New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-16
A COLD WAVE IN THE STORMS WAKE.


i27 being nearly onchaIf of the entire population
A COLD WAVE IN THE STORMS WAKE.
ROUGH EXPERIENCES on LAKE MIcHiGAN-lhE
WIND BLOWING SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR.
CHICAGO, Oct 15.-The Signal Service an
nounces the approach of cold wave from the West'
and nrects that the will fall from sixteen
TO thirty-fve degrees within the next thrtytwo hours
Dispatches from various points In Northern inuaha
and Northern aud Central Illinois report oohsueraoio
damage by the severe storm OF yesterday. hunoer
of frame buildings IN the suburbs OF Chicago were
down. The little town of Lehmann consisting OF ABOUT
av r,me houses and located the line OF the Chicago
and North western road was entirely demohshed iue
buildings not completed so that no one was h"r'
"Itwas one OF the phenomenal storms OF the year,
said the signal Officer "and there are some points
IL which will be of great interest to the scientific world
It WAS characterized by Of the lowest Oarometric
measures ever observed. At Chicago when the storm
centre was here the barometer registered just 29o9S-
corrected for sea level"
The storm the lake was the seVereee 'hat mas
been known for number OF years. AT CLOCK
blowing seventy-one miles an hour' wnicn was
the greatest velocity attalued by the STORM.
and srve fears are for its safety The cap
tain OF the Stafford, which arrived carry tns
morning reports sighting the schooner B A. Kichmond
in md-lake yesterday in bad condition. Inc kich-
noud was stripped clean OF m aI n,s own pre
carios condition. captain Of the Stanori coua NOT
render any assistance 10 the crippled vessel.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. l5.-The scow supply was brought
into port last evening by tug. IN waerogged cohdl-
ton she left MusksgOn Wednesday night, Win
cargo OF slabs Outside she struck southeast gaze
with heavy sea- Shortly after the scow was dlscoVereo
to be leaking badly The crew OF four men took 70 tne
could keep che water down. W hlte n
with worn out with hIsnt
numpng, struck ny the northwest s"ls
that maize s appearance here a0olt noon sue was az
that ume about eight miles OF Fox Point ms gale
threw her on ends and crippled her rS.hg go
maj rhe vessel was the mercy OK the sea- Wcn "1s
n, king rapdly signal Of distress was bOisteu Iron
The and the huddled together on Tn" top
of the cabin TO keen of the W. er After Two hour
of xety and exposure the tug Cos appeared and tOk
oft he crew, VINO half frozen. Ihe Vessei "as
towed int the river here and sunk at the dock.
DETKou, Oct. l5-Reports are coming IN Slowly Oh
he effects OF Yesterdays storm From all parts Oh he
Stale comes the stne story OF damaged buildings ruined
fences broken telegraph and telephone poles uprooted
trecs and general OF Generalization; but as yet
m lives have been reported lost Several yachts anu
other vessels along the river were baily damageu oy
hearing against the docks At the lower END OF thc De
troit River the schooner Mary Is on flghtnS stand
Thr far buildings SchOO craft have Deen so Daiv
iniured tnat the fair will be postponed Inc rooI o
ADRIAN College chapel WAS blown on ana the walls
houn down At Carnes furniture factory In tnat town
the roof was blown off and $4,000 worth OF furniture
a arf1