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Show WIND ID ELECTRIC STORM DOES DAMAGE Street Car Service Out of Commission Com-mission and Pedestrians Seek Shelter. An cloctrical storm and a high wind of almost cyclonic fury struck Salt Lako City about 6:30 o'clock Monday night and during tho half hour that It raged put tho street car service out of commission com-mission and caused pedestrians to seek sheltered places. Though loose articles were tossed about like chaff no Injuries to persons or property damages were reported. About G:30 o'clock tho heavens were illuminated by frequent flashes of lightning. light-ning. Ono bolt of unusual severity struck tho feed wires of tho Utah Light & Railway Rail-way company and a short circuit was formed, stopping street car traffic for half an hour. The man In charge at tho West Jordan power plant of the company com-pany reported that no damage of any amount had been dono to the equipment of the company. It Is Bald that the electrical bolt struck tho feed wires of the Tellurlde Power Transmission company com-pany at a point botween this city and Ogdcn. |