Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-21
FIERCE TORNADO
The Cause Of Eleven Deaths at
Baltimore, Sunday.
Hundreds of Houses Unroofed and
Other Buildings Damaged.
Nine Drowned in Harbor-Storm Only
Lasted IS Minutes.

| baitllnOfe, July ZU.-A Ilerce tornado
| characterized by a wind storm of ex-
traordinary velocity, thunder, vivit
| lightning and a heavy rain, suddenly
burst upon Baltimore, at 130 p. M
| today, with the net result that II per-
sons lost their lives, hundreds OF
houses were unroofed, trees in the
public parks and streets We're torn uT
| by the roots, many buildings damaged
| and several people injured. The storr
| exhausted its fury in less than Il
minutes. The damage done was in the
residence portions of the city, along
the river front and in the harbor
Nine We're drowned in the harboI
from open boats, one man was killed
by a falling tree and one by a live
wire. The following is a list of the
dead:
Drowned in the harbor: Roy Bate
man, IL years old; Jos. Cain, TO- John
Cain, 6; Thomas Carroll, 81; Harry
Mccormick, 10; Mrs. Mary Schuler, IS:
Harry S. Schuler, 10 months; Olive
Schuler, 4 years; Chas. Schuler, 7.
Killed by falling tree, William Cor
nisl. colored.
Killed by live wire, Charles Schaef-
fer.
The first three victims on the above
list We're out in row boat on the
river with three other companions.
When the storm broke the boat cap
sized, three being drowned and three
being rescued by a tug boat. 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 him..
Michael Schiller, with his wife and
three children, accompanied by his
brother-in-law. Joseph Cooper, and his
wife, had gone out into the harbor for
a sail in 30-foot boat. A sudden gust
capsized the boat, throwing SCHUYLER,
Cooper and Mrs. Cooper into the water,
leaving Mrs. Schiller and her children
pinned in the cabin. Cooper saved HIM
self and his wife by hanging to the
bottom of the overturned boat and
Schiller saved himself in the same way,
after making frantic efforts to get at
his imprisoned wife and children. A
crew from the schooner Edward Nj.
Hunt rescued Schiller and Cooper and
wife and lowed the capsiZed vessel
to the wharf where it was righted and
the uedu DOQleS VI MIS-. SCLluici anu
her children taken from the children.
Thomas Carroll with four other
young men. was out in the harbor in
rowboat which was capsized. Carroll
was drowned, while his four compan-
ions chung to the rudder of the Mer-
chants & Miners Cos. steamship Chat
ham, from which perilous position they
were rescued by a tug.
A colored campmeeting near Pow
hatan had just been dismissed when
the storm broke. A huge oak tree fell
upon the tent IN which the services haG
been held. Several of the worshippers
were caught beneath as it fell the
tree had to be sawed into pieces before
the imprisoned men and women coulc
be released William Cornish was
crushed to death.
A hole several feet in diameter was
blown in the wall of st. Mary's Star
of the Sea Catholic church in South
Baltimore A portion of the stone COR
nice weighing more than a ton fell to
the street.
At the foot of Concord street the
Merchants & Miners Transportation
Cos. warehouse was unroofed with
small damage to the building, but the
rain poured in on the valuable cargo
stored therein, doing a damage which
is estimated at from 100000 to S30o,ooo