Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-21
ELEVEN LIVES LOST.
City of Baltimore Visited By Fierce
 Tornado

V
 Tornado.
 BALTIMORE, Yt.4y -I.--A fierce tor nado characterized by windstorm of extraordinary velocity thunder, vivid lightning and heavy rain suddenly burst upon Baltimore at 1:30 D. m. yesterday, coming from the southwest. with 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 damaged and several people injured. The storm ex- hausted it's fury in less than fifteen 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. It was in the residence portions of the city, along the river front and in the harbor where the wind spent it's violence
 Of those who perished nine were drowned in the harbor from open boats, one was killed by falling tree and one by a live wire. The following is list of the dead:
 Roy Bateman, twelve years old; Jo- seph Cain, ten years old; John Cain, five years old; Thomas Carroll, twen- ty-one years old; Harry Mccormick, nineteen years old; Mrs. Mary Schuler, twenty-eight years old; Harry s. Schu- Ter, ten months old; Olive Schuler, four years old; Charles Schuler, seven years old; William Cornish, colored, and Charles Schaefer.
 RY,e,+ list were out in a rowboat on the river with three other companions. When the storm broke, the boat was cap sized, three being drowned, while the other three were rescued by the tug boat Edna V. George. The boy killed by a 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, re- sulting in his death.
 The drowning of Mrs. Schuler and her children was the most pathetic iIa- \ cident of the hurricane. Michael Schu- Ter, with his wife and three children, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Jo- seph Cook, and his wife, had gone out into the harbor for sail in thirty
  Schuler and Cook took in sails. Schu- Ter sent his wife and children into the little cabin, and lie stood at the tiller to keep the vessels head toward the wind. A sudden gust of wind threw the boom of the vessel around, knock ing Schuler down and pinning him to the deck. Another gust capsized the boat, releasing Schuler, who, with Cooper and his wife, were thrown into the water, leaving Mrs. Schuler and her children pinned in the cabin. Coop CT saved himself and his wife by hang ing to the bottom of the overturned boat, and Schuler saved himself in the same way after making frantic efforts to get at his imprisoned wife and chil- dren. A crew from the schooner Ed ward H. Hunt rescued Schuler and Cooper and. his wife and lowed the was righted and the dead bodies of Mrs. Schuler and her three children were taken from the cabin.
 Thomas Carroll, with four other young men, was out ill the harbor in a rowboat, which was capsized. Carroll was drowned while his four compan- ions clung to the iradder of the Mer- chants 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 Powhatan, on the Liberty road. The congregation 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 worship CTS were caught beneath it as it fell. | The tree had to be sawed into pieces | before the imprisoned men and women l could be released. William Cornish | was crushed to death by the falling | tree. The others were not seriously hurt | A hole several feet in diameter was | blown in the wall of St Marys Star of 1 the Sea Catholic church in South Bal timore. A portion of the stone cornice, | weighing more than ton, fell to the | street. FortunsSely no one was injured ! by the falling stone and brick. The l damage to the church is estimated at l ST ,OOO. At the foot of. Concord street | the Merchants and Miners Transpor- | tation company's warehouse was un- | roofed, with small damage to the |