Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-10
DEATH IN THE GALE.
Chicago is Swept by Furious Vino
StOrm-LiSt of the
Victims,

Chicago, H., July S.-A furious wind
| storm struck Chicago at 5:45 last night
| and swept over the city, leaving death
| and destruction in its path. One man,
| John Ross, sailor. was drowned in the
| lake; number of others had narrow es-
| capes, and for awhile it was feared sew,
eral OF the excursion steamers bearing
hundreds of people had been lost Fortu-
| nately, however, they weathered the storm
| and reached their docks several hours late,
| but without loss of life or damage.
The destruction of property in the city
| will amount to thousands of dollars, plate
| glass being broken by the gusts of wind
| as easily as tissue paper. Many base
| ments were flooded by the heavy rain
| which followed the hurricane, and the
| damage from this source will also be
| great.
| The dead are:
ROSS, John, drowned by capsizing of the
| sailboat Pilot.
THREE YOUNG PERSONS, supposed to
| have been drowned by capsizing of small I'M
known yacht off Twenty-second street.
Those seriously injured were:
| Boedlow, August towerman at the Ada
street crossing of the Panhandle tracks;
narrowly escaped DEATH taken to the Ben
nett hospitals will recover
Barry, John, 227 Rush street; was In row.
| boat which sank off the pier; saved from
Collins, Thomas, 227 Rush street. was in
rowboat which sank off the pier; rescued
| from drowning by crew of the tug Success.
Brothers; lives at 726 West Madison street;
hands and arms badly cut by broken glass
Price, Ellis 20 years DID, 5138 North Clark
street; was in a yacht that capslzed off
Rogers park; badly shocked and taken to
named Muir and Fletcher.
Loyenguth, Amelia, chambermaid at Wis
c0nsln Central depot; wrist cut by falling
glass
Newcomb, William, Pratt and North Clark
| streets; was In a yacht that capsized off
Rogers park; rescued with difficulty by two
men named Muir and Fletcher and taken to
his home; will recover
Unknown Italian woman and her two chill
street viaduct.
Up to within twenty minutes Of the
descent of the storm upon the city the sky
had been bright and the sun shining
brightly. Suddenly heavy black clouds
began to gather in the northwest, and a
few minutes later a terrific gale of wind
| accompanied by a perfect flood of rain
and furious thunder and lightning was
| sweeping over the city. Shade trees were
broken Oft close to the ground, awning
| signs were torn away, and much minor
damage was done in the city proper
The wind moderated after abO1t half
an hour, but the furious rain continued
| streets were running with water The
| parks had been crowded all day with peo-
| pie seeking relief from the almost intOer-
| able heat, and when the storm began
| there was a stampede for the various ele-
| waited and cable lines. The surface lines
were all equipped with open cars, the can
vas curtains, which afforded but slight
protection in view of the furious gale
| which dashed the rain in torrents in every
| direction AS result the occupants of
| every train made sorry looking sight be-
| fore they had travelled a block, anu most
| of them after getting a thorough soaking
| deserted the cars and sought the shelter
| of convenient stairways and stores along
the streets on which they were travelling
and there they had to remain until 1870
or take the chance of another wetting BIZ
| once more taking the cars.
Many Easements We're flooded all over
| the city, and in some instances fire en-
| gines had to be called for to pump out
| stores Several houses in the outlying dis
| tricts of the city were struck by light
| ming and seriously damaged. Two small
| residences were completely destroyed, but
| no one injured.