| Show r A I 74 H I 4 4 V 7 f pL 1 44 j 7 y 4 4 4 rA 7 4 4 1 i Y 4 1 1 4 t V 49 4 4 4 r 1 I. I r 3 4 I 4 4 i fr ii W t l' l lI I 4 p i. i t f t J. J f 4 4 11 Tribune Telegram e Photo Mother Nature Adds Add 5 Touch Touch I Always one of city's show places Utah's capitol to took toon on on added splendor Saturday as all Mother Na- Na tures ture's fourth heaviest lest snowstorm this season added frosting to the bund buildings building's ng's architectural architectural beauty I J U Utah ta h. h II Fele s I 5 j With Sno Snow Shovels Shovels' Salt Lakers celebrated the ar arrival arrival arrival ar- ar rival of spring Saturday by digging themselves out of a heavy snow snow- storm When sp spring ring arrived officially at 9 57 am a.m. a four to six inch blanket of snow covered the entire valley as a result of t an n hour eight-hour storm which began Friday after after- noon The snow added lidded nearly half an inch of ot water to the seasons season's precipitation t totals Arid And while Salt Lakers may have II I frowned as they about in galoshes on the first day of ot spring the local storm was vas actually much less ferocious than experienced in other parts of the state At Alta high in th the Wasatch mountains a inch 27 fall for the hour 24 period was recorded but the smiles this brought to the hosts of ot Utah skiers faded when they learned that four tour in Little Cottonwood canyon had closed the roads for the week end The major i jor slide sUde took place just above the state road commission station in the canyon mouth It came from the south side de of the canyon and burled the road 10 to 30 feet deep for an estimated yards Trees and boulders boulders' were uprooted uprooted uprooted up up- rooted and across the road way Road commission workers were not sure late Saturday whet whether er they should tunnel through the snow mass or build a road over the top 1 Inch 9 Snow In Milford Beaver county a nine-inch nine snowfall Friday afternoon afternoon after alter noon took the h honors nors for the level country's heaviest storm Although activities at Salt Lake airport were hampered during the height of the sto storm m Friday afternoon afternoon after alter noon only one c commercial plane due here at 3 pm p.m. was forced to bypass the city It landed at atRock atRock atRock Rock Springs Wyo Vo All private flying was suspended during the storm In Ogden an extremely wet snow was recorded with a total depth of 71 inches and Inches of precipitation pre pre- for the hour 24 period ending Saturday at am a.m. The storm started In Salt Lake City at pm p.m. Friday and ended eight hours later leaving city streets and sidewalks covered with two inches of icy slush Rising temperatures Saturday forenoon resulted in further melting meltIng melting melt melt- ing of large snow banks throughout through through- out the city Nab 12 Deer The heavy snows In near by mountains also forced many deer into limits with at least 12 of the fleet animals being captured by residents and police in the capitol hill hilt area after they had been chased through by dogs Numerous property damage accidents accidents accidents ac ac- ac- ac were reported during and after the he storm due to slippery streets but there were no serious injuries M. M D. D Cronk 51 54 W V. 1st South slipped sUpped and fell on his back in front of the old No 1 fire station E. E 1st South Saturday at 8 am a.m. and was taken to la Salt Lake General hospital for tor treatment of ofa ofa ofa a possible fractured rib Fridays Friday's storm although relatively relatively relatively rela rela- heavy was neither the heaviest lest iest o of the s season ason son nor the heaviest recorded in the month of March In March 1944 1941 two severe storms were recorded record d with one on the giving a inch snowfall A nine-inch nine snowfall was recorded on Dec 8 1947 The road rond to Brighton ski resort was open Saturday but chains were advised Total snow depth there is Inches with 13 inches of new snow Hourly temperatures Saturday y follow am a.m. 27 21 am a.m. 25 am a.m. 26 am a.m. 27 21 am a.m. 25 1030 am a.m. 28 4 30 am a.m. 24 11 1130 30 am a.m. 29 am a.m. 24 24 21 1230 pm 31 31 am a.m. 21 24 pm p.m. 32 am a.m. 24 pm p.m. 31 |
