Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-08
WAS WOE ON THE WAVE Death Snatched Pleasure Seek CTS on Lake Michigan. YESTERDAYS GREAT STORM Thousands of Dollars Worth of Property Dam
 aged in Chicago-Freaks of
 the Wind.

Chicago, July 7.--At the outset of the storm the eyes of anxious thousands were
 turned lakeward for sail boats and other
 small craft which might be outside the
 breakwaters. off Twenty-second street
 several persons, including police officers
 and Illinois Central railroad employes.
 noticed a sail boat containing three men
 whose fate was to be victims of the hur-
 ricane. An effort had been made to turn
 the boat towards shore. but the men
 were poor sailors and the waves tossed
 the boat like a toy for minute and then
 it was seen to capsize, carrying all oc
 cuDants to their death. Nothing more
 was seen of either boat or the men and
 the shore is being watched for the recov-
 cry of their bodies.
 People on the lake shore off the north
 pier SDied a boat with one man in 1t as
 far out as the two-nile crib. He was putt ting for shore and made vain effort to keep his frail craft out of the trough Of the Whitecapped waves. After few mo-
 ments of struggling the boat capsi2ed and the occupant was unable to asp it. He was lost to view and his body has nos been recovered
 The damage to property throughout the city was great, especially in the business portions Thousands of dollars
 worth of plate glass windows were
 
 by the breaking of pipes roofs and other parts of the buildings.
 On the Panhandle railroad. at Ada street, a switching tower was twisted
 from the ground and toppled over SWitchman August Boodelow, who was in it at the time had his leg broken by
 the fall and his hands and face were cut by broken glass.
 | At 442 Wabash avenue one of the two high walls left standing after the burn inc nf p bllil1incy several VNppl<S ago. was blown down, but did little dam age, other than frightening the residents in the neghborhood and driving numer- ous women out into the drencfing rain The roof of the fiVe-stoTy building at 126 Washington street, next to the Chi cago opera house, was broken by a combination of wind and water, and a loss of several thousand dollars was caused by the flooding of all the offices below, and the saloon of Dan O'Brien, on the ground floor,
 The ceiling of the saloon fell in and a fire started by the water falling on elec- tric wires. over $2000 damage was done to the big department store of A. NJ Rothschild & Co., on State street. Five large plate glass windows were broken on the first floor and over a dozen win
 dows were smashed on floors above. The goods in and near the windows were l ruined by water. An employe who tried to remove goods from one of the windows
 had his hands terribly cut by glass. One of the large show windows in the
 store of Siegal, Cooper Coz adjoining the Rothschild building. was snaashed At the beginning of the storm the flags which decorated every window of thsSe department stores on the State street side were swept to the sidewalk by the terrific wind. and several pedestrians who braved the storm were struck by the flying poles. Several were knocked down, but were able to proceed unas- sisted
 The fire department and police were called on for assistance in removing goods and the dangerous flag poles at these stores.
 A big billboard, which was standing in front of 313 Wabash avenue, was blown through the plate-glass front of the office of the H. o. Mott Iron works and carried 20 feet into the building. Big plate-glass windows were broken at the Northern Trust company's H. An drews' saloon. IS Madison street; Cohen Bros cigar store, 15S Fifth avenue; Cas- sdy & Thorsen's and many other places Trees and telegraph poles by the score were blown to the ground and carriages were upset cn the streets