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Show HEAVY WIND SWEEPS OGDEN AND CAUSES CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF CITY I W ind, which swept Ogd n lSRl night and today, caused considerable dam-' dam-' age, with reports of further "outrages" I of the turbulent .dement arriving all ithiough the day The window of tne Mclntyre drug store was broken, among other win Idows in stores on Washington avenue, 'and the contents removed almost Instantaneously. In-stantaneously. IamagoR estimated at ; $250 resulted at this store alune It was remarked that a quick "sail" of the goods was made. A large front window at he home of Mrs. Shields, at i: 739 Washington avenue, ave-nue, was blown In The Healy hotel Bmokestack o broke loose from its wire moorings, likewise did the high tower at ihe Bperry mill, which was b !.nz used to convey concrete. Electric light wires al the Bamberger Bamber-ger depot, connected with the electric, signs, were torn loose, while tl-c Bamberger Bam-berger company suffered turtbor losses when the wind practically wrecked the building in the vicinity of the car barns, near Twenty-first street and Lincoln avenue Nor did the Btreel car system escape. A large tree was Blown aeross the car tracks near the come- of rweiity-l seventh street and Wail .'.venue, tho I tree obstructing traffic to sucr an ex-tent ex-tent ihat a transfer u pa.seng i s was 1 necessitated. Safety Zcne Signs Blown Down Safety zone sinns li tne do.vnt wn j district were blown down, and two or three upturned garbage am! trarh cvns bedecked Washington avenue early this morning. Limbs from trees were torn down In several places, and n some in stances, electric light and telephone wires were put out of commission bj the iallinK brand) Pedestrians suffered acutelv from 'the breeze, which mad- walking a hardship Housewives cocking morn ing breakfasts complained, some be j cause the wind created excessive draft and others became the ?mol-e blew down the chimney. A number if niiss- ! ing chimneys from Ogdon kitchens were reported among o'hor thlcgs damaged by the wind. An epidemic of headgear chas ng seemed to have stricken the town, in every direction, bos, men and in rare Instances, women, could be &een re-trlevlng re-trlevlng windblown naps and hats, included in-cluded among this number was fudge ID. R. Roberts, wtio was seen chasing his bat across the city lia'l park this morninc Slims or various business establishments establish-ments suffered. The sign of the Royal shoe shining parlors lein. complete 1 wrecked. Many suffered incon nlorr e, bul the majority of the populace accepted the turbulent zephyrs in a mamer expressed ex-pressed by the utterance of William Shakespeare. "Blow, blow, thOU ffmtCl wi-.d, ihou are not so unkind as man's ingratl tude." A large plate glass door at Shupe- Wiiiiams Candy company was dc strayed. Mall carriers, ladea with heavy bur-i bur-i ns of mail, for distribution about :hc city, experienced difficult v In going over their routes 'his morning due to excessively heavy :nd. In several cases the carriers were blown from their bicycles and toe bundles of mail scattered by the .vind The resistance to the wind offered dv the heavy car rler's bag, made oicycle riding almost impossible for thm and it is thought thai some mall has been 'OSt through being carried away by the storm. |