Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-07-23
"A TORNADO'S FURY
ELEVEN KILLED AND SEVERAL
INJURED AT BALTIMORE.
LASTED FIFTEEN MINUTES
II Was a Whirlwind of Extraordinary
Velocity, Accompanied by Thun-
der, Lightning and Rain.

tornado characterized by windstorm
of extraordinary velocity, thunder,
vivid lightning and heavy rain sud
denly burst upon Baltimore at 1870 p.
m. yesterday, coming from the south
west, and the net result that eleven
persons lost their lives, hundreds of
houses were unroofed, trees in the
public parks and streets were torn
up by the roots, many buildings dam
aged and several people injured. The
storm exhausted its fury in fifteen
minutes The damage to property
was comparatively slight. 1t was in
the residence portions of the city
along the river front and harbor where
the wind spent its violence.
OF those who persisted nine were
drowned in the harbor from open
boats. one was killed by falling tree,
and one by live wire.
Three of the victims were out in a
row boat on the river with three other
companions. When the storm broke
the boat was capsized, three being
drowned and three being rescued by
the tug boat Edna V. George. The boy
killed by live wire had, in company
with two other boys, gone into shed
for protection when the shed blew
down and live wire fell on one of
them, resulting in his death.
The drowning of Mrs. SCHUYLER and
her children was the most pathetic
incident of the hurricane. Michael
Schiller, with his wife and three chill
dren, accompanied by his brother-in-
law, Joseph Cooper, and his wife, had
gone out into the harbor for a sail in
.thirty-foot boat When the storm
came SCHUYLER and Cooper took in
sails. SCHUYLER sent his wife and chill
dren into the little cabin and he stood
at the tiller to keep the vessels head
TOWARD the wjnd g sudden gust q. q
| wind threw the boom of the vessel
around, knocked SCHUYLER down and
pinned him to the deck, Another gust
capsized the boat, releasing SCHUYLER,
who with Cooper and his wife were
thrown into the water, leaving Mrs.
SCHUYLER and her children pinned in
the cabin. Cooper saved himself and
wife by hanging to the bottom of the
overturned boat and SCHUYLER saved
himself in the same way, after max
ing frantic efforts to get at his i'm
prisoned wife and children.
A crew from the sooner Edward H.
Hunt rescued SCHUYLER and Cooper
and towed the capsized vessel to the
wharf, where it was righted and the
dead bodies of Mrs. SCHUYLER and her
three children were taken from the
cabin.
Thomas Carroll, with four other
young men, were out in the harbor in
q row boat which was capsized. Car
roll was drowned while his four com.
panions chung to the rudders of the
Merchants and Miners steamship Cha
than, from which perilous position
they were rescued by the tug Mary.
A hole several feet in diameter was
blown in the wall of the st. Mary's
Star of the Sea Catholic church in
South Baltimore A portion Of the
stone cornice weighing more than a
ton fell to the street. Fortunately no
one was injured by the falling stone
and brick The damage to the church
is estimated at $4,000.
At the s0ot of Concord street the
Merchants and Miners Transports
ton Companys warehouse was un-
rooted, with small damage to the
building. but the rain poured in on the
valuable cargo stored therein, doing
damage which is estimated from $780,,
900 to 100000 The gas reservoir in
South Baltimore, containing 100000
feet of gas, was blown over, the gas
exploding without injuring anyone
the damage being placed at $4,000.
The damage to shipping in the har,
Dor was general, but none of seri-
GUS nature. including such as the rip
ping of sails, and the loss of masts
and spars.
The weather bureau reports that 1t
vas more in the nature of a whirlwind
than tornado. The wind blew at the
tate OF sixty-four miles an hour and
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