Providential Preservation of Sears' brothers and others during Salt Lake windstorm

During a severe windstorm on the night of October 12, 1871, in Salt Lake City, a concrete stable belonging to Amasa W. Sears was demolished. Two of his brothers were asleep inside at the time but escaped with only slight injuries, while the livestock inside were killed. In the same storm, the roof of James Phillips's house was blown off; the family of W. C. Dunbar escaped unharmed when a chimney fell through their roof, though one child was cut by a falling brick; and the gable of J. McEwan's house fell within three feet of his wife and child who were in bed. All involved are described as having escaped or been preserved during the events.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 33, No. 45 (7 November 1871)):

A concrete stable on the bench North of the City wall, belonging to Mr. Amasa W. Sears, was entirely demolished, with the exception of the West end. At the time of the accident two young men, brothers of Mr. Sears, were asleep in the building. There were also in it a span of valuable mules, a span of horses, and a cow. Luckily the young men who were sleeping in the stable escaped with only a few slight injuries. The mules were killed, one of the horses died, and the cow. The residence of Mr. W. C. Dunbar, fell through the roof, injured the walls of his residence, and did some $300 worth of damage. His family were in the room where the crash came heaviest, but providentially escaped unhurt, except one child, a girl, whose head was cut open by a falling brick. The roof was blown from the residence of Mr. James Phillips, of the 10th ward, a house forty feet in size, and was carried, clear of the building. The gable of the house in which Mr. J. McEwan resides was blown down, falling within three feet of where Mrs. McEwen and child were in bed.