Show mo ff 0 NOM FIRE RAGES IN COVERED HOMES DOCTORS RUSH TO DISASTER 15 BODIES FOUND the slide followed close upon the heavy snows at the mining town little warning given and big death toll feared salt lake city fifteen dead and fourteen injured have been removed from roni a that buried nearly in 14 1 residences and two boarding houses near the highland boy mine at bigham Bligh am eighty are still burled buried in the houses under tha snow enow fire la IS reported to have broken out in the houses below the drifts and a heavy loss 0 of lito life to Is feared the heaviest loss ot of life Is expected at the J T Mc Alc Donalds and william ramby boarding board lne houses which were completely covered by the snow the snow which slid one and one ona halt miles down the mountain lodged near the utah delaware mine in III cotys an emergency hospital has been erected at bingham proper and the entire force ot of doctors and nurses available were on hand to render all assistance possible pos to the injured rescue work ts Is pro preceding ceding rapidly but little hope Is held out lor for the 80 or more who are still entombed in the tha debris the storm completely redeems salt lake valley from any possibility of 0 water shortage total precipitation for or february Is now inches as compared to an average for the entire month ot of and the precipitation at the salt lake station tor for the months of 0 october november and december and february to date ex ceede the average year the snow blanket over the city con coil bains about 9 0 of an inch ot of water while a light storm covered the en tire state the heavy snowfall was confined to the vicinity of 0 salt lake valley as a center and gradually tapered oft off in every direction yellowstone to the north received 01 of an inch and grand junction in the southeast and st george in the southwest received practically nothing kanao received inches and st george over an inch good storms came to richfield Richtie ld and alonzoo and stations on the west desert the storman storm ln salt lake valley was wae accompanied for or a time by a high wind and despite tho the damp condition ot of the snow there has been considerable drifting and some parts ot of the city were almost snowbound the minimum temperature was 30 degrees but with rising barometer cold weather will ollow follow wednesday night street car service in salt lake was uninterrupted by the storm but the company found it necessary to keep its plows and brushes working all night As a result the tracks were kept fairly clear and the first ears cars were out on scheduled time the interurban railroads north and south ot of salt lake experienced difficulty in keeping their lines open high winds tilled filled the rights of 0 way with deep drift especially between this city and provo reports to the tha union pacific system are to the effect that the storm was heaviest along its une line between salt lake and cache junction west to logan where the depth ranges from 12 to 15 inches east west and south 0 of pocatello idaho the storm was wag heavy ran ranging ing in depth from 10 to 12 inches north of pocatello it was light rail hail traffic on this line was not hampered according to the report malad valley reported a rail fall of 0 from 4 to 6 inches and portage at the north end of bear river valley approximately 3 inches |