Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-10
STORM AT CHICAGO.
Four Persons Drowned While
Out on the Lake.
TWO BOYS ALSO PROBABLY LOST

They Go Out in a Rowboat and Have Not
Returned-Heroic Rescue of Others in
Peril by Deckhands-Roofs Smashed at
the Worlds Fafr-The Dead at Pomeroy
a List of Fourteen Nore-Finding
Other characterization of Wounded.
CHICAGO, July lot Is seldom that Chi
cago experiences such a sudden and furi-
Gus storm as that which caught the peo-
pie who attended Sunday afternoon church
services, and the thousands who spent
their holiday in the parks. From warm
weather and clear sky in a remarkably
short space OF time there was a Oh nCe 10
hurricane, a deluge Of rain and big
drop in the temperature. 1t i probable
that there never were more people caught
IN rainstorm in Chicago before-caught
so as 70 have to change their clothing
Life Lost the Lake.
1t l. not surprising that life was lost on
the lake-the surprise was tha- so few
were lost-so suddenly did the yy.Id sweep
down. \ number Of boats were caDsized.
for it had been an ideal day for sail but
at this writing but four drownings have
been reported, although there were many
narrow escapes. This fatality was the re-
suit Of the capsizing of the sailing Yacht
Chesapeake, near the life saving station.
Nine people were thrown into the water
and four OF them were drowned. The dead
are: Themistocles Fiambolis " B. Cornish,
Ethel H Chase and Harvey NARROW. Those
who were rescued are: George Gray, Edith
Compton, Fred Avery. William Avery and
William Elliott. The Chesapeake was a
well built yacht and was owned By the
Avery brothers, William and Fred. The
former was captain and is counted skillful
in handling a sailboat
Brave Rescue by Deckhand.
Ignus Howell was alone in royy hoat
about 800 yard- when the squau struck
his craft and overturned it. The tug
Flora went 70 his rescue but the waves
were so high that il was impossible to get
near enough 70 Howell TO throw him
line. Seeing that Howell was about to
sink Captain Doyle. Of the Flora. dashed a
rope 10 the waist OF Albert Herman. a
deckhand, and told him 70 swim TO the aid
Of the drowning man. Herman leaped
overheard and soon had Howell in his
GRASP. Both were hauled 10 the deck of
the Flora.
Five More Narrow Escapes.
-Four boys. Wentworth Higgins. Charles
Suddard, Fred Burnham and Arthur
Burnham, had narrow escapes from
drowning. Their boat was overturned and
they were in the water forty-five minutes
before they were finally rescued in an ey-
hausted condition by the steam yacht
Vision. Charles Saunders, Worlds fair
visitor from st. Louis, had a similar ex-
pericnce. His boat was capsized. Re
chung 70 it for thre-quarters. Of an hour
and was losing Consciousness when sNeg
York Dutchie," one Of the crew of the
Flora swan 70 his assistance
At the Worlds Fair City.
There was a wild scurrying at jackson
park by the visitors there, and those out
side hastened TO get into the big buildings,
where as it turned out they were not en-
tirely safe. The force of the wind was so
great that the guards could not shut the
doors of the Liberal Arts building
and the glass in them was shattered
TO bits, while the guards themselves were
thrown 10 the floor. Two sections Of glass
roof-3Jx10 feet-were blown in and the
rain did some damage to the exhibits i'm
mediately underneath. At Agricultural
building section of glass roof fell all
around candy stand, but the fair dam
sci who presided thereover was not even
scratched. Two sections of the glass roof
on the Transportation building were also
blown in, and and some glass in Machin-
cry hall. There was necessarily some dam
age done TO exhibits, but nothing serious.
Two Other Boys Missing.
1t is learned that just before the storm
came up two boys, each about Is years of
age, hired a boat at the foot Of Barry
avenue. They were about a mile from
shore when the squat struck them.
Neither the boat nor its occupants have
reached shore, and it is feared the BOYS
were drowned