Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-25
A FURIOUS GALE.
Death on the Great Lakes Followed
 the Big Blow.


 Chicago. May 25.-Death and disas- ter, the full extent of which is not known yet, resulted from the gale which ragged on the Great Lakes the last twenty-four hours. From Chicago sway and a score of vessels were sunk, wrecked or suffered serious damage. The reports received from ports on the lakes told only of disasters in their immediate yinicity and it is feared that other wrecks with fatalities occurred at isolated places along the shores. Anxiety is felt for vessels ill mid-lake, Which could find no shelter from the gales fury
 The worst disaster reported was the Wrecking of the steamer City of Bal timore off Fish Point, ten miles from East Tawas, Mich, in which twelve lives were lost. Two members of the crew lashed themselves to q piece of wreckage and were picked up after six hours in the water. One of these, insane by his experience. and his com panion narrowly escaped the same fate.
 The schooner A. Bradley, bound for, Chicago, became waterlogged off Mill Waukee, hoisted signals of distress, and was lowed into the harbor for safety.
 The sidewheel steamer Empire State, with 800 exeursionists aboard, sprang 2 leak twelve miles out from Ogdens- burg N. !. The water put out the fires and the vessel just made shore when it sank in eight feet of water
 The schooner H. D. Moore, laden with hard wood. collided with the pier at Sheboygan, Wis. AIasts and rig ging were carried away and the crew was taken off The vessel is at an chor, but leaking and pounding hard. Assistance has been sent from Port Huron, Mich, to the steamer Prick, stranded near the flats. All vessels leaving that port in twenty-four hours were driven back to seek shelter from the gale.
 The fishing tug Constance was cut in two and sunk in collision with the steamer c. W. Moore in the river near Menominee, Mich. The crew escaped.
 The schooner ,Montmorency is ashore on Charity Island, near Bay City, Mich, and may prove a total loss.
 The schooner George Davis is high and dry on Wenona beach, near Bay City.
 The steamer City of New Baltimore was damaged in collision with tug at Bay City and the tug Traveller lost part of the, raft it was bringing in.
 Ihe steamer Pewakee is stranded on Bols Blanc Island, near Sheboygan, Mich, with wheel broken. Assistance has been sent.
 The steamer St Louis and two barges are aground on the head of Strawberry Island, near Buffalo, N. Y. The schooner Sailor sunk at the Buffa- To docks.
 The schooner Acacia collided with the coal chutes at Oswego, N. Y.,. and was badly damaged. In all ports on the lakes many vessels .puS in for shel- ter. Many that had started out met the gale and turned back The storm was declared by marine men one of the worst in fifteen years. a
 Salt Lake, Utah, May 25.-A heavy wind storm has been sweeping over Nevada, Utah, southern Idaho and Wyoming for the past thirty hours, the velocity at times. reaching fifty miles an hour and over The storm has resulted in the complete prostra- tion of telegraph and telephone ser vice in all directions. IAIeagre reports from outside cities tell of uprooted trees, wrecked outbuildings and other 
 The storm was particularly severe through Nevada and Utah, and in places arcoss the desert the blowing sand almost buried the railroad tracks for miles. Around Great Salt lake a perfect sirocco prevailed. The sand lifted in great clouds by the wind, at times almost obscured the sun and covered everything inches deep. Tn Salt Lake City much damage was done to shade trees and out buildings, While several buildings in course of were partially prostrated.