The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-07-13
WIND AND RAIN STORM
Many Lives Were Lost and
Much Property Destroyed.
ENTIRE MIDDLE WEST VISITED

A. Chicago tbs sssr~ wss the Meet
ysrsess Thst CITY has Kasws
In . Great Assv Year,.
Chicago. July s.-One Of the most
furious wind and rain storms known
In this vicinity for yeaTs passed ever
the city about o'clock this evening.
coming from the northwest. The day
had bssn intensely hot. and there were
many people out on the Lake In sail.
boats. aud ~ the storm came up very
suddenly il u feared that several lives
have becn lost. The life saving crew
have been busy all tho evening tracing
Fumors 0f cApsisDd boatx Up 70 10
o'clock they had rescued the occupants
of thFes eapsixsd boats. all in = very
exhausted condition. No trace Ut any
others has bsen found up ~ this hour.
and il Is hoped that NO more ARC out
The police NJ Cottage Grove. On the
South Side, claim they distinctly SAW
= small boat with shrur occupants dis.
app-Ar. and nothing WAS sscn of il
again during daylight The iifrsavers
from the south Side cruispd around
that locality for some time. bot found
no evidences Ut q wreck. IL il probable
that mosc missing people will bs re.
ported from tho various suburbs ~ =
later hour.
Up ~ twenty minutes Of the dcscen,
of tho Storm upon tho city. the sky had
brrn clear and tho sun WAS aiming
brightly. Suddenly heavy black cloud,
began to gather In tho northwest. and
In . fcw minutes . terrible gale. 10.
companicd by . perfect food u rain
aud furious thunder and lightning. MAJ
sw-~pinx over the city. shade trees
were hsukrn Oh clos "a tho ground
awnings aud sixns torn away. and
much minor damage Vas done In the
city. The wind subsidized after about
half an hour. but . furious rain con.
t,nuri fos fully two hourA
Tho parks had bsrn crowded all day
with p-opir .uking relief from tbs
heat. and wh~n the ssoEIn began thor,
WAS . siA,np-ic for III. elevated and
cable cara The surface lines wrrc ali
cquipy-d with ot~n cars. and a. . 70
suit tho orrupsnts II rvury train mads
. sorry inokinx sight hrforr 'hcy had
xun1 . blnuk. aud most of them aftri
they had sus . thorough stakin.. dc
srrtcd the cars aud ~oughs the shcltrI
Of cuuvcnirnt ssairways and ssorc,
Alonx tho strvrts. and thcrc had to ~
main until after 1850 r. NJ. or taxi
chanrr. Of another wcst,nx by axsii
taking tho cara
AMP NJ. the police think tn
fatalities will not rlr-.-d half . doarn
Charles Klein. John Hos and Charlie,
/. shook asc believed to have b-ci
drowned. They wcrc blown out Int.
the Lake In = ru~h,at and no trAcr ha
t-~n found. The ya~i bat brlungsn,
to tho yacht Hattie H. has b-rn p.ckcs
up 81 Twenty sixth street. bu, u !
thought tho yacht has wcathcrvd tn
gallo and mad. fus this pnrs. Tn
smAii craft which wcsc blown into tn
Lake rurur thrilling experiences
Thcrc w.rr several narruw c~capr
FROM drowning. The telegraph an
tcl-phoac srrvirc Was cumplcscly dc
mayaltsrsi. Il Mas 10 o'clock trfor
Communication could hr had frum Nal
waukc.
Later IMPORTS this evening show tina
tho lo~srs In the downtown distrtc,
alone will aggregate = iAE1v sum. tn
big dcr,a rsmcut ssorc Of Rcthchtld
Co. cpupyin ing nearly urc-qusrtcrS {
q blurk on state strret. suffered th
mott
The platc-slass windows ON the Stat
ssrvct side were all blown in aud III
block badly damaged by the raii
several pas~rrx.by On the street wei
painfully injured by falling glass
\ A. midnight IL II thought that q
who were out on the lake src accountc
for. A small boat containing SIX me-
came ashore near the farrsgut boa
house.. The police were notified.
Dispatches frum many points In u
country and northern partitions Of u
Ill,not. and southern Wisconsin tell I
furious and sudden storm this aftc
noon and evening. though nowhc
was the damage ~ great as in Chica.
Al Peoria. the mercury stood at
nearly all day until I o'clock. whs
the storm suddenly commenced. Se
cral buildings werc unroofed and
thrcc..tnry frame building was COT
p,etcly destroyed and much damal
done to trccs. awnings aud window
Many boating parties were on the LAX
but ~ far ~ known they all succeeds
in reaching places Of safety.
A cyclone swept scryss Crawford al
Morgan counties about q this evcnin
Bat meager accounts have been
ccivcd. II In known that two liv
wcrp Loaf and number Of persons ba
" injured, several fatally. Al Wi
ards station. on the Middle Georgia
Atlantic railroad. every house "
torn to pieces Henry Adams and
Harding. colorcd. were killed. Bull
ings. fences, crops. ETC.. ON the Mari
Plantation, were carried away. I
PARTIES who started In 10 follow
path Of the cyclone have not rcturn'
In Morgan county Henry PERI.
house and farm buildings were blo'
Il down. Perry and his family w
buried in tho falling timbers. Pc,
i il injured internally and will die. ]
wifc's condition IL critical. The no
Of John Collier was demolished a
two Of his children were mangled
the wreck. Robertson's plantation
swept out Of everything standing. !
Robcrtsons fed to the cellar and
capped. Fuller reports cannot be
tained until daylight Twenty pcrs