The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-07-26
ELEVEN LIVES WERE LOST.
Hundreds Of Houses UnroOfed-LarEe
Trees In streets and Parks Were
rora IN ny the Rosts--NIne Pee-
Pie Drewaed and Many IRJared--
stor@ Lasted 40 Alinates.

| bohtAuofct July GA uefc0 lorna
do. characterized by windstorm OF
extraordinary velocity. thunder. vivid
lightning and a heavy rain. burst upon
Baltimore at 1880 p. 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 IFS fury In less
than 10 minutes. The damage done In
the business part OF the city was com.
paratively slight, being confined to the
blowing down OF signs and injuries to
roofs. IL was in the residence portion
along the river front and In the har.
Dor where the wind spent its violence.
Of those who persisted. nine were
drowned in the harbor from open
boats, one was killed by a falling tree
and one by live wire.
The drowning OF Mrs. Schiller and
her children was the most pathetic In.
eident OF the storm. Michael SchuIer.
with his wife and three children. ac
eompanied BY hts brother-ln-law. Jo-
seph Cooper. and his wife. had gone
out into the harbor for a sail in a so
foot boat. When the storm came
Sehuler and Cooper took In sails.
Schiller sent his wife and children in.
to the little cabin and he stood AZ the
uller to keep the vessels head toward
the wind. A sudden gust OF wind
threw the boom OF the vessel around.
knocked Schuler down and pinned him
TO the deck. Another gust capsized
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 get at
bis wife and imprisoned children.
The crew from the schooner Ed
ward II. Hunt rescued Schiller and
Cooper and wife and lowed the cap
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 & Miners Transportation
company's steamship Chatham. from
which perilous position they were res
cued by the tug Mary.
In Paradise grove, near Powhastan.
huge tree fell upon a tent In which
colored camp meeting was being
held, and several OF the worshipers
were caught beneath IL. The tree had
to be sawed into pieces before the i'm.
prisoned men and women could be
releases The others were not seri-
ously hurt
A hole several feet In diameter was
blown into the wall OF 81. Mary's Star
OF the Sea Catholic church. In South
Baltimore. and a portion OF the stone
~"th A+N WFAShaAk u4UiE imam u NOu ItAi
to the street. No one was injured. A
boats crew from the German steamer
Breslau. at anchor in the harbor.
picked up two men from a boat that
had been capsized OF 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 $500 900.
The gas reservoir in South Baiti-
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 |
whirlwind than tornado. The wind (
blew at the rate OF about IS miles an |
hour and one-half inch OF water fell. |
The storm lasted but Is minutes. So /
far as known II was confined to Baltl- |
more and suburbs.