The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
ELEMENTS WAGE FIERCE WAR
ON LIFE AND PROPERTY
Several Lives Lost in Tor
nado at Baltimore.
Wind, Lightning and Torrents of
Rain Swept the City.
n ALTIMORE, July pa fierce tor
ID nado, characterized by a wind

n ALTIMORE, July pa fierce tor
n nado, characterized by a wind
storm of extraordinary velocity.
thunder, vivid lightning and heavy
rain, burst upon Baltimore at 1890
q. m. today, coming from the south
west, 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 its fury in less than fifteen
minutes. The damage done in the BUSH
ness part of the city was compare
lively slight, being confined to the
blowing down of signs and injuries to
roofs. 1t was in the residence portions
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 a live wire. The follow
ing is a list of the killed:
Drowned in the harbor:
Roy Bateman, u years
joseph Cdln, III years.
John Cain. years.
Thomas Carroll, 81 years.
Harry Mccormick, 10 years.
Mrs. Mary Schiller, IS years, with
Harry S. Schiller, 10 months.
Olive Schiller, years
Charles Schiller, years.
Killed by falling trees:
William Cornish, colored-
Killed by live wire:
Charles Schaefer-
The first three victims on the above
list were out in a row boat on the
river with three other companions.
capsized, three being drowned and
three being rescued by the tugboat
Edna E George The boy killed by
live wire had, in company with two
other boys, gone to a shed for pro-
lection when the shed blew down and
a live wire fell on one of them
A Pathetic Incident.
The drowning of Mrs. Schiller and
her children was the most pathetic in
cident of the storm Michael Schiller
with his wife and three children, ac-
companied by his brother in-faw, Jo-
seph Cooper. and wife, had gone out
into the harbor for a sail in a thirty
foot boat. When the storm cana
Schiller and Cooper took in sails
! Schiller sent lis wife and children int
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 Schiller down and pinned hin
| to the deck. Another gust capsiZeC
4 the boat, releasing Schiller, who, witt
| Cooper and his wife, were thrown int
the water, leaving Mrs. Schiller anC
aer children pinned in the cabin
Cooper saved himself and wife bl
! hanging to the bottom Of the over
| turned boat and Schiller saved him
self in the same way, after making
| frantic efforts TO get his imprisoned
| wife and children
The crew of the schooner Edward
Hunt rescued Schiller and Cooper an
| wife and towed the capsized vessel t
/ the wharf, where ii was righted an
the dead bodies of Mrs. Schiller AM
her three children taken from tn
ca bin.
Thomas Carroll. with four othe
| young men, were out in the harbor i
| a row boat which was capsized. Car
! roll was drowned, while his four com
! panions chung to the rudder of tn
| Merchant Miner steamship from whic
| perilous position they were rescued 0
the tug Mary
Tree Fell On Camp Meeting.
In Paradise grove. near Powhattar
a huge tree fell upon tent in whic
a colored camp meeting was oeln
held and several Of the worshipeI
were caught beneath it, The tree Ia
] to be sawed into pieces before the in
prisoned men and women could be II
leased. William Cornish was c1t1she
/ to death. The others were not ser
ousIy hurt.
A hole several feet in diameter We
blown into the wall of St Mary's ST.
of the Sea Catholic church in SOui
! Baltimore and a portion OF the stoE
cornice, weighing more than ton, te
To the street. No one was injured
A boats crew from the Gerna
steamer Breslau. at anchor in the ha
Dor. picked up two men from boz
that had been capsized of Wolf stree
At the foot OF Concord street II
Merchants & Miners transpOrtauc
camp warehouse was unrOOfed ar
rain poured in on the valuable cars
stored there. doing a damage estima
ed at from 100000 to $4,000
The gas reservoir in South Ban
more containing about 100000 feet
gas. was blown over, the gas explO
ing. Loss. $4,000 No one was i
/ The damage to shipping in the Ia
| Dor was general, but not OF serlo'
| nature
Tie weather bureau reports that t
storm was more in the nature OF
| ! whirlwind than tornado Inc WI
! / blew al the rate OF sixty-four miles Z
, hour and one-half inch of water Re
The storm lasted but twenty minute
! So far as known. it was eonhned
Baltimore and suburbs
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