Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-14
big STORM IN CHICAGO.
The WigVam for the Democratic Con-
ventiOn Wrecked.
TWO PEOPLE KILLED OUTRIGHT,
And Many More Seriously Injured in Various Parts
Of the City-Plats Glass Windows Blown in,
Telegraph Poles Snapped OF and Build
ings Unroofsd-The Damage.

CHICAGO, June 13.-this city was WIS.,
tied this afternoon by one Of the most
severe storms known here for years. 1t
lasted only short time, but during
that time. one person is known TO have
been killed, many painfully Injured
and much damage done TO property
The great wigwam on the Lake trontln
which the Democratic National ConVen-
tion is 10 be held next week, was badly
wrecked.
For three days intensely hot weather
has prevailed in this city. About )
o'clock this afternoon heavy clouds be-
gan 10 gather, and half an hour later
the darkness was so intense that cleo
trio and gas lights had to be called into
use in the offices aud stores down town.
few minutes later tornado swept
down upon the city from the northwest
accompanied by terrific thunder and
lightning and torrents OF rain and hall.
In the west division Of the city trees
were broken down, awnings torn OF and
windows shattered. Several buildings
in course of erection were totally or par
italy wrecked.
A brick college at 1886 Whipple street
was demolished, two-year-old Emma
Kline killed instantly, anc the mother
and another child badly injured.
In the district between twenty
second and Thirty-third Ssreets east OF
the river a great deal OF minor damage
was done. Telegraph, teiepho and
electric systems were completely de-
moralized for time.
Large chimneys on two or three
manufacturing establishments were
wrecked and some houses struck by
lightning and badly damaged. Por-
tions of the roofs of several buildings
in State street between Twentieth and
Thirtieth were damaged.
A Catholic church at the corner OF
Twenty-ffth and Wallace streets was
badly damaged, the steeple and por-
tion of the roof being demolished. A
passer-by was badly injured. An ele-
vator near Butler was struck by light
ming, a large hole being torn in one SIDE
of the building.
Down in the centre Of the business
district the storm seemed most severe
toward the Board Of Trade. The Home
Insurance building, on La Sale street,
was struck by the furious gale.
Three plate glass windows l6 by 20
feet in size, In the southwest corner, oc-
cu2ied by the Union National Bank,
were blown in and shattered into frag-
mepts upon the desks and tiNturss. j.
p. Oden. President 70 the bank, was
struck on the thigh by large piece OF
glass and severely cut.
The driving rain deluged the Bank
and did considerable damage. one large
window I'm Armour's & Co.'S oihce was
blown in but no one was hurt. Seventy
five men were AZ work 10 the big Demo
cratic Wigwam.
A quarter post holding the northeast
corner OF the umbrella shaped canvass
roof gave way and tore through the
canvass.
The wind got under and its guy wires
sDapued ike twine and an instant later
the great ninety foot center mast
snqpped and fell with a crash smashing
through the floor and ruiuing hundred
chairs.
The canvass cover ,hen went In
tatters and rain flooded the wigwam.
The workmen maryelously escaped In
jury.
Several large stores in the business
district had plate glass windows blown
in aud suffered some damage from the
rain.
During the progress OF the storm the
cable lines experienced considerable
difficulty in handling their trains, be-
cause OF the electrical current on the
cables, being in some instances con-
Quoted through the levers in their
hands. Several OF the gripmen on the
State street line were quite severely
shocked.
At midnight, two persons are known
to have been killed, five or six fatally
injured-the latter workingmen in new
buildings-and many painfully hurt.
1t is also feared that three men seen
on the lake in a rowOoat before the
stortu Warp Inst