Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-18
A STORM N CHICAGO
Severe Wind and Electrical Dis.
turbance Does Much Damage
on State Street.
Many Are Hurt in the City and
the Shipping Suffers Heavy
Damage.
Property Loss Will Reach Thous.
ands Of Dollars...Panic in
Show Tent.

Chicago. July 1S.-Two terrific cleo
trical and wind storms, the second one
the most violent in years, swept over
the city yesterday afternoon and last
stopping traffic and imperiling even the
largest lake craft.
Bursting. with three minutes, from a
twelve-mil breeze to a sixty-eight mile
gale. the wind. attended by a torrent of
rain and a continuous display of light
ming, struck terror into the hearts of
the thousands of persons on the streets,
caused pancs at parties both the Chi
cago and Columbia Yacht clubs, and
wrought thousands OF dollars damage
to property.
During the afternoon storm the yacht
Tartar WAS struck by 81 sudden squat
While cruising just outside the govern
ment hreakwater. and capsized with
seven persons on board. BY the quick
action of the men on the tug Carter III.
Harrison and other yacht crews an
We're rescued after a hard battle With
the Whtecaps.
The damage on shore was light dur
ing this storm. which struck the city
at O'Clock, but a second storm, which
came few minutes before O'Clock,
wrought great havoc.
The force of the Squall was felt
greatest at the two yacht club houses
on the lake. When the storm burst up
on the>Columbia Yacht Club Secretary
l.. G. Rennck was seated at his desk.
Three large windows directly in front
of him were shattered by the wind the
glass showeling over Mr.. Rennick and
cutting him about the head and hands
AS the wind increased the building
moved and swayed on its foundation of
yiling, breaking all the windows, and
for a few seconds shook as il about to
slide into the lake. AT this instant
dinner party upstairs became frantic
with fear and rushed screaming downs
stairs and ran out into the torrent OF
rain.
At the same time dance was in
progress at the Chicago Yacht Club
With the first onslaught of the gale
several settees on the balcony were
blown along the building and tumbled
into the water. The noise caused by
the tumbling settees frightened the
dancers, who ran from the building and
stood upon the pier. While standing
outdoors the wind carried several per-
sons almost into the water and the
crowd was forced again to seek shelter
inside, the building.
Is The guests at the Columbia were
unable to get conveyances in order to
leave the club house. and were soon
driven into the building by the blind
ing flashes of lightning. A second sud-
den rise in the wind almost caused
another panic, until r. Shoots, IL
year-old boy employed by the club
assured the company that the building
was securely anchored to its founda-
ton. The officers. however. fear that
the wind may have weakened the foun-
dation and will have the piling eX-
amined today.
one hundred and fifty persons were
buried beneath mass of canvas and
broken tilnbers when the wind last
night caused the collapse of big tent
which sheltered Edwards Sunny South
MINISTRIES at Thirty-Ninth street and
Rhodes avenue.
Women and children were thrown
down and trampled upon in the wild
rush to escape.
Five persons were more or less seri-
ously injured, and fifty others escaped
with slight cuts and bruises. The
heavy, wet canvas held women and
children prisoners until holes were cut
in the tent and they were dragged
out.
The greatest damage done by the
storm in the down town district was on
State street. The signs and awnings in
front of many OF the large stores were
torn from their fastenings and carried
along the street. "A chair was blown
for two blocks along Madison street,
and at Madison and State streets two
cabs We're almost overturned by the
gale. All along the streets the cab
drivers We're forced to drive into the
alleys and into the leeway of large
buildings to prevent the wind from de-
molishing their vehicles.
Sharp, powerful blasts of wind
smashed many plate glass windows in