Show STORM INJURES FRUIT LARGE BRANCHES OF FRUIT AND SHADE TREES ARE WEIGHTED DOWN BY THE SNOW AND BROKEN OFF telephone and telegraph service is interfered with damage to the fruit and early berries while growing grain and feed are helped the storm of the past three daya has no doubt created great loss to the fruit baiers rai ers saturday and early sunday morning the rain changed at times to snow and hail and the temperature took a decided drop all last evening the storm kept up and this morning the ground was covered with a little over an snow while the driz aling rain that fell with it had converted it into slush and the gutters were filled to with a turbid stream which at times threatened the flooding of the city west of washington avenue the street supervisor has been busy most of the day with men opening up the gutters and sewers so as to carry away jhb surplus water the snow is very heavy and great damage has been done to shade and fruit trees all over the east bench the snow weighted down the branches and laree ones were broken off and sidewalks and yards were covered with these the telephone and telegraph wires in various parts of the city were also broken by the weight of the snow the greatest damage however will accrue fruit crop and to the harries the however a slight compensation pensa tion dorthis for this in the help it has been kcf the growing grain and feed |