Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-23
DEATH In ITS BREATH
fNe lead Bodies Taken Out of Wrecked
b"ltdlng-Cyclone Strikes Snoar;or

fNe lead Bodies Taken Out of a wractaa
-'"ihs-Cyelone Strikes Superior.
SUPERIOR, Wis, July IA terrific
gale struck the city at 4 o'clock yester-
DAY alternoon. Fifteen buildings were
wrecked. Five workmen were killed
and many hurt.
Inc storm struck the city at O'Clock.
anu was the fercest electrical storm
ever known. The force of the storm
was spent along Third Street by tbe
wafer front. At the corner of Tower
Avenue was small wooden structure
Wnlcn was struck and utterly demol-
lsheo. Three blocks east of this point
was large three-story frame building
III course OF construction, and car
penlers, painters and plasterers were
81 WORK to the number of twenty
I'VE "nen the storm came up. Boss
carpenter Gross called to his men to
GET OUT OF the building and twelve of
lnem Jumped from the windows. The
structure old not move foot from it's
10uhoatlon. 1t simply flattened out as
though by terrible blow from above
Inree tlnners on the roof remained
where they were, and escaped serious
INJURY, though the fall was thirty-eight
feet. Those known to be killed are:
HERMAN RoUssEY, plaSterer.
JOHN LAUR, painter.
JOHN SCHOFIELD. plasterer
CHARLES LUCIUS. lather.
one man unidentified.
rive others are unaccounted for and
are believed to have been killed. The
injured are:
JOHN Lone, legs broken and back in
jured; Will probably die.
JOHN BROWN. both laVS hrol-ao
WILLIAM TEMPLE, internal injuries,
ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF KELLOGG. arm
broken and back injured.
hundreds saw the catastrophe and
the work of rescue began at once, The
RUNS stood not six feet above the ground
and the roof seemed to coverthe whole.
greatly retardlng the work of rescue. 1t
was an hour before the first BODY was
recovered. Wives and children of the
bur1ed men tore frantically at the broken
jumpers IN vain efforts to find their
loved ones beneath, and the police had
10 carry many women away by force be-
fore the fire department could work.
The wind Injured the union depot and
upset fifteen small buildings. but with
out causing further fatalities so far as
known. Lightning struck and partly
destroyed the Unitarian church and
>NAOA>"A L S"l N pCAIOOl dllu Tie IlSuGT
House. A steamer in the harbor was
also struck, but not much damaged.
On the south shore of Lake Superior a
water spout formed and drove east
ward, doing no damage as far as report
ed. The principal loss was incurred by
the wreckage of improved machinery
on the Silver Creek & Morris Compa-
ny's dock. The Company will lose $50
600; other losses aggregate about $780,
600.
Among those in the building was
Michael Quirk, lather from Mllwau-
kee. He had his back and legs bruised
badly. He will live. Lauer came here
recently. He leaves a wife and child
3 days old. Lucius, laborer, is an
other among the dead. Schofeld "a plas-
terer, taken out two hours after, pinned
between two joists, received internal
injuries and had his legs bruised. John
Brown, a boy of Is, had leg broken.
Several others sustained injuries. The
Ohio Coal Company sustained $1,000
damage to the hosting ap-
paratus. Five bulldogs in the
Steel Plant division were blown down.
The loss is $500. The Unitarian Church
was struck by lightning and damaged
by lightning. A boarding house in the
East End was blown down. The dam
age is $1,000. The inmates escaped un-
hunt