The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-24
TORNADO Al BALTIMORE
ELEVEN LIVES WERE LOST
Hundreds Of Houses lin roofsd- Large
Trees In the streets aud Parks Were
Tern up by ths Roots Nine People
Drswasd aud Many injursd ssor..
Lasted Fifteen Minutes.

Drswnsd aud Many injussd = seorn.
Lasted Etftssn Ainutes.
Baltimore. July 2l--A fierce lorna
do. characterized by q windstorm Of
extraordinary velocity. thunder. vivid
lightning and heavy rain. burst upon
Baltimore at 1880 y. m. Sunday, com.
Ing from the southwest. with the net
result that IL persons lost their lives,
hundreds Of houses were unroofed.
trees In the public parks and streets
were torn up by the roots. many build.
ings damaged and several people In.
jured.
The storm exhausted its fury In less
than Is minutes. The damage done In
the business part Of the city was com.
paratively slight. being confined 70 the
blowing down Of signs and injuries TO
roofs. It was In the residence portion
along the river front and In the har.
Dor where the wind spent It's violence.
OF those who persisted. nine were
drowned In the harbor from oper,
boats. one was killed by falling tree
and one by live wire.
The drowning Of Mrs. Schiller and
her children was the most pathetic In
cident Of the storm. Michael Schiller.
with his wife and three children &C,
companied by his brother.in.law, 10.
seph Cooper. and his wife. had gone
ont into the harbor for sail In 80.
foot boat. When the storm came
SCHUYLER and Cooper took In sails,
Schiller sent HIS wife and children In.
to the littlc cabin and he stood Il the
tiller to keep the vessel's head toward
the wind. A sudden gust of wind
threw the boom OF the vessel around,
knocked Schiller down and pinned him
to the deck. Another gust capsised
the boat. releasing Schiller, who, with
Cooper and his wife. were thrown into
the water. leaving Mrs. Schiller and
her children pinned In the cabin.
Cooper saved himself and wife by
hanging to the bottom OF the over.
turned boat and Schiller saved him.
self In the same way. after making
four unsuccessful attempts to ret u
his wife and imprisoned children.
The crew from the schooner I'd.
ward H. Hunt rescued Schiller and
Cooper and wife and towed the can
sized vessel to the wharf, where Il
was righted and the dead bodies Of
Mrs. Schiller and her three children
taken from the cabin.
Thomas Carroll. with four other
young men, was out In the harbor with
rowboat. which was capsized. Car.
roll was drowned. while his four com
panions chung to the rudder OF the
Merchants Z Miners Transportation
company's steamship Chatham. from
which perilous position they were res.
cued nv the tug Mary.
In Paradise grove. near Powhattan,
huge tree fell upon tent In which
colored camp meeting was being
held. and several of the worshipers
were caught beneath 1t. The tree had
to be sawed into pieces before the i'm.
prisoned men and women could he
released. The others were not seri-
ouslv hurt.
A hole several feet IN diameter was
blown into the wall OF st. Mary's Star
OF the Sea Catholic church. in South
Baltimore. and a portion OF the stone
corpice weiehirs more than a ton fell
to the street. No one was injured. A
boats crew from the German steamer
Rreslau. at anchor in the harbor.
r'cled ND two men from boat that
had been capsized on Wolf street.
At the foot Of Concord street the
Merchants & Miners Transportation
company's warehouse was unroofed
and rain poured in on the valuable
cargo stored there, doing damage esti.
mated at from 100000 to S3O0. 900.
The gas reservoir in South Balti.
more, containing about 10000 cubic
feet OF gas. was blown over. the gas
exploding. Loss. $4,000. No one was
injured.
The damage to shipping in the har.
Dor was general, but not Of serious
nature.
The weather bureau reports that the
storm was more in the nature OF a
whirlw!nd than q tornado. The wind
blew ut the rate Of about q miles an
hour and one-half inch OF water fell.
The storm lasted but Is minutes. SO
far as known It was confined to Balti-
more and suburbs.
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