Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-12-26 | Page 6 | Dust Blocks Line through Cajon Pass

D DUST ST BLOCKS LINE THROUGH CAJON PASS LOS ANGELES ANGELS Doc Dec 26 A A fr freak ak wind blowing down through Cajon pass piled dust and sand on tho the tracks tracks- of the tho Southern Pacific two miles cast east of GnasH Guasti to a depth that forced abandonment abandonment aban aban- of f traffic fi Through h trains were detoured over the tho Salt Lake Lako Route tracks while local trains were turned back at Ontario At midnight two work trains were waiting at Guasti to clear away away tho the sand from the tracks but the wind rind at that hour was sweep sweep- Jug inS down from tho pass pass' with su su such h ve velocity ye betty that the men could not stand stan before it Tho The Salt I Lake ke line was kept open with great difficulty difficult The depot at Collins a II Salt SnIt Lake Route station was wag overturned by the wind