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Show Storm Causes Heavy Losses yeepmen Newly shorn Flocks In Eastern Ore. non Decimated; Further Damago From Frost Is Feared San Francisco, April 30. A border bord-er ln Morrow county, Oregon, found 400 or his newly shorn flock of 1600 allvo today after tho pitiless storm of wind, snow, sloct and hall which for two days has swept that portion of tho United States lying west of tho Itoeky mountains. At Monterey, Cal., warehouses wore blown into tho bay, morchandiso nnd nil. In southern California Iclcloj hnB from applo trees. Tho first snot within man's recollection fell In th'o Salt rlvor valioy in. Arizona, and across tho Novada desert tho wind attained the proportions ot a hurricane Damage to snoop in eastern Oregon Ore-gon alone was estimated tonight at well above $500,000. Incidental dam-ago dam-ago will Increaso the total loss to over $1,000,000, according to roporta available hero early tonight and possibilities pos-sibilities of loss running into many millions hinged upon tho strong likelihood like-lihood of frosts tonight threatening fruits of many varieties and especially especial-ly apples and prunes. Scores ot small craft wero driven ashore along tho California coast and somo vessels attempting to lcavo San Francisco harbor bad to put bak. In San Francisco two boys were killed by a live wlro. t From Idaho canio reports ot thousands thous-ands of lambs frozen to death. In eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana, tho temporaturo foil twenty-five dogrcos in twolvo hours. In Los Angeles forty four degroos was reglstorcd at C a. m. today, tho coldest slnco 1901. |