Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-29 | Page 18 | Salt Lakers Busy Repairing Roofs after High Wind

Salt Lakers Busy Repairing Roofs After High Wind Residents o of Salt Lake and vicinity vicin- vicin ity ty were bus busy Wednesday repairing roofs a of their homes and garages and cleaning up numerous broken tree limbs imbs limbs as a result o of a violent storm which struck this section Tuesday af- af According tb J J. J Cecil Alter chief of the local weather bureau the storm was in form and was caused by the extremely high temperature which created a mass of hot air nir that thai rushed upward and started whirling with such velocity that it blew down large larce arge trees and electric wires and damaged several roofs At its height the wind reached a speed of 43 miles an hour which according according ac ae ac- ac cording to Mr Alter equals all previous previous previous pre pre- records for local wind velocity The first gale which was the stronger strong strong- er er began shortly after 3 p. p m. m and was followed by n a lesser wind one one- halt half hour later Several hundred dollars damage resulted re reo re- re suited when the wind blew half hult the roof off the Wiltshire Arms apartments apart apart- ments meats First avenue Chun Chunks of cement and other debris were blown I into the street severing telephone and power lines No one was injured Damage to trees in Liberty park and in the city and county building grounds was estimated at more than by City Commissioner Harry L L. Finch Two trees on the West high school grounds were uprooted and carried electric wires with them in their descent A large tree fell on the parked automobile au automobile RU- RU of F F. H. H Ensign 1519 Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan Jan avenue on West Fourth street causing considerable damage to the machine The wall of a hangar at nt the municipal municipal pal airport was v also blown down while signs crashed to the streets inthe in inthe inthe the business district and several store windows were shattered The storm caused no delay in aIrmail airmail air aIr- mail mall service and two United Air Lines planes took off oU during the wind it was reported Most of ot the storm was confined to Salt Lake valley Few casualties were reported Ray Henderson 32 32 East First South street stepped on a nail while erecting erecting erect erect- ing an overturned sign on South Tern Tern- pIe pic street Others suffered from cinders cin cin- ders and dust fr in their eyes