The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-01
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Chicago Damage II Confined Malnsy q
Losses ON the Lake.


Chicago. Sept. 3o.-This city expert
enced last night the worst wind and
rain storm of the season The wind
reached a velocity Of forty-two miles an
hour. Not since the big storm Of 1888
has Lake Michigan been 80 rough The
spray from the waves dashed far over
the breakwater and onto the tracks of
the IIiinoi sCentral road, after deluging
| the dndows q the suburban train
TIE steamer City OF Milwaukee,. fran
| ST Joseph, Mich, laden with passen
gers had great difficulty In making the
harbor, but finally succeeded after three
attempts, though with the loss OF her
topmast- The sted tug NJ F. Fisher o<
the Lake Michigan Transportation com
pany. which left Pshtigo yesterday
| with car ferries Nos. /. and 4, ran snto
the storm last night below Chicago har-
Dor. She succeeded in gaining the pro-
lection Of the breakwaters with two OF
the ferries. but the third broke adrift
and could not be picked up, owing 20
the big sea She got to her anchors and
is still out in the storm having, appar-
emily. suffered no damage. There IS
considerable danger that the railroad
cars with which she is loaded viii be-
come loosened and go overheard.
OF the mammoth flag which was
stretched across Congress street be
tween the Auditorium. where the Re
publican national headquarters are 10
Gated, and the Annex, nothing remains
but two strings. Many others which
had been stretched along the downward
streets were whipped to ribbons. The
total rainfall was LA inches.
A WILL DSCHOONER-
Great damage to property and many
accidents resulted from the furious gale
on the lake. The most serious accident
In the port OF Chicago occurred this
morning when 'shes chooner Seaman
broke from her moorings In slip + at the
foot OF Randolph street and while being
hurled about by the storm, wrecked
and sunk half a dozen smaller crafts. A
number OF men had narrow escapes for
their lives, among them being Captain
McCreary of the Seaman and two of his
men; also several men aboard other
boats moored in tines lip. Three or four
sailors were thrown into the water, and
were forced to battle for their lives.
The list of crafts sunk or damaged by
the wild race of the Seaman. includes:
Yacht Midnight Screech, owned by
Robert Foreman: sunk.
Houseboat Mary. owned by j. Stew
art: sunk.
Household Blue Goose, owned by
Tony White; forward portion badly
wrecked.
Yacht Fanny Small. owned by Frank
Davis; sunk
Yacht Annie. Captain Pickles; sunk
Yacht Yellow Boy; sunk and badly
wrecked.
Yacht Irene: badly dana ed; forward
portion stove In.
Aside fro mthe above, several 15-foot
fishing smacks were sent TO the bottom
by the runaway schooner.
DOWN THE ST. LAWRENCE
Professor Garriott OF the Weather bu-
reau today said:
The West Indian storm has moved
west OF north and Is central this morn
ing over northern Lake Huron, where
the barometer. reduoed to sea level,
stands at about 1889 inches. The west
ward movement Of the storm has been
offended by destructive easteriy gates
along the Atlantic coast Over the Lake
region, the norrhward advance Of this
storm has been attended by heavy rain
and high winds, the highest velocity re-
ported. fffty-two miles, from the south
west, being north OF Buffalo. During
today and tonight the storm VIII move
eastward over the St Lawrence valley"