"Heaps of ruins in Davis County" was an Oct. 23, 1906 headline in the Salt Lake Republican newspaper. "Storm does tremendous damage in all the towns and county districts," the headline continued.
The story described it as the most devastating wind ever to strike Davis County. In Kaysville, many homes were unroofed and every single business on the town's main street suffered damage. Many fences were flattened and numerous barns were leveled. Numerous large trees were also uprooted.
The wind storm keep many people imprisoned and unable to go outside, given the trees falling over and the flying debris.
"The Kaysville Co-Op roof was ripped off and their warehouse roof collapsed," the story reported.
H.J. Sheffield's Store housed Bell telephone operators on its second floor. Two women phone operators, Ida Smith and Cora Phillips were trapped overnight in their office as the roof caved in, windows shattered and they were afraid to leave until morning in the darkness. Neither woman was injured, but they "were thoroughly chilled and frightened," the newspaper stated.
Jed Session's barber shop was completed uplifted and thrown 30 feet away from its base.
At least 1,000 tons of hay were carried away and a shortage of animal feed was expected.
All Sunday church meetings were cancelled and not held, for safety reasons. The new Clearfield school under construction was unroofed.
The new First National Bank Building in Layton was almost completely demolished and its roof rested on the cashier's desk. The Layton Canning Company warehouse was totally leveled. Lagoon's new dancing pavilion was completely wrecked, as was the Church meeting house in west Bountiful.
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