The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-10
Seven Persons Drowned During
, Storm on Lake Michigan.
MANY PERSONS ARE MISSING.
The Christian Endeavorers' Conven-
tiOn Ends With Dramatic Scene.
The Meeting In8ersed sunday Clesing
OF WoSid's Fair With E,thusiaam--
Catholic week ~ the worid's Fair
An Elaborate Programme Mapped Oss

CHICAGO. July a-This city was visited
this afternoon BY the most terrific storm
experienced in several years. The wind
blew almost hurricane. dwelling trees.
breaking in windows, aud rain falling in
torrents. The earlier part Of the day.
which was well nigh perfect. tempted
many people TO so on the lake and thou
sands of Others to the parks. The storm
gathered in the northwest with marvellous
quickness and broke with terrifying sud-
denness over the city. Greatest havoc was
wrought among the small pleasure craft
on the lake. Many narrow escapes from
death arc reported, but so far as known
the loss of life is limited to seven. Four
OF these we're lost by the capsizing of the
yacht Chesapeake. The party on the boat
consisted Of nine people. They had been
out sailing all the afternoon. The storm
broke so suddenly that they capszed be-
fore the men could do anything to prevent
it, The dead are:
ETHEL CRAsR, OF Boston
fHExIsrKaELEs FyMSoIIA
HARRY NARROW
WILLIAM II. coRxIcR
Others in the party ciung to the side OF
the boat and managed to keep their heads
above water till . steam tug rescued them.
The bodies Of the drowned were not recov-
cred. The people were in the water two
hours before being rescued. and were al
most exhausted before aid reached them.
-Four young men who tried to cross the
harbor In rowboat were capsized by the
wind, but rescued without difficulty by
the tug Torrent. which brought in the
Chesapeake party. Other tugs in the har-
Dor were busy for time picking up row.
boats. and no less than six people were
saved in the harbor alone. The
yacht Flora. with . largo party
ON board. lost their masts OF
Evanston. but the passengers were rescued
by tho life-saving crew.
At the Worlds fair grounds little dam
age was done to buildings, but the passen-
gers who we're aioft in . captive balloon
had close call and the balloon itself was
blown to pieces.
The balloon was aloft when Aeronaut Al
lier noticed . black cloud to the northwest.
Hc signallcd to draw in rapidly, and the
balloon came down none too soon, for the
passengers were barely out of the basket
when tho wind struck Ii. It iattened out
and trembled under the terrible force.
Then with succession Of cracks the giant
silk covering was rent in two and the two
halves blown in different directions. The
loss Is about $35. 600.
Two boys who hired Q boat this after.
noon had not been heard of up to mid
night, and at . late hour it is.Tcportcd
that the sioop Sea Shell, having on board
ten people, 10 missing. The vessel was
seen just before the storm, but nothing
has been heard df her since.
The police at South Chicago wero mott.
fed tonight that during the storm three
men were seen struggling IN the lake. 1t
is believed they were drowned. Ii the
fears regarding tho Sea Shell prove well
founded 1t is believed that when the
fatalities are footed up the total will he
twenty or over.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July "a dozen
members Of Tammany. political organi-
cation. early this morning drove to Chicka-
muga, where they intended 10 spend tho
day. About noon o severe storm came
up and ex-Alderman John d. Crimmins
and Chief Of Police Mitchell took
refuge under q tree. Hardly had they
become located when the wind tore the
top Of the tree from the trunk. The fall
ing tree struck Crimmins on the head
and limbs and also caught Mitchell. The
former was frighttully mangied and the
latter had two ribs and . wrist
broken, his foot badly smashed,
and also received severe cuts.
Crimmins died In half an hour. Chief
Mitchell Is dangerously injured. but it Is
thought he will recover. The storm was
the ssverest ever known in this section,
tearing down fences and moving the tall
est corn as il cut by scythe.
RICHMOND. Ind, July 9.--The Panhan-
die train on the Indiana division struck
the buggy with three people At Riches
crossing tonight, killing ali three. Mrs.
Elizabeth GAM, her son John and her
daughter Mary.