Show ow IT FIRE RAGES IN COVE COVERED RED HOMES DOCTORS RUSH TO DISASTER 15 16 BODIES FOUND the slide followed close upon chii heavy snows atthe at the mining town little warning given and big death toll feared salt lake city fifteen dead and fourteen injured have been removed from a that buried nearly in 14 residences and two baa hording ta houses near the highland boy mine at brigham eighty are still burled buried in the housep house under the snow fire Is reported itt to have broken out in the houses below the drifts and a heavy loss of life Is feared the heaviest loss of life to Is expected at the J T mi Mc donalds mcdonalds and william rimby lumby boarding houses which were completely covered by the snow the snow which slid one and one half miles down the mountain lodged near the utah delaware mine in cotys gulch an emergency hospital has been erected at bingham proper and tho entire force of doctors and nurses available were on hand to render all assistance possible to the injured rescue work Is preceding rapidly but little hope is ia held out for the SO 80 or more who are still entombed in the debris the storm completely redeems salt lake valley from any possibility of water shortage total precipitation for Fuhr Fohr uary Is now ao 20 inches as compared to an average tor for the entile month of and the precipitation precipitate on at the salt lake station tor for the months of october Noi november rember and december and february to date exceeds the average year the snow blanket over the city contains about 9 of an inch of water while a light storm covered the entire state the heavy snowfall was confined io to the vicinity of salt la lake ke I 1 valley as a center and gradually tapered 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 ie received practically nothing kanab received inches and st t george over an inch good bodd storms came to richfield and monroe anil ana stations on the west desert i the storm in salt lake valley wads was accompanied tor for a time by a high wind and despite the damp condition of the snow enow there has been considerable drifts drifting ng and some parts of the city were almost snowbound the minimum temperature was 30 degreed but with rising barometer cold weather will follow wednesday night street car service in salt lake was uninterrupted by the storia 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 cars were out on scheduled time the interurban railroads north and south 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 union pacific sg system are to the effect that the storm was heaviest along its line between salt lake and cache junction west to logan where the depth ranges from 12 to 15 inches east west and south of pocatello idaho the storm was heavy ranging in depth from 10 to 12 inches north of pocatello it was light rail traffic on this line was not hampered according to the report malad valley reported a fall of from 4 to 6 inches and portage at the north end of bear river valley approximately 3 inches |