Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-07-25
TORNADO At baltimore
ELEVEN LIVES WERE LOST
Hundreds of Houses I'm rooted Large
Torn up by the Roots Nine People
Drowned and Many Injured = Storm
Lasted Fifteen Minutes.

Baltimore, July 21-AA fierce lorna
do. characterized by windstorm of
extraordinary velocity, thunder, vivid
lightning and heavy rain, burst upon
Baltimore at 1870 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 it's fury in less
than Is 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. 1t 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 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, acl
companied by his brother-in-law, Jo-
seph Cooper, and his wife, had gone
| out into the harbor for sail in 30
| foot boat. When the storm came
Schiller and Cooper took in sails.
Schiller sent his wife and children in
to 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 Schuler 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
turned boat and Schiller saved him
self in the same way, after making
four unsuccessful attempts to get al
his wife and imprisoned children.
The crew from the schooner Ed
ward H. Hunt rescued Schiller and
Cooper and wife and towed the cap
sized vessel to the wharf, where il
was righted and the dead bodies o.
Mrs. Schiller and her three children
taken from the cabin.
Thomas Carroll. with four othel
young men, was out in the harbor will
a rowboat. which was capsized. Car
roll was drowned, while his four com
panions chung to the rudder of thu
Merchants & Miners Transportation
company's steamship Chatham, from
which perilous position they were res
cued by the tug Mary.
In Paradise grove, near Powhattan
; huge tree fell upon tent in whicl
colored camp meeting was beinl
held, and several of the worshiper
were caught beneath it. The tree ha,
to be sawed into pieces before the i'm
prisoned men and women could b
; released. The others we're not SER
J. ously hurt.
: A hole several feet in diameter wa
> blown into the wall of St. Mary's Sta
of the Sea Catholic church, in Sout
Baltimore, and portion of the ston
cornice weighing more than a ton fel
to the street. No one was injured.
boats crew from the German steame
Breslau, at anchor in the harbo
picked up two men from boat tina
= had been capsized off Wolf street.
At the foot of Concord street tn
Merchants & Miners Transportatio
company's warehouse was unroofe
: and rain poured in on the valuabl
cargo stored there, doing damage est
mated at from 100000 to 100000.
The gas reservoir in South Bait
more, containing about 10000 cub
feet of gas. was blown over, the ga
exploding. Loss, $4,000. No one wa
injured.
The damage to shipping in the ha
Dor was general, but not of a serior
nature.
The weather bureau reports that tn
storm was more in the nature of
whirlwind than tornado. The win
!. blew at the rate of about As miles a
;, hour and one-half inch of water feI
= The storm lasted but Is minutes.
: far as known it was confined to Bali
more and suburbs.