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Show Wind Crumbles Livestock Show Pavilion The front section of the Southwest South-west Livestock Show pavilion lo- icated on North Main Street, crumbled to the ground Monday afternoon as the result of pressure pres-sure built up inside the building from 45 to 50 mile per hour winds. - - - The building, which was un der repairs, had an opening tn the south exposure to faclitate use of equipment and the northern north-ern winds apparently created a pressure through the opeing on the inside to push out the Iront panel of the large structure. When the panel blew free, the first section of the roof, back 20 feet, came tumbling down bringing beams and wails with it The building ' was actually sheared clean back 20 fet to the first of several large plywood, beams that support the huge roof. Damage was estimated at approximately ap-proximately $1Q,0U0. The Association Asso-ciation earned insurance for wind damage on the building and Wednesday representatives of the insurance firm were on the site investigating the accident and confirming estimau-U damages. da-mages. The high winds in the southern Utah area came alter a tnunder I and lightning storm during tlie night. Lightning apparently was responsible re-sponsible at about 1 a. m. Monday, Mon-day, for a fire at the Little Kitchen Kit-chen on North Main Street, however, how-ever, damage was very minimal, according to Fire Chiet Kos.s Glass. Along with the storm, .21 of an inch of moisture fell. Winds followed the storm reaching a peak in the early af- 1 ternoon and the section of the pavilion was blown down at op-. proximately 2:45 p. m. |