The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-11
Several Persons Killed, Large Num-
Der Injured and Public Build
ings Damaged.
PANIC AMONG THE PEOPLE
ANOTHER RUMOR THAT TURKEYS
SULTAN is TO BE DEPoSED.
Powers Waiting ON EfYendis Fiat
Resolutions Adopted by the Brit
ish Labor Congress.

PARIS, Sept 10--A violent storm swept
over portions of this city at 2:30 O'Clock
this afternoon. Omnibuses cabs and stalls
in the streets were overturned. Trees We're
blown down, store windows were broken,
barges were sunk in the River Seine and
the firemen had to be called out. Many
persons were injured on the Rue Tarbigo
Place de la Republique, Place st. Sulpice
and the Boulevard ST. Martin. The great
est damage was done at the Palais de
Justice. All the windows the Rue de
Harlay side were smashed, part of the roof
blown away and the corridors We're
filled with clouds of dust and branches of
trees. The sittings of the court had to be
suspended. The courtyard of ST. Chapelle
was filled with every sort of debris.
The number of minor casualties and in
juries to persons is large, and further re-
ports are constantly being received. Over
fifty injured has thus far been reported to
one fire station alone, and five
seriously injured were brought in.
Several and women had their
skulls fractured by the falling of
gates, behind which they had sought shell
ter from the storm. A cab driver who had
taken refuge in his cab and his horses were
killed together and the cab demolished.
Nine members of the staff of La France,
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merce when the storm suddenly broke
were all seriously injured, one having his
skull fractured. AT least dozen persons
We're carried bodily into the Seine from
the bridges and from the quay, and Were
rescued with great difficulty, severa! being
injured and left in a critical condition, so
that they had to be taken to the hospitals.
The breaking of the storm was accom-
panied by many demonstrations of fright
by individuals and by crowds, the panic of
enc spreading to others, the lowering sky
air with fiying debris, frightening the
crowds in the streets out of self-control.
Everybody started to run, without much
regard to obstacles, personal or otherwise.
that might come in their way, and there
was shouting and screaming to add to the
confusion.
The damage to property was widespread
and serious. The first tempest of wind,
which did most of the damage, was i'm
mediately succeeded by torrents of rain,
and cellars all over Paris are flooded At
Clichy the roadway of the Boulevard Ma
of the washing away of the roadbed. The
Quai des Orfvres shows striking scene of
desoation. buildings being damaged, things
overturned and all looking as though swept
by torrent of rushing water.
The storm only lasted about one minute;
but in addition to the damage already men
toned considerable destruction was caused
on and about the Pont Nuef, the Place du
Chatelet, the Observatoire, the Tour St.
Jacque and elsewhere in the neighborhood.
From the Quai ST. Michael to beyond the
Pont de Nuef every tree was uprooted,
boats swamped. The crews of the barges.
however, succeeded in escaping. One of
the laundry boats of the Seine where fifty
laundresses were at work, was sunk, and
difficulty.
The scaffolding of the courthouse of
Sainte Chapelle was blown away, and every
pane of glass in the side of the Palace of
Justice facing the river was smashed by
uprooted trees. All the omnlbuseS struck
by the hurricane were upset and their pas
se eng, were more or less injured
statement that only one person has been
killed in the storm. This Undergraduates
is full of the victims, two of whom died
tonight, and several there and in other
hospitals. are in a precarious condition: It
is curious fact that the storm chiefly
affected the small area lying around the
Palais de Justice and the Hotel de Vile.
The cyclone appeared to be caused by two
strong currents from the northwest and
southeast. The clouds rushed together and
whirled around as they met just over this
area. There was no thunder and no stimuli
taneous movement at the central observa-
tory. The barometer in the Tour ST.
A member of the staff of LIE Temps thus
describes o the spectacle at the moment when
which L was riding 1 could down the
Quai des Orfevres and the Quai des
Grandes- Augustus l suddenly saw what
appeared to be a tall pillar of smoke adj
vancing from a distance. I imagined that
a large fire had broken out. but almost di-
rectly l saw that trees were being snapped
and countless chimneys hurled to the
ground. But almost instantly the storm
passed away. We were not touched, but
the quays were impossible and a scene of
indescribable confusion followed
Among the dead was a well-dressed man,
apparently Englishman. whose linen
bore the initials Wv H." Numerous news
paper kiosks were overturned and the in
mates injured. The roof of the Opera
Comique was blown in. The Ambigu Co
nique and the Foies Dramatiques theaters
were both damaged Twenty-nne horses
were killed Eight beer houses We're
wrecked. The storm was preceded by dark
ness and by oppressive sultriness.
There not the slightest disturbance
in the Champs Elysee, the Madelaine the
Arc de Triornphe and the Bourse districts
beyond a heavy rain.
The superstitiouS are finding much to
dwell upon in the fact that Mile. Conesdon,
the self-styled seeress. who claims to be in
spred by the Angel Gabriel and who has
been the talk of Paris on account of her
supposed gifts of prophecy. for many
months predicted a storm such this last
July. Mile. Conesdon has many followers
who are devout believers in her gift. One
of her prophecies is that universal war
viii come within a year, resulting in the
destruction of England's power and accom-
panied by revolution in Paris