The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-10
Many Lives Reported Lost and There
We're Many Narrow Escapes
From Death.
A Yacht Is Capsized and Four OF
It's Occupants Arc
Drowned.
Passengers In the Captive Balloon Reash
the Earth just - the Concsrn
II Wrecked.

CHIcAao, July 9.-This city was visited
this afternoon by tho most terrific storm 10
has experienced in several years. Tho
wind blew almost . hurricane. levsling
trees and breaking In windows and the rain
fell in torrents. The earlier part Of tho
day, which was we'll nigh perfect, tempted
manv people TO 40 ON tho lake and theus-
anda Of others TO the parks. The storm
gathered in the northwest with marvellous
quickness and broke with serrifyina sud-
denness over the city. Ths greatest havos
wns wrought among the small pleasure
craft on the lake. Many marrow escapes
from death are reported. but 30
far ~ known the loss of life IL limited to
seven. Four of these were lost BY the cap
sizing OF the yacht Chesapeake. The party
on the boat consisted OF nine people. They
had been out sailing all the afternoon.
The storm broke 80 suddenly they wore
oapsized before the msn could do any thing
TO prevent IL. The dead were Ethel Chase.
Boston; TbemistsYeles Fimbolis. Harry
NARROW end William II. Cornios. The 9th.
srs In the party olunR to the side OF the
boat and managed to keep their heads
above water till Q steam tug rescued them.
The bodies Of the drowned were not
recovered. The survivors were in the water
two hours before being rescued and were a.
most exhaustsd before Aid reached them.
Four young men who tried to csoss tho Aas-
Dor in rowboat weis ospsized by the wind
but rescued with difficulty BY ths tug Ter
rent. which brought in the Chesapeake
party. Other tugs in the harbor we're busy
for time picking up rowboats and NO less
than six people were saved in the harboF
alone. The yacht Flora with large party
on boa lost her mAsts off Evanston. but
tho passengers were rescued by the life
saving crew.
At the Worlds fair grounds little damage
was done 20 buildings, bat passengers Who
were aloft in the captivs balloon had close
call and the balloon was blown 10 pieces.
The balloon was aloft whom Aeronaut Allisr
noticed the black cloud to the northwest.
He siRnalled TO draw In rapidly and the
balloon came down mono too soon, for the
when the wind struck 1t. II dattensd out
and t,emblad under the terrible force.
Then with succession Of cracks the giant
silk covering was rent completely In two
and the two halves blown In different di-
rections. The loss 10 about S3b, 100.
In old Vienna the wind played havso and
caused a small panic among the crowd that
filled the garden. Signs and awnings were
carried away and big mosque in the ssn-
ter Of the garden blown down. The gale
struck the Ferris wheel with full force
while all the cais were filled. Some little
excitement was shown By timid people. %
the wind howled around tho cars that hung
in the very heart Of the storm. but the
wheel kept moving and the blow did not
shake ths structure in the least
Two boys who hired q boat this afternoon
had not been heard of up to midnight, and
Ia IN hrv,~ NAAN AAA 49, Al~<~-
sea She'll, having on board ten people. was
missing. The boat was sssn just before the
storm and nothing has been heard of her
since.
The police at South Chicago were notified
tonight that during the storm three men
were ssen str Juggling on the lake. II 10 be-
lieved they were drowned. II she fears re-
gardinR the Sea Shell prove we'll founded.
it 10 believed when the fatalities ale footed
up the total will be twenty or over.