Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-21
DEATHS QUICK WORK.
Raided Baltimore on Wings Of
Wind-.A Victim for Near
ly Every Minute.
II IN LESS THAN Is MINUTES.
Other Persons Had Narrow Escapes.
Some Destruction of Property DC.
curred-Ihe Storm More In Form
of a Whiriwind Than Tornado.

Baltimore, July 21.--A fierce tor
RADIO, characterized by a wind storm
II extraordinary velocity, thunder,
vivid lightning and heavy rain, sud.
denly burst upon Baltimore at 1:30
D. m. yesterday, coming from the
southwest, with the net result that IL
persons lost their lives, hundreds OF
houses were unroofed, trees in the
Iublic parks and streets were torn up
by the roots, many buildings dam.
aged and several people injured. The
storm exhausted itself in less than
1S minutes. The damage done in the
business part Of the city was com.
Iaratively slight being confined to
the blowing down of signs and in
juries to roofs. It was in the resi-.
dence portions of the city, along the
river front and In the harbor where
tie wind spent it's violence.
or those who persisted nine were
crowned in the harbor from open
boats, one was killed by falling tree
aid one by a 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, s years old.
Thomas Carroll, 81 years old.
Harry Mccormick. 10 years old.
Mrs. Mary Schiller, % years old.
Harry S. Schiller, 10 months old.
Olive Schuler 4 years old.
Charles Schiller. Z years old.
Killed by Falling Tree.
William Cornish, colored
Killed by Live Wire.
Charles Schaefer.
The first three victims on the above
list were out in a rowboat on the
liver with three other companions.
When the storm broke the boat was
calsized, three being drowned and
three being rescued by the tugboat
Edna v George. The boy killed by
a live wire had, in company with two
cher boys, gone into shed for pro
lection, when the shed blew down and
live wire fell on one of them, result
ing in his death.
Micheal Schiller, with his wife and
three children, accompanied by his
brotherin-law, Joseph Cooper, and his
wife, had gone out into the harboI
Tor sail in a 30-foot boat. When the
storm came Schiller and Cooper took
in sails. Schiller sent his wife and chill
oTen into the little cabin and he stood
1T the tillsr to keep the vessels head
wind threw the boom of the vessel
around, knocked Schuler down and
pinned him to the deck.
Drowne, aned In Cabin.
Another S. .psized the boat, re
leasing Sehuler, who, with Cooper and
MS wife. We're thrown into the water.
leaving Mrs. Schiller and her children
nned in the cabin. Cooper saved
himself and his wife by hanging to
the bottom of the overturned boat
and Schiller saved himself in the
same way, after making frantic eff
forts to get at his imprisoned wife
and children crew from the
steamer Edward H. Hunt rescued
Schiller and Cooper and wife and
towed the capsized vessel to the
wharf, where it was righted, and the
Gead bodies of Mrs. SCHUYLER and her
three children taken from the cabin
Thomas Carroll, with four other
young men, were out in the harbor in
rowboat, which was capsized. Car
roll was drowned, while his four com
panions chung to the rudder of the
Merchants and Miners steamship
Chatham, from which perilous posi-
ton they were rescued by the tug
Mary.
Tree Fell on Camp of Worshipers.
colored camp meeting was In
progress in Paradise grove, near Pow.
i.atan, on the Liberty road The con
gfegation 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 worshipers were caught beneath
II as 1t fell The tree had to be sawed
into pieces before the imprisoned men
and women could be released. vii
liam Cornish was crushed to death
by the falling tree The others were
rot seriously injured.
hole several feet In diameter was
blown in the wall of st. Mary's Star
q the Sea Catholic church, in South
baltimore A portion of the stone
ccrnice, weighing more than ton
fell TO the street. Fortunately no one
vas injured by the falling stone and
bllck The damage to the church
vas estimated at $1,000.
While the storm was at its height
boats crew from the German
steamer Breslau, at anchor in the har
bor, picked up two men from a boat
which had been capsized off Wolf
street
Much Damage Was Done.
At the foot OF Concord street the |
Merchants and Miners Transports
ton company's warehouse was un
ioofed, with small damage to build /
ing, but the rain poured in on the |
valuable cargo stored therein, doing
damage which was estimated from /
100000 to 100000