Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-07-25
ELEVEN DE4D IN STORM
Residence Portion of Baltimore De-
vastated by Fierce Tornado.
HUNDREDS oFHoUsEs uNRooFED

Of Those Who Persisted. Nine Were
Drowned In Harbor From open
Boats, One Killed BY Falling Tree,
and One BY Live Wire.
Baltimore, July 21-A fierce lorna
do. characterized by wind storm of
extraordinary velocity, thunder, vivid
lightning and a heavy rain, suddenly
burst upon Baltimore at 100 p. m. yes
terday, coming from the southwest,
with the net result that II 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 |
its fury in less than Is minutes. The |
damage done in the business part of |
the city was comparatively slight, be- |
ing confined to the blowing down of |
/ signs and injuries to roofs 1t was |
in the residence portions of the city |
/ along the river front and in the har- |
Dor where the wind spent its violence. |
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 Of the killed:
Drowned in the harbor-Roy Bate
man, Joseph Cain, John Cain, 6 years
old; Thomas Carroll, Harry McCor-
mick, Mrs. Mary Schiller, Harry S.
Schiller, 10 months old; Olive Schiller,
4 years old; Charles Schiller, z years
old.
Killed by falling tree-William Cor
nish. colored.
Killed by live wire-Charles Schae-
fer.
The drowning of Mrs. Schiller and
her children was the most pathetic in
cident Of the hurricane. Michael Schu-
Ter, with his wife and three children,
accompanied by his brother-in-law. Jo-
seph Cooper, and his wife, had gone out
into the harbor for a sail in a S0-foot
boat. When the storm came, Schiller
and Cooper took in sails. Schiller sent
his wife and children into the nLtle
cabin, and he stood at the tiller to keep
the vessels head toward the wind.
sudden gust of wind threw the boom
of the vessel around, knocked Schiller
down and pinned him to the deck An
other gust capsized the boat, releasing
Schiller, who, with Cooper and his
wife, We're thrown into the water, leav-
ing Mrs. Schiller and her children pin
ned in the cabin. Cooper saved himself
and his wife by hanging to Ihe 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 H. Hunt
rescued Schiller and Cooper and wife
and towed the capsized vessel to the
wharf, where it was righted and the
dead bodies of Mrs Schiller and her
three children taken from the cabin
Thomas Carroll, with four ot'-'r
young men, were out in the harbor IN
a rowboat, which was capsized Carroh
was drowned, while his four compan-
ions chung to the rudder of the Mer-
chant and Miners steamship Chatham,
from which perilous position they were
rescued by the tug Mary.
A cOlored camp meeting was in pro-
gress in Paradise Grove. near Powhat-
tan, 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 services had
. been held. Several of the worshippers
were caught in it as 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 seriously injured.