The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-07-11
LIVES MAY BE LOST.
ONE OF THE WORST STORMS EVER
IkNOWNsIN CHICAGO.

Many People Are Caught Ont ON tho
E Lake in Yachts, and 1t Is Feared
That Some of Them Have Failed
+ to Reach Shore.
Chicago, July 9.-One Of the most.
furious wind and rain storms known
in this vicinity for years passed over.
the city about 6 o'clock last evening,
coming from the northwest. The day
had been intensely hot and there were
many people out on the lake in sail
boats, and as the storm came very
suddenly, it is feared that several
lives were lost The different life
saving crews are busy tracing rumors
Of capsized boats, people clnging to
planks, ETC., and have brought in the
occupants of three capslZed boats, all
in a very exhausted condition. The
police at the Cottage Grove avenue
station on the South side claim that
they distinctly saw q sail boat with
height of the gale, and that nothing
was seen Of it again during daylight
The life-savers from the South side
cruised about that locality for some
time but found no evidences of a
wreck. 5-=-. 49,.
Up to within twenty minutes of the
descent of the storm upon the city the.
sky had been clear and the sun shin
ing brightly. Suddenly heavy black
clouds began to gather in the north
west, and a few minutes later .er-,
rifle gale of wind, accompanied by a
perfect flood of rain and furious thur
der and lightning was sweeping over
the city. Shade trees we're broken
off close to the ground, awnings, signs,
ETC., torn away and much mirror dam
age done in the city proper. The wind
moderated after about half an hour
but the furious rain continued for
fully two hours, during which time the
streets We're running with water.
Dispatches from many points in the,
central and northern portions of Illi-
nois and Southern Wisconsin tell Of
furious storms, though in no place did
the damage reach so high point as in
Chicago. The weather al through the,
state was oppressively hot all day, and
the storm came with remarkable sud-
denness toward evening. Along the
Lake Shore north Of here there was
much minor damage done, and it is.
feared that when the returns are all in
it will be found that there was great
loss of life.
Some lumber craft, Chicago-bound,
were caught by the storm, but whether
they suffered cannot be known until
tomorrow. The excursion steamers
all came in safely. Long after mid
night searcherS were patroling the
waters seeking overturned boats and
some token of the presence Of the
dead. At the last writing the known
6Jsny 1n6 IN,
outer breakWater; three unknown per-
by the capsizing of small unknown
yacht off Twenty second street.
Six People Drowned.
Lake Geneva, Wis, July ga heavy
storm passed over here about 400,
which unroofed buildings and de-
moralized shade trees. The hail broke
large amount of glass and ruined
corn, oats and what little fruit there
was. The steam launch Dispatch was
chartered just before the storm by
party consisting of Father Hogan ana
Miss Hogan Of Harvard, ILL.,, and a
man thought to be DR.. Franz, assist
ant superintendent of the Elgin, ILL.,,
insane asylum, wife and child. The
boat was in charge Of John Preston, q
by the storm and the boat was
drowned. The body of Miss Hogan
was found floating near Raves Park.
Delavan, Wis, July 9.-The most de-
structiye rain and wind storm that
ever visited this locality came yester-
day afternoon. The wind blew down
houses and barns, uprooted trees and
plowed up cornfields. On the south
shore of DelaVan lake the devastation
was greatest. A portion Of the roof
Of the Metowee hotel was blown off
and great trees were broken like pipe
stems. The wind was accompanied
by a deluge of rain and great hail
stones that broke windows and leyeled
the fields of grain. The roads and
Milwaukee, July 9.-Wires are down
in nearly every direction out Of Mil
Waukee, but from meager reports it
seems that a severe storm. approach
ing a cyclone, has passed over the
southwestern part of the state. prob
ably doing serious damage Passen-
gers arriving on q late train from the =
south on the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad report that the storm washed
out bridge near Waukegan snd that
the train was obliged to take the
Harvard branch to Kenosha. North
Of Waukegan in Wisconsin. telegraph
poles and trees were leve]ed along the
line and there were signs of a de-
vastating storm. 1t is reported that :
four men who We're out in q boat near
Waukegan We're drowned
Dies of Her Wound
Minneapolis, July 8. = Another VIC