Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-05-05
A Big CYCLONE
An Enormous Storm Passes
Over the Continent.
Fourteen Lives Lost in the Mil
Waukee wis., Crib.

| a LeFElIlc Tagc1 over Tue SouhCA J
>=st of the Rocky Mountains; the lake crib
OF the city of Milwaukee was destroyed, and
fourteen men lost their lives; many exhibits
at the Worlds Fair buildings in Chicago
| were damaged.
| The storm ranged from the Gulf to be-
| yond the Canada border and from the
| Rockies out over the Atlantic.
A dispatch from Milwaukee, Wis, says:
| In gale which for years has not been
| euualled on the great lakes, the crib at the
| end of the intake tunnel, some 5000 feet out
| in the lake, was washed away. and or sew
enteen men who were employed there IN
| the shaft which reaches tC the shore, but
| three were known 20 be alive.
drowned Some vera doubtless washed off
bv the huge pillows which have been tum-
bling on the shore. and others persisted in the
air-shaft, where they sought shelter, and
which is now filled with water.
The people living along the shore were
Mortified at daylight when they could see no
vestige either of the crib or the house that
surmounted it. The entire property, as far
as the eve could reach, was one spectacle OF
seething, boiling, roaring pillows. that
seemed to unite with the clouds.
On the beach were two lumber-laden RATS
that had vainly sought shelter behind the
breakwater and the shore was strewn with
the wreckage. Another fear was that the
leak in the bottom Of the shaft would soon
6ll and drown the men. Foreman Barbour
said he knew that there were at least seven
teen men in the crib.
At IL o'clock an effort was made to reach
the wreck of the crib on a tug boat but it
was unsuccessful. An hour later the tug
Welcome took liteboat In tow and steamed
out to the crib.
Onlv one man was found alive at the
crib and he was brought ashore in an I'M
conscious condition. His name is John
Miller.
A search will be made for the bodies of
the drowned men as soon as the lake be-
comes little safer.
A telegram from Chicago says: The
storm was the worst experienced for years.
At the Worlds Fair Grounds the east lagoon
bridge, leading to the naval exhibit, was I'M
dermined by the waves from Lake Michi-
gan. The Government building looks as
though a volley of musketry had been fired
at its eastern 'front.' the glass being shat
tered in countless places, through which the
rain poured.
The great dome, with its elaborate and
costly decorations is water soaked. and
will require much work to put it in con-
dition again. Books and pictures in the
education department were found lying on
the floor water-soaked, and in the engineer
ing department of the war exhibit many
models are badly damaged and rendered
useless. The Patent Office Department, too,
Jared badly, large number OF models
being found wet and rusty.
The postofice on the west side of the
building had good soaking. The Manu-
features building sprung leaks in scores OF
places and much e lass is missing from the
roof. The bulk of the damage is in the gal
lery, which, in a measure, protected the
main floor.
The buildings, on the whole, stood the
tions were blown away.
High winds, approaching tornadoes in
severityssa accompanied by rain, snow, and
hail, have again played havoc with tele-
company had a workable wire fur
Cher west than Des Moines, and
it was difficult to do business with
that point Throughout Iowa, Wisconsin.
western Illinois, Nebraska, and Missouri the
wires were practically useless, and commu-
nication was cut off from Mississippi and
Louisiana. East of Chicago, also, the wires
were either down or largely useless, and
heavy wind storms were reported from Ohio
and western Pennsylvania.
Advices from Detroit say: One of the
heaviest gales ever knownNpn the Lakes has
Just occurred, the wind attaining velocity
of over seventy miles an hour. The dam
age done along the river front is quite Sc
we're. In the neighborhood of Belle
Isle bridge, steam and sailing yachts
and catboats anchored close to the
docks were smashed against each
other, roofs of boat houses were lifted off.
and floating docks lifted up on the land The
boat houses and contents of the Detroit Boat
Company and Hermann Schmidst were
wrecked, and a number of small yachts be-
longing to the same firm and other firms
were driven high on the land and suffered
severe damage.
Property in Ypsilanti, Mich, has received
injury by rain. Stocks OF goods which had
been left uncovered BY the unroofing of the
buildings by the tornado Of few days ago
were wet and rendered almost useless. The
postoffice was af1oat, and it was almost i'm
possible to get into it for the mail. It is
estimated that the loss will be $4,000.
While the wind was blowing at the rate
of sixty miles an hour the workmen in the
Big Four car repair shops at Brightwood,
Ind, noticed the roof and walls shaking, and
as precautionary measure they all climbed
into box cars which were in the building for
repairs. the next instant the whole build.
ing collapse but the cars were strong
enough to support the big timbers and not
man of the twenty at work was uiured.
The building was 900 feet long and $50 feet
wide. The Big Four freight depot at the
same place, an immense building 900 feet
long and fifty feet wide, was razed by the
wind, and the debris scattered for a great
distance.
News was also received of fearful cy-
clone that swept down Fourche valley in
Arkansas, a few days ago, leaving death
and havoc in its wake. The town of Boles,
sixteen miles north of Dallas, Polk County.
was almost swept off the map. Buildings
and outhouses and fences were blown halt a
mile and shattered in fragments. Trees
were uprooted and blown in the roads. It
Is known that seven persons were killed.
AT noon terrific Cyclone passed through
the valley just south OF Fayetteville, Ark. Its
path was 300 yards wide. leaving barren
waste behind IT. It swept over everything,
uprooted trees, tore down fences, destroyed
II IL.