St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
FURY OF THE ELEMENTS
Thrilling Scenes at Chicago During the
Storm-Several Lives Lost on
the Lake.
Three Men Shot Through Mistake by a
Texan Who Supposed They
We're Robbers.
A Chfnaman's Attempt to XIII q Man
with an Unknown Poisonous
Compound.
Fatal Shooting by Section Boss--A
Clumsy Forger at New York;
Other n Otes.
The Chicago Storm.

CHICAGO. June 3.-Duriug the height OF
the storm last night, switchmen working
near the Illinois Central rOundhouSe, at the
foot OF Sixteenth street heard some men
shouting fer help. The switchmen went
down to the breakWater and hallooed.
They were answered by d chorus OF shouts
which seemed TO come from number OF
men out in the lake. The railway men
continued to call and the answers gradually
grew fainter Shortly afterwards watch
man heard cries at the foot of Eighteenth
street. He rushed down to the breakwater
and called again, and was answered by the
voices OF several men. The watchman
thought the men were drifting south. He
attempted to call the police through the
patrol box. / but was driven away
by the sheets OF lightning which leaped
from the telephone instrument when
ever he touched it. When the
police finally learned of The men being out
in the lake patrol wagon was sent to the
foot OF Eighteenth street. The officers
took lanterns and patrolled the beach, but
could not see out sixty yards on the lake.
When they first came the officers heard the
cries. but the voices were very faint and
seemed long way out 1t is thought YES
sci may have been struck by lightning and
that the crew had been forced to take to
BOAT OR A RAFT.
During the storm Henry Carm0dy. bridge
tender at the HalStead street bridge, was
the hero Of Il performance that probably
saved the lives OF a number Of people. In
he midst OF the binding wind and rain he
mad closed the bridge through which yes
sci had passed and stepped into his Shanty.
4 street car bound north dashed upon the
bridge. and as it neared the center OF the
structure CarmOdy glanced out OF the viii
dow and was terrified to see the bridge
slowly swinging open. The driver had his
head Gucked down to ward of the force OF
the storm. and was apparently unaware
of the fearful consequences of the
danger ahead. Carm0dy took in the
situation at glance. dashed ont OF the
bridge house and ran at the top Of his
speed across the bridge toward the car.
Reaching the advancing car he grabbed the
horses by the bits and sang out to the driver
TO put on the brake. The car was stopped
about ten feet from the end of the rails and
over the muddy waters of the river. The
driver in his haste to get across, allowed
she team to travel at rapid gate, and a
horrible catastrophe and a loss Of life was
only prevented by Carmody'S nerve and
PROMPT ACTION.
At $40 O'Clock. as the electric lamp in
front of Thomas Concidine's saloon, SO
Randolph street. was struck by lightning
and shattered into fragments. a portion of
the walls attached to it fused and the sign
and woodwork were set Oh fire. The cur
rent was on and the dynamo engine OH
Washington street was in full opera
ton The electricity kept coming and
throwing out its sparks and kept one of
Concidine's employees busy for nearly fif-
teen minutes throwing water on the sign
and woodwork. Word was finally sent to
the operator Oh Washington street and the
trouble was ended. The steeple Of the Pol
ish Catholic church on Thirty-third street
was struck and completely wrecked. An
unknown woman was struck while passing
along in the Herman street district and
stunned. She was carried off in a wagon
but was not seriously hurt. From inveSti-
cations made by the life-saving service it is
thought the rlrnor of loss of life on the lake
off this port in the storm last night is un-
founded. 1t is ROW thought the sounds
came from ''bum boat which lies an
ch0red Off the government pier.
This afternoon a boat was washed ashore,
which has been Identified as the one in
which John and Charles Olson and Charles
Larsen visited some fishing grounds shortly
before the storm yesterday. The young
men have not since been seen and are be-
ieved to have been drowned.