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Show 11 ELECTRIC SIOitiJM Salt Lake, Aug. 2 An electrical stonq and a high wind of almost cyclonic cy-clonic fury struck Salt Lake City about 15:30 o'clock Monday night and during tho half hour that it raged put the street car service out of commission com-mission and caused pedestrians to seek sheltered places. Though loose articles were tossed about like chalf no injuries to persons or property damages were reported. About 6:30 o'clock the heavens wen.-Illuminated wen.-Illuminated by frequent flashes of lightning. One bolt of unusual severity sever-ity struck the feed wires of the Utah Llijit & Railway company and a short circuit was formed, stopping .street car traffic for half an hour, the man in charge of the West Jordan Jor-dan power plant of the. company reported re-ported that no damage of any amount bad been done to the equipment of the company. It is said that the electrical elec-trical bolt struck the feed wires of tbe Tellurido Power Transmission company at a point between this city and Ogden |