The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-21

eOiHduO, CHdrdclerlZeu Dy WIND storm
of extraordinary velocity, thunder, vivid
lightning and heavy rain, suddenly
burst upon Baltimore at 1870 p. m. to-
day. 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 exhausted it's fury in less
than fifteen minutes. The damage done
in the business part of the city was
comparatively slight, being confined to
the blowing down Of signs and injuries
to roofs. 1t was in the residence por-
tions 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 a falling tree and
one by live wire. The following is a
list of the killed:
Drowned in the harbor:
BOY F6eAI,I31 BI31ATEMAN, EMAN, twelve years old.
JOSEPH CAIN, ten years old.
JOHN CAIN, six.
THOMAS CARROLL twenty-one.
HARRY MCCORMICK. nine
MRS: MARY SCHUYLER, twenty eight.
CHARLES SCHUYLER, seven years.
Killed by falling tree:
WILLIAM CORNISH, colored.
Killed by live wire:
CHARLES SCHAEFER.
Out in a Rowboat.
The first three victims on the above
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 and three
being rescued by the tugboat Edna ".
George. The boy killed by a live wire
had, in company with two other boys,
gone into a shed for protection, when
the shed blew down and q live wire fell
on one of them, resulting I'm 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 chill
dren, accompanied by his brother-in-
law, Joseph Cooper, and his wife, had
gone out into the harbor for a sail in
a thirty-foot boat When the storm
came Schuler and Cook took in sails.
Schuler sent his wife and children
into 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
Schuler down and pinned him to the
deck. Another gust capsized the boat,
releasing Schuler, who, with Cooper
and his wife, was thrown into the
water, leaving Mrs. Schuler and her
children pinned 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 efforts to get
at his imprisoned wife and children.
a crew from the schooner Edward II.
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his wife and towed the capsiZed ves-
sci to the wharf, where it was righted
and the dead bodies of Mrs. Schuler
and her three children taken from the
cabin.
Cling to a Rudder.
Thomas Carroll, with four other
young men, was out in the harbor in
a rowboat, which was capsiZed. Car
roll was drowned, while his four
companions clung to the rudder of the
Merchant and Miners steamship Chat
ham, from which perilous position they
were rescued by the tug Mary.
A negro camp meeting was in prog
ress in Paradise Grove, near Powhat-
ton, on the Liberty road. The congre-
CATION had just been dismissed when
the storm broke. A huge oak tree
fell upon the tent in which the serv-
ices had been held. Several Of the
WOTSnlpeTS were Caught bGuStttu IL dS
it 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 seri-
ously injured.
A hole several feet I'm diameter was
blown in the wall Of a Catholic church
in 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
boats crew from the German steamer
Breslau at anchor in the harbor, pick
ed up two men from boat which had
been capsized off Wolf street.
Cargo Damaged by Rain.
AT the foot Of Concord street the
Merchant and Miners Transportation
company's 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 from 100000 to
$500, 1000.
The gas reservoir in South Balti-
more, containing about 100000 feet of
gas, was blown over. the gas eXplod-
ing, without injuring anyone, the dam
age being placed at $4,000.
The damage to the shipping in the
harbor was general, but not of a seri-
Gus nature, including such as the rip
ping Of sails and the loss Of masts
and spars.
The weather bureau here reports
that 1t was more in the nature of a
whirlwind than a tornado The wind