| Show yesterdays wind storm salt lake and davis counties were visited yesterday by a heavy wind that amounted at times to a perfect gale no heavy damage is reported from any one place but tile the aggregate of that inflicted in the district named will amount to considerable in salt lake county south and west of this city trees were torn up outbuildings buildings out unroofed blown down or moved from their places grain laid out etc in davis county a similar experience was met with and in this city many broken shade and fruit trees bear evidence of the strength of the gale the heaviest damage reported at a single place is from the fisher brewing ag in companas Comp anys depot near the jordan rd an about half past 2 ol 01 el ock yesterday afternoon mr albert fisher was seated in his office when he heard a crashing sound and rushed outside to learn we the cause he had barely got into the yard when a shower of broken lumber sheets of tin bricks etc fell around him and he tad had several very narrow escapes from injury subsequent investigation show showed that a largo large portion of the metal roof of the building had been torn completely off by the wind one section was blown up against the large brick smokestack shifting it slightly and so loosening a portion of it that it will have to be rebuilt A portion of the brick walls of the building was also thrown down this morning workmen were started making repairs the loss will reach about it was expected that garfield would especially suffer but the buildings there had been so securely fastened that no damage whatever was d done one As the wind was from the south there was no trouble experienced from the lake lake park too escaped injury |
