The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-25

9asvss Persons Killed. Mans Injured 40
Hundreds of Houses
lnroofed.

Baltimore. Md. July 2i.--A fierce
tornado. accompanied by wind
storm Of extraordinary velocity.
thunder. vivid lightning and heavy
rain suddenly burst upon Baltimore
at 1890 p IN. Sunday, coming from
the southwest, with the net result
that IL persons lost their lives, hun
dreds of houses were unroofed. trees
in the public parks and streets were
torn up by the roots. many buildings
damaged and several people injured.
The storm exhausted its fury in less
than fifteen minutes. The damage
done in the business part of the city
was comparatively slight. being con-
fined TO the blowing down Of signs
and injuries to roofs. 1t was in the
residence portions of the city along
the river front and in the harbor
where the wind spent us 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.
A boy killed by live wire had. in
company with two other boys. gone
into shed for protection. when the
she'd blew down and a live wire fell
on one end of them, resulting in his
death.
The drowning of Mrs. Schiller and
4 n. IL hot ~
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 sail IN
a 3O-foot boat. When the storm came
Schiller and Cooper took in sails.
Schiller sent his wife and children
into the little cabin, and he stood at
the tisier to keep the vessels 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 capsized the boat, released
Schiller. who, with Cooper and his
wife. were thrown into the water,
I leaving Mrs. Schiller and her children
pinned in the cabin. Cooper saved
himself and his wife by hanging 10
l tho bottom of the overturned boat,
and Schuler saved himself in the same
way, after making frantic efforts TO
get at his imprisoned wife and chill
dren. A 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 righied and the dead bodies OF
Mrs. Schiller and three children taken
from the cabin.
Thomas Carroll and four other
young men were out in the harbor
in a rowboat, which was capsized
Carroll was drowned. while his -four
companions clunE to the rudder OF
the Merchant and Miners steamship
Chatham. from which perilous posi-
ton they we're rescued by the tug
Mary.
colored camp meeting was in
progress in Paradise grove, near Pow
haitian, on the Liberty road. The con
gregation had just been dismissed
when the storm broke. A huge tres
fell upon the tent in which the sery
ices had been held. Several Of ths
worshipers were caught beneath il a.
II fell. The tree had TO be sawed in
TO pieces before the imprisoned mer
and women could be released. VIII
lam Cornish was crushed to death b,
the falling tree. The others were no
seriously hurt.
A hole several feet in diameter wa!
blown In the wall Of St. Mary's Sta
Of the Sea Catholic church. in Soul
Baltimore. A portion of the ston'
cornice weighing more than a tol
fell 20 the street. Fortunately M
one was injured by the falling stonl
and brick. The damage 10 the churcl
Is estimated at 5000.
, While the storm was at its heigh
boats crew from the German steam
err Breslau. at anchor in the harbor
picked up two men from boat whicl
, had been capsized off Wolf street.
WILL NOT RENEW THE STRIKE