The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-03-29

n.y.
Almost q Clean sweep.
The storm then struck the more
thinly-scttlcd portion Of the civ. A
cottage occupied by Fred Schaeilcr. al
si4 South Eighteenth street, and
small frame building few doors
north, occupied by l.. II. Stewart were
badly damaged. Almost clean swecp
was made of the district lying be-
tween Eighteenth and Twentieth
streets and Avenues ii and /, two
blocks. Here the scene is one of com.
plctc demolition. The frame cottages
were reduced 10 fiattened piles Of
debris; every tree. large or small.
was either crushed down or uprooted
Remarkable Escapes.
A row Of small cottages frontino
east upon Ninteenth street between
Avenues ii and j, were fattcned out
The occupants had no warning and
were unable TO escape from their
houses and were rescued by workers
after the storm.
The house on the corner OF Nine
teenth and | streets, was occupied by
w. II. Merriam, II member of the fire
department. and his family. wife
and two small children. The Ner-
riams were rescued with but few
bruises. The second house was occu.
pied by the family of Edward Mann.
These were rescued. badly bruised
The third house was occupied by Row
Mccullough and Charles Robinson
and their families. These ESCAPED
serious injuries. The fourth house
was occupied 10y Capt. n. ID. johnson
and his daughter. They were caught
in one corner of a room, the only
part Of the house left standing. and
after the storm made their way out.
The last house in the row was the
property Of ID. McRae. Mr. McRae
was caught beneath the wreck but es-
capped unhurt
Grocery store Demolished.
Form Ninteenth to Twentieth
streets. Avenue |. every house but one
little shanty was destroyed. Mnters
grocery store was literally picked up
and tossed into an adjoining yard.
killing DIR. &. c. Chapman, who had
sought shelter in the house. W. l..
Dickinson. n medical student who was
with DIR. Chapman. was struck in the
the head by piece of flying timber,
producing conclusion of the brain.
He is not expected TO live. j. f. Min
ter, proprietor of the store. had his
arm broken and j. II. Dcthrow, a
clerk. was injured on the head.
Wind Played mt Leapfrog.
The wind here seemed 10 dart ur-
ward and then strike the earth again
at Twenty-second street. sparing
buildings between Twentieth and
Twenty-second streets. At Twenty
second street il struck again. destroy
ing all the small buildings in It's path
for half mile. and killing and iniur-
ing many people.
From Twenty-second street the
storm ploughed it's way eastward
through the block between Avenues II
and /. tearing away the roofs Of
number of residences. smashing in
windows and blowing down trees and
fences.
Killed n Four-Weeks-Old BABY.
Crossing Thirticth street II struck
the residence OF Robert j. Lowe. at
SIS South Thirtieth street. lcvcllng i
to the ground am instantly killing
Mr.. Loves four-wecks-old child and
fatally crushing Mrs. Lowe. who died
within Is minutes after being rescued
from the wreckage. The cook was
badly hurt and may die. Mr. Lowe
and the nurse escaped with slight
bruises. As soon as the storm passed
a number of men rushed 10 MI.
loves residence and made heroic ef-
forts to rescue the buried bodies.
Medical Aid Delayed.
All Of the telephone and electric
car lines wires were down, and II
was impossible to communicate win
the people down town. Medical ald
was not secured for AT least one hour
Mrs. Milan. mother of Mrs FRED
Grambs. who resided with Mr. and
Mrs. Grambs. on South Thirtieth
street, was caught under some falling
timbers and sustained severe injuries
other Damage and Casualties.
II. u. bowman TtSluenft ntdi ~
nue. II and Twenty-ninth street, was
almost totally damaged. but there
were no casualties.
The residence of j. X. Worthingion
east of Thirtieth street, was blown
away and one or two persons BABY
hurt.
Continuing in an eastern direction
the storm swept everything ~ ~
path of IS yards width until il passeH
beyond the city limits and struck i''a
Lakevicw hill, abou. ThirtS-fourih
street. There were no houses OF any
description in its path after i had
passed the city, and, consequently,
there was no damage until il reached
Avondalc.
storm ne AvOnda1e.
On Faggott's hill. Just south q
Avondale. number of persons were
seriously injured and many houses
badly damaged. The residence o.
Miller Hardin was blown down ana