The record-union., 1893-07-10
RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS.
Chicago Visited by the Worst
Storm in Many Years.
THE WIND BLEW A HURRICANE.
DOING MUCH DAMAGE.
Trees LeveIed to the Ground and
Windows Broken The Greatest
Havoc Wrought Among Pleasure
Craft on the Lake-Seven Lives
known to Have Been Lost and
Many Narrow Escapes Reported.
Special to the REcoRp.uNroS.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO. July 9.-This city was visited
this afternoon by the most terrific storm
it has experienced in several years. The
wind blew almost a hurricane, leveling
trees and breaking in windows, and rain
fell in torrents.
The earlier part of the day, which was
well-nigh perfect, tempted many people
to go on the lake and thousands of others
to the parks. The storm gathered in the
northwest with marvellous quickness,
and broke with terrifying suddenness
over the city.
The greatest havoc was wrought among
small pleasure craft on the lake. Many
narrow escapes from death were re-
ported, but 50 far as known the loss of
life is limited to seven. Four of these
were lost by the capsizing of the yacht
Chesapeake. The party on the boat con-
sisted of nine people. They had been
out sailing all the afternoon. The storm
broke so suddenly that they were cap
sized before the men could do anything
to prevent it. The dead are Ethel Chase
OF Boston, Themistocles Fimbolis, Harry
NARROW and William B. Cornice. The
others in the party chung to the side of the
boat and managed to keep their heads
above the water till steam tug rescued
them. The bodies of the drowned were
not recovered. The party were in the
water two hours before being rescued,
and were almost exhausted before aid
reached them.
-Four young men who tried to cross the
harbor in a rowboat were capsized by the
wind, but rescued with difficulty by the
tug Torrent, which brought in the Chesa-
peake party.
Other tugs in the harbor were busy for
time picking up row boats, and no less
than six people were saved in the har-
Dor alone.
The yacht Flora, with large party on
board, lost her masts off Evanston, but
the passengers were rescued by the life
saving crew.
At the Worlds Fair grounds little
damage was done to buildings, but pas
sengers who were afloat in the captive bal
loon had a close call, and the balloon
itself was blown to pieces. The balloon
was ahoat when Aeronaut Allen noticed
black cloud to the northwest. He sig
nailed to draw in rapidly, and the balloon
came down none too soon, for
the passengers were barely out
of the basket when the wind struck it,
1t flattened out and trembled under the
terrible force, then with a succession of
cracks the giant silk covering was rent
completely in two and the two halves
blown in different directions The loss is
about $4,000.
In old Vienna the wind played havoc
and caused a small panic among the crowd
that filled the garden. signs and avn
ings were carried away, and big mosque
in the center of the garden was blown
down.
The gale struck the Ferris wheel with
full force while all the cars were filled.
Some little excitement was shown by
timid people, as the wind howled around
the cars that hung in the very heart of
the storm, but the wheel kept moving.
and the blow did not shake the structure
in the least.
Two boys who hired boats this after
noon have not been heard OF up to mid
night, and at late hour it was reported
that the sloop Sea Shell, having on board
ten people, was missing. The boat was
seen just before the storm and nothing
has been heard of her since.
The police at South Chicago were noti-
fed tonight that during the storm three
men were seen struggling in the lake. 1t
is believed they were drowned. If the
fears regarding the Sea Shell prove well
founded it is believed that when the
fatalities are footed up the total will be
twenty or over.
SEVERE STORM IN TENNESSEE.
CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.), July 8. A
dozen members of the Tammany political
organization early this morning drove to
Chickamauga, where they intended to
spend the day. About noon a severe
storm came up, and ex-Alderman John
D. Crimmins and Chief of Police Mitch
ell took refuge under a tree. They had
hardly become located when the wind
tore the top of the tree from the trunk.
The falling tree struck Crimmins on the
head and the limbs caught Mitchell. The
former was frightfully mangled, and the
latter had two ribs and a wrist broken.
His foot was badly smashed, and he re-
ceived severe cuts. Crimmins died in
half an hour. Chief Mitchell was very
dangerously injured, but it is thought he
will recover. The storm was the severest
ever known in this section, tearing down
fences and moving the tallest trees down
as if cut by scythe.
CLOUDBURsT IN COLORADO.
DENVER. July 9.-Southern Colorado
was visited yesterday by rains which did
great damage south of Lamar A cloud
burst caused a great body of water to
rush into Lamar. covering the streets
from one to five feet deep. Fifteen hun
bred horses and large number of hogs
and fowls were drowned. In the vicinity
of La Junta crops were badly damaged.
Trains on the Santa Fe and Missouri Pa
cifc roads were delayed by the washing
away of the tracks. The total loss by
water will amount to 500, 900.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.