New Ulm review., 1902-07-23
STORM IN BAI /, ,1IN0RE
Maryland City Suffers Greatly from
a Tornado.
|ELE VEN PER SONS I LOsE THEIR & IVES

Illinois, Iowa and Miss onrI Farmers
Ruined by High Water--Th
Damages VIII Reach
100000
Baltimore, Nd, July 21.-A fierce
tornado characterized by a wind
of extraordinary velocity, thunder,
vivid lightning and q heavy rain, sud-
denly burst upon Baltimore at 1:3O
p. m. Sunday y, coming from the south
west, with the net result that IL per-
sons lost their lives, hundreds Of
houses were nnroo ofed, trees in the
public parks and streetsswere torn up
by the roots, many buildings damaged
and several people injured. Thestorm
exhausted its fury in le SIS than / s min
sutes. The. DANA ge done il the business
part Of the city was comparatively
slight, being confined to the blowing
down ,of4signsl and njuries to roofs.
city along the river front and in the
harbors where the wind spent its vio-
lence., s M
All The Victims Il
OF those who persisted 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 of1thes killed.
4 Drowned in, the hal rbor: Roy Bateman
u years old; Joseph Cain, 10 years old;
John Cain, years old; Thomas Carroll,
q years old; Harry Mccormick, 10 years
old Mrs. Mary Schuler, 28 years old Harry
S. Schuler, 10 months old; Olive Schuler,
4 years old; Charles schuler years old; /;
Killed by Falling tree-William Cornish
colored. Killed by Live wire-Charles
Schaefer. $5.
The first three victims on the above
list were out in a roWboat on the river
with three other comp panions, When
the storm brokethe e boat was cap sized,
three being drowned and three being
rescued by the tugboat Edna ".
George. The boy killed by live wire
had in company with two other boys
gone into q shed for protection, when
the shed blew down and a live wire fell
on one Of them, resulting in his death.
~at<. A Pathetic Incident.
The drowning of Mrs. Schuler and
her children was the most pathetic
incident of the hurricane. Michael
Schuler, with his wife and three chill
Edren, accompanied by his brother-in-
law, Joseph Cook, and his wife, had
gone out into the harbor for sail in
3O-foot boat. When the storm came
Schuler and Cock took in sails. Schu-
Ter sent his wife and children into the
little cabin and he stood at thetiller to.
keep the vessels head toward the:
wind A sudden gust oftwind threw
the boom ofss the 81 vessel around,
Eknocke SSchuler 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. Leaving Mrs Sch ule1. and
her children pinned in the cabin.
Cooper saved himself and This wife by
hanging to the bottemsof thesover-
turned boat, 5and Schuler saved him
self in the same way, after making
frantic efforts to get at his imprisoned
|Wifeaand children. IA crew from the
schooner Edward 81. Hunt rescued
schuler and Cooper and wife and
towed the capssiiz Cd vessel lto thewha arf,
where it was righted and the dead
bodies Of Mrs. Schuler and her three
children taken from the cabin.
Thomas Carroll, with four other
young men, were out in the harbor ID
la frowboat, which was capsized. Car
roll was drowned, while his four COM
panions clung to the rudder of the
Merchant and Miners steamship Chat
ham, from which perilous position
Ithey were rescued by the tug Nfary.ss
Killed lily FalIing Tree.
VA colored mp5meeting was ia prog
ress in Paradise grove, near Powhat4 ~
tan, on SthefL Libertysroad. The congre-
cation had just been dismissed when
the storm broke. "a huge oak treefelI
! upon the tent id which the rsyices
had been held. Several Of The ~ sssFolTs- OF.
shippers were cangh beneath ii Is it
fell. The tree had to be sawed into
pieces before the imp prisoned men and
women could be released. William
Cornish was crushed 10 death sby the
falling tree. The others were not se-
nously injured n Il, ,sss ss &
Boat Capsi.ed.
Rochester, Nd, July q ames B.
Post, aged 20, and Theodore o.
Parker, 21 years old, sof Baltimore,
who came here Saturday on an ex-
cursion, were drowned Sunday after
noon. They, with four companions,
were rowing in the bay. wind
|squall overturned the boat. The
other occupants of the little craft
clung to it4unti rescued.
FLOOD VERY COSTLY.
Damage In Mississippi VALLEY VIII
Exceed $4,000, 900.
keokuk, Ia, July 81 pIoration Of
the flooded districts Of the Mississinni