 5 | Storm Damage Heavy

Storm Damage Heavy. PORTLAND. Or., Jan. 21). Compilation of the damago done by yesterday and today's sleet Btorm In Portland and vicinity vi-cinity Indicates that the total will not run far short of a quarter of a million dollars. One telephone company alone suffered, they assert, about $100,000 damage dam-age in the city, nnd Jts loss to Us longdistance long-distance wires will be heavy. The electric elec-tric power companies also are heavy sufferers. suf-ferers. The street car system lost a larce amount. The telegraph companies estimate esti-mate their damage at about $2000 each. There is no part of tlie city that Is not covered with ice. Outside of two men sllnhtly burned, and several borses killed by falling electric wires, no casualties have been reported.