Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-07-21
Little Damage Done in Business Part, Wind
Striking the Lsvsa
tNE MEET DEATH IN THE HARBoR
We're Out Rowing When Storm Game and
Failed to Reach Shelter.
PATHETIC INCIDENT OF A DROWNING
Mother and Children Had Gone for a
Sail when wind Capsised the
Boat, Throwing Them
Into the Sea.


suddenly burst upon Baltimore at / 40 p. m.
today, coming from the southwest, with the
net result that eleven persons lost their
lives, hundreds Of trees In the public parks
and streets were torn up by the roots. many
buildings damaged and several people in
jured. The storm exhausted its fury in
less than fifteen minutes. The damage
done in the business part Of the city was
comparatively slight, being confined 10 the
blowing down Of signs and injuries to roofs.
II was worst In portions OF the city along
the river front and in the harbor, where
the wind spent its violence. OF those who
perished nine were drowned In the harbor
from open boats, one was killed by a falling
tree and one by live wire.
The following is a list of the killed:
Drowned In the harbor:
ROY BATEMAN, II years old.
JOSEPH CAIN, 10 year old.
JOHN CAIN, years old.
THOMAS CARROLL. 81 years old.
HARRY MCCORMICK. 10 years old.
MRS. MARY SCHUYLER. 2s years old.
HARRY S. SCHUYLER, 10 months old.
OLIVE SCHUYLER, years old
CHARLES SCHUYLER, years old
Killed by falling tree;
WILLIAM CORNISH, colored.
Killed by live wire:
CHARLES SHAEFFER.
Out in ROwbOat.
The first three of the above list were
out in a rowboat. When the storm broke
the boat was capsized. three being
drowned, and the three others in the boat
being rescued by the tugboat Edna v.
George. The boy killed by 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,
resulting In his death.
The drowning OF Mrs. Schuler and her
children was the most pathetic incident Of
the hurricane. Michael schuler, with his
wife and three children, accompanied by
his brotherin-law Joseph Cooper, and his
wife had gone out into the harbor for a
sail In thirty-foot boat.
When the storm came Schiller ana
Cooper took in sails. Schuler sent his wife
and children into the little cabin and ho
stood at the tiller to keep the vessels
head to the wind. A sudden gust Of wind
threw the boom OF the vessel around,
knocking schuler 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, leav-
ing Mrs. Schuler and her children penned
In the cabin. Cooper saved himself and
his wife by hanging to the bottom Of the
overturned boat and Schuler saved himself
in the same way after making frantic ef-
forts to get at his imprisoned wife and
children.
crew from the schooner Edward H.
Hunt rescued Schuler and Cooper and wife
and towed the capsized vessel to the wharf,
where It was righted and the dead bodies
of Mrs. schuler and the children were taken
from the cabin.
Thomas Carroll, with four other young
men. were out in the harbor in a rowboat,
which was capsized. Carroll was drowned.
while his four companions clung to the rud-
der of the Merchant and Miners steamship
Chatham. from which perilous position they
were rescued by the tug Mary.
Tree Falls Onto Tent.
A colored campmeetins was In progress In
Paradise Grove. The congregation had just
been dismissed when the storm broke A
huge tree fell on the tent in which the
services had been held. Several Of the
worshipers were caught beneath II as II
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 seriously hurt.
nOlo IN ulameIeF was
blown In st. Mary's Star of the Sea Cath
Ollie church, South Baltimore. A portion Of
the stone cornice weighing more than a ton
fell to the street Fortunately no one was
| injured by the falling stone and brick
The damage to the church Is estimated at
| $1,000.
While the storm was at its height a
boats crew from the German steamer
Breslau, at anchor in the harbor, picked
up two men from a boat which had beea
capslzed off Wolf street.
At the foot OF Concord street the Mer-
chants and Miners transportation com
pany's warehouse was unroofed with small
damage to the building. but the rain poured
| in on the valuable cargo stored therein.
doing damage estimated at from 100000
to 100000
The gas reservoir In South Baltimore,
containing about 800 900 feet Of gas, was
blown over, the gas exploding without In
Turing anyone, the damage being placed at
SIS 900 The damage TO the shipping in
the harbor was general. including such as
| the ripping OF sails and the loss OF masts
| and spars. The weather bureau here re-
ports that It was more In the nature OF q
! whirlwind than a tornado. The wind blew
! at the rate Of sixty-four miles an hour and
tho rainfall was 66-10O Of an inch. The
first indication OF the storm was apparent
| at l:25 p. m. and the sun reappeared at
l:45. Reports from outlying districts are
meager. but so far as Is known the storm