Show 1 1 Vere T Its It's NO Colder I Thankful Frigid 0 Gale a e Tears ears Wires From Pole Halls H ails Railroads I temperature and an icy wind which at 0 9 o'clock last night FREEZING reached a velocity of or forty two forty two miles an hour gripped a wide area surrounding Salt Lake in one of the severest cold spells which has been experienced in years The thermometer reached the minimum mark of ot 10 degrees below zero but the temperature rose rose rapidly this morning as the I wind subsided Railroad telephone and telegraph service was seriously hampered hampered hampered ham ham- hamI I and in many parts of the state today communication is cut off by the I felling of telegraph poles and power line poles by the terrific velocity of ot the wind Miles of telegraph poles are are lying flat Hat north of Ogden near Five Points and there is a serious break between Soldier Summit and Kyune Salt Lake was ete c cut o off from m Ogden Ot this hl morning so far as telephone phone com- com mun ca on is epa r gangs h have e ben been sent out and it t Is I expected that the breaks will willbe be fixed before night in many of the parts affected At 11 it o clock this morning reports from the t United States meteorological station 1 Salt Lake ake were that the wind was was' dying ying down down in some s ome districts districts dis dig i although immediate relief from from the cold spell is not expected I ON EAST BENCH The east bench section of Salt Lake Lale was hardest hit last night by the windstorm wind wind- I storm Chimneys of ot many of the homes located in Douglas Park and new residence districts farther to the south were blown down and persons automobiles had difficulty in reaching their homes upon leaving the theatres In several Instances persons alighting from streetcars in these districts districts districts dis dis- were blown Iown flat on the ground RAILROADS AFFECTED The Denver Rio Grande railroad was badly affected by the storm The service was seriously Interfered with I and several cases of ot frozen hands and feet were reported by of the road The Southern Pacific and the Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Short Line offices also report their service affected No 34 on the Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Short Line was an hour late In arriving in Salt Lake this morning I Box car roofs were blown off at Farmington Farm- Farm Farmington I ington and Baker I I WIRE TROUBLE I I The telegraph lines of the Western Union were bothered throughout the I night and It was necessary In some cases where the lines were down to toI I reroute messages i iI I at the terminal station three miles west of ot the Jordan river reported that some of ot the power lines are down between here and the station station station sta sta- tion at Montpelier Ida Ida- and Bear Lake A high wind Is still blowing In Inthe Inthe inthe the Idaho district and snow in considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable quantities has fallen Power lines are reported to to- tobe be down downIn In other parts of Utah and Idaho This seriously Interfered with the operation this morning of some of the industrial plants of ot the state Reports say that despite the subsiding of ot the wind in some localities power lines are still being be being be- be ing blown down I ON BAMBERGER LINE Trains over the Bamberger Interurban interurban I ban road for this reason were delayed I this morning The first two trains I II were considerably late Last night the I I company was compelled to shut off I II power at 10 1045 45 o'clock In order to re reI repair re- re repair I pair its line Travel on the Utah Idaho Central I from Brigham City to Logan was at a standstill last night and It was re reI reported reported re- re ported that the service will be discontinued discontinued discontinued discon discon- until the lines are in a proper I condition for safe travel tra proper COLD AT DENVER Denver Den reports a drop of the mercury mercury mercury mer mer- merI I cury to 7 degrees below zero this I morning The cold weather there Is accompanied by snowfall which se seriously seriously se- se se-I se Interfered with the passenger train schedules between Denver and I I points east the entire territory being I covered with snow to a 11 depth of sevI several several sev sev- sev- sev I eral feet i Trains from the tho east were from four I Ito to ten hours late most of the delay being from Crom drifting snow I The temperature reduction Is re reported reported reported re- re ported to be general throughout the entire Rocky mountain section II OVER WIDE AREA I According to the weather map as I shown by reports received from all parts of the States by J J. J Cecil I I Alter local meteorologist the storm stormI which passed last night Is one of the tho I most severe and far rf reaching disturbances disturbances disturb disturb- I is anc ances s developed develop d this winter Utah the most favored of all the mountain states stateR except in the southern part where rl a i severe Revere snowstorm Is in progress rog- rog I I ie ress II j j At Modena the temperature is 12 decrees dc de- de crees with an mile eighteen wind i I I There is a foot of snow on the ground and the snow is still faling BLAME CANADA The storm originated in western C Canada arid sY swept P d down don over peer Mon Mon Montana tana giving temperatures of 16 below at Havre and 18 below In Yellowstone park It then swept eastward with the center of the high barometer r over North Dakota this morning Snow is falling at Chicago and zero temperatures temperatures temperatures tempera tempera- tures are expected over the Great Lakes tonight In Arizona a low pressure prevails centering at Flagstaff tatt and over the Grand canyon Flagstaff has had two and a half hall inches of precipitation that started as ram raid and has developed into a snowstorm FRIGID CHEYENNE At Cheyenne it was 10 below this morning and snow Is falling At Boise conditions are practically the same as asIn asIn asin In Salt Lake with a temperature of about 10 degrees clear skies and a moderate wind San Francisco reports a heavy gale with a sixty-mile sixty wind blowing off oft the coast Although severe winds are are reported from towns alon along along- the Wasatch range where local conditions were aggravated by canyon canon gusts Salt Lake LIlke winds reached their maximum of two forty-two miles an hour as registered on the top of the Boston building |