Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-12
4 STORM N CA|C|A|B)|
Terrific Winds From the Lakes Do.
Damage In Illinois Ne.
tropolis.
Peculiar Phenomenon Takes Place
In the River Sudden Rise
and Fall.
Kew Mines Discovered In tho Black
Hills Copper Found In
Abundance.

Chicago, Aug. 12-sweeping from the
northwest at velocity of fifty miles an
hour, the most disastrous wind Chica-
go has experienced in years struck the
city at 6 p. m. yesterday. Two days
Of heavy, cyclone breeding weather had
been the forerunner of the storm. When
the wind, furious and hot as simeon.
encountered the cool breezes from the
lake counter currents We're engendered
and in fifteen minutes the city was
ing winds. blistering hot and cold by
turns. Terrific blasts came from all
points of the compass in the space of
a few minutes and no part of the city
escaped their fury.
Atmos,heric conditions had been cy-
comic during the entire day. AT p. m.
a veil Of murky, humid clouds settled
down over the city bringing the dark
ness of late dusk. The gathering gloom
was followed by thunder crashes, alter
mating with dazzling flashes of light
ming. A little before 6 p. m, just as the
streets were densely packed with the
homeward- bound crowds, there ap-
peared in the north a red light.
1t rapidly crept up from the horizon
til the northern heavens We're brilliant
" Illuminated. The thousands, already
terrified at the fury of the storm, saw
the fire-red glow of the northern lights
and became nic-stricken. Many fed
INTO stores and Railways from what
they supposed was impending disaster.
Others, thinking of those at home,
rushed to their cars to find them so
packed that they had to turn back, or,
worse, blockaded by accidents caused
Dy the wind. Meanwhile the storm had
begun to waste its strength in the rain
that fell for an hour The tangled winds
drove the sheets OF water in every di-
section, drenching thousands
During the daya phenomenon was &C.
curing of which the general public.
knew nothing Early in the afternoon
a heavy stream began to flow inward
from the lake. The level of the river
rose rapidly and continued to rise TIL.
The storm reached its highest point.
| Then suddenly the stream was turned,
| and in twenty minutes the level of the
| river had fallen fourteen inches. Yes
sells tied along the bank strained at
| their hawsers till they nearly snapped.
| The waves on the lahe rolled so high
| that shipping was threatened.
| The fatality and property damage re-
| sulting can only be estimated. Two
| girls who We're boating on the lake in
ltiarfield park are supposed to have
ldrowned Several persons who were In
boats off Jackson park have not been
| accounted for and it is feared that they
met their deaths. Many were more or
| less seriously injured by being struck
with flying debris and the hospital am
\ balances were kept busy for an hour or
! TWO. Many frame houses, especially in
| the outlying districts. We're partially de-
/ stroyed. Windows and skylights and
| buildings all over the city were blown
Tout by the sheer force OF the wind and
shattered by flying wreckage.
| st. Josa phat's Polish Roman Catholic
1 church, in course of construction, was
/ damaged to the extent of $4,000. The
building is located at the corner OF
Southport and Belden avenues. The
iron framework was lifted by the wind
from its moorings in solid masonry and
thrown over against the building next
TO it, which is at present used by the
4 congregation as church. Iron girders
4 were twisted and bent like wire. The
damage to the adjoining building is es-
timated at $4,000.
Transportation lines We're all more OF
less damaged by the storm, the trolley
roads being the worst sufferers. Many
. bloekades caused by the piling up OF
debris on the tracks resulted At tn,
! foot of Wells street the schooner Amer
! lea, swept lakeward by the rushing o.
} the water in the river when the tida
I wave receded ran under the Clarl
street bridge, sweeping away her masts
Lightning struck in many places ant
several We're shocked by the electrical
!. discharges.
Accidents caused by flying glass wer
numerous. In several downtown resort
2 Restaurants and other resorts-th
wind hurled masses of dirt into tn
I open doors, creating panic among tn
q patrons AT the stockyards 1000 un
S broken bronchos stampeded in a cora
y and nearly broke down the Enclosure.