River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-07-24
DEADLY HURRICANE.
Thirteen Lives Are Lost in a Heavy
Windstorm in Baltimore and
Vicinity

Baltimore, Nd, July 21.-A fierce
tornado, characterized by windstorm
of extraordinary velocity, thunder,
vivid lightning and a heavy rain, sud
denly burst upon Baltimore at $50
p. m. Sunday, coming from the south
west, with the net result that IL per
sons lost their lives, hundreds 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 Is min
utes. The damage done in the business
part of the city was comparatively
slight, being confined 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
harbors where the wind spent its vio-
lence.
Of those who persisted nine were
drowned in the harbor from open
boats, one was killed by falling tree
and one by live wire. The following
is list of the killed:
Drowned in the harbor: Roy Bateman,
Il years old; Joseph Cain, 10 years old;
John Cain, years old; Thomas Carroll.
z years old; Harry Mccormick, 10 years
old; Mrs. Mary Schiller IS years old; Harry
5. Schiller, 10 months old; Olive Schiller,
4 years old; Charles SCHUYLER Z years old;
Killed by Falling tree-William Cornish,
colored. Killed by live Invertebrates
Schaefer.
The first three victims on the above
list were out in a rowboat on the river
with three other companions. When
the storm broke the boat wa capsized,
three being drowned and three being
rescued by the tugboat Edna V.
George. The boy killed by live wire
had in company with two other boys
gone into a 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 Cook, and his wife, had
gone out into the harbor for a sail in
a 3O-foot boat. When the storm came
SCHUYLER and Cook took in sails. Schu-
Ter sent his wife and children into the
little cabin and he stood at the tiller 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, 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 his wife by
hanging to the bottom of the over
turned boat. and Schiller saved him
self in the same way, after making
frantic efforts to get at his imprisoned
schooner Edward III. Hunt rescued
Schiller and Cooper and wife and
towed the capsized vessel to the wharf,
where it was righted and the dead
bodies of Mrs. Schiller and her three
children taken from the cabin.
Thomas Carroll, with four other
young men, were out in the harbor in
a rowboat, which was capsized. Car
roll was drowned, while his four COM
panions chung to the rudder of the
Merchant and Miners steamship Chat
ham, from which perilous position
they were rescued by the tug Mary.
A colored camp meeting was in prog
ress in Paradise grove, near POWhat-
tan, on the Liberty road. The congre-
cation had just been dismissed when
the storm broke. A huge oak tree fell
upon the tent in which the services
had been held Several of the wor-
shippers were caught beneath it as it
fell. The tree had to be sawed into
pieces before the imprisoned men and
women could be released. William
Cornish was crushed to death by the
falling tree. The others were not Sc
riously injured.
A hole several feet in diameter was
blown in the wall of ST. Mary's Star of
the Sea Catholic church in South Bal
timore. A portion of the stone cor
nice, weighing more than ton, fell to
the street. Fortunately no one was in
iured by the falling stone and brick.
The damage to the church is estimated
at $1,000
At the foot of Concord street the
Merchant and Miners Transportation
company's warehouse was unroofed,
with small damage to building, but the
rain poured in on the valuable cargo
stored therein, doing a damage which
is estimated from 100000 to 100000.
colchester, Nd, July 21.-James b.
Post, aged 90, and Theodore O..
Parker, 21 years old, of Baltimor
who came here Saturday on an ex-
cursion, were drowned Sunday after
noon. They, with four companions,
were rowing in the bay. A wind
squat overturned the boat. The
other occupants of the little craft
chung to it until rescued.
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