| Show Salt Lake City Digs Out I From Under Storm Debris Salt Lake Lak City Monda Monday and Tuesday was waft digging out from under the debris debriE of what wha may well have havo been the worst storm in inthe the city's history A combination of wind ind rain and hail in a sudden blow Sunday night wreaked havoc in the city Wind Vind which reached hurricane proportions of 80 miles an hour damaged property properly and uprooted trees tree or tore off branches Tremendous downpours of rain rushed down north bench canyons and streets to spew tons of mud rocks and nd boulders over lawns sidewalks and streets The flood of water swept wept into basements and homes Hailstones as big a as golf gol balls baUs smashed hundreds of window panes and wrecked automobile tops Just how much damage was WM done it is impossible to say Estimates Estimates Esti Esti- mates run a as high as but that likely does docs not ta take c into account the damage to lawns and shrubbery and the work 01 o removing mud and debris from in and around residences It was wa quite a storm but Monday morning even en though th north and west sections of the city looked as if an army of r mischievous mischievous mis mis- chievous gods had had a battle royal there the work Vork of cleaning up lip the me mess was well unde way It wasn't just the he official street cleaning crews either but many hundreds of residents residents men men women and d children w were re remt out mt in force with shovels brooms and hoses slowly and laboriously labori labors but surprisingly not too glumly digging out from under And already by Monday y afternoon they had accomplished much Salt Lake City Cily took this storm pretty much in its stride Street department crews w were re on the job early cleaning leaning up muck Workmen at the airport were repairing damage to buildings and gathering together wind wind tossed tossed and shattered planes plane The water- water g gutted City cemetery was WM slowly being cleared u up Even during the height of the storm electric light and telephone tele hone linemen went to work repairing wrecked lines fire department crews pumped out basements and policemen answered emergency calls S It was a bad storm and a costly one but Salt Lake can be thankful that the damage was confined to property No one was killed and only one person was seriously injured despite the heavy fall of hail bail the crashing trees and branches the rush of water or orthe orthe orthe the flood-driven flood boulders We Ve were lucky We met the emergency in good fashion V We are digging out from under with united effort and nd in good spirit Its It's okeh We can and did take it it but If its it's all the same to th tb W weather cather gods w weve we've vc had enough of storms and rain and hail for a a. while and we hope they'll have ve their sport som somewhere where else say sa say out over the Great Salt Lake from desert from now on |
