The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-10
A Big CYCLONE
An Enormous Storm Passes
Over the Continent.
Fourteen Lives Lost in the Mil
waukee (Wis.) Crib.

Waukee (Wis.) Crib.
A terrific storm ragged over the country
east 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 tho
Rockies out over the Atlantic.
A dispatch from Milwaukee, Wis, says:
In gale which for years has not been
eaualied on the great lakes, the crib at the
end of the intake tunnel, some 5000 feet out
in the lake. was washed away. and OF sew
the shaft which reaches to the shore but
three were known to be alive.
The balance were believed to have been
drowned, Some were doubtless washed of
by the huge pillows which have been tum-
bling on the shore, and others perished in the
air.shsft, where they sought shelter, and
which is now filed with water.
The people living along the shore were
horrified at daylight when they could see no
yestige either Of the crib or the house that
surmounted it. The entire property, as far
seething, boiling, roaring biHows, that
eeemed to unite with the clouds.
On the beach were two lumber-laden RATS
that had yainly 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
fill and drown the men. Foreman Barbour
said he knew that there were at least seven.
teen men In the crib.
At 10 o'clock an effort was made to reach
the wreck Of the crib on tug boat, but 1t
was unsuccessful: An hour later the tus
Welcome took a Efeboat in tow and steamed
out to the crib.
Only one man was found alive at tho
crib and he was brought ashore in an un.
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: Tbs
storm was the worst experienced Tor years.
At the Worlds Fair Grounds the east lagoon
bridge, leading to the naval exhibit, was un-
dermined bv the waves from Lake Mlcnl.
gan. The Government building looks as
though a volley of musletry had been hred
at its eastern front, the glass being shat
tered in countless places, through which the
The great dome, with its elaborate and
costly decorations, Is water-soaked, and
will require much work to put 1t in con-
dition again. Books and pictures IN tho
education department were found lying on
the floor water-soaked, and In the engineer
ing department Of the war exhibit raany
models are badly damaged and rendered
useless. The Patent Office Department. too,
Jared badly, q large number OF models
bo;ny found wet and ruStV.
The postofice on the west side OF the
building had good soaking. The Manu-:
factures' building sprung LEAKS In scores OF
places and much glass is missing from the
roof. The bulk Of the damage Is In the gal
lery, which, in a measure, protected tne
main floor.
The buildings on the whole, stood the
storm fairly well, but much or tae decora-
tions were blown away.
High winds, approaching tornadoes in
seyerity.and accompanied by rain, snow, and
hail. have again played havoc with rele-
graph wires throughout the West. Neither
| counuany had workable wire fur.
ther 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.
nicatiou was cut of 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
Adyices from Detroit say: One Of the
heaviest gales ever known on the Lakes has
inst occurred, the wind attaining velocity
of over seventy miles an hour. The dam
| age done along the river front Is quite So.
we're. In the neighborhood OF Belle
Isle bridge, steam and sailing yachts
| n No
docks were smashed against each
| other. roofs Of boat houses were lifted of,
and floating docks lifted up on the land. The
boat houses and contents Of the Detroit Boat
| Company and Hermann Schmidst were
wrecked. and q number of small yachts be-
| longing to the same firm and other firms
were driven high on the land and suffered
severe damage. :,
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
| postofice was afoat, and it was almost i'm
nossible to get into it for the mail. It is
estimated that the loss will be So, 600.
While the wind was blowing at the rate
of sixty miles an hour the workmen in the
Big Four car repair shops at Br:ghtwood.
Ind, noticed the roof and walls SHAKING, and
as a precautionary measure they all climbed
into box cars which were in the building for
| repairs. Tne next instant the wsole build.
ing COLLAPSED, but the cars were strong
enough to support the big timbers and not
| man Of the twenty at work was injured.
The building was 600 feet long and l5O feet
wide. The Big Four freight depot at the
| same place, an immense building 600 feet
long and fifty feet wide, was razed by the
wind, and the debris scattered for 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 half
! nile and shattered in fragments. Trees
were uprooted and blown in the roads. IL
! is known that seven persons were killed.
At noon a terrific Cyclone passed through
the valley just south OF Fayetteville, ARK. Its
path was 300 yards wide. leaving barren
| waste behind II. It swept over everything,
uprooted trees, tore down fences, destroyed
| houses. Many homes were utterly dsmol'
| ished. Out Of one family, whose name is
Wright consisting Of eight persons, not
one escaped injury.
| A frightful tornado crossed Jasper and
| Clarke counties, Mississippi The cyclona
originated in Jasper County, thirty'hv
miles south of Meridian, and travelled 10 q
northwesterly direction. A settlement OF
co.ored cabins was destroyed and many OF
the uufortunates pershed.
| A cyclone struck Midland City, Ala, and
| daatroved a dozen houses four stores AMI