The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-21
Fierce WhIrIWind Strikes BaIti-
more and Eleven Per-
sons Are Killed
GREAT DAMAGE is DONE
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Of Those Who Pershed Nine Were
Drowned In the Harbor-Woman
and Child Die Imprisoned In
the Cabin of a Boat.
Baltimore. Md. July 2O.-A fierce tor
nado, characterized by windstorm Of
extraordinary thunder vivid lightning
and heavy rain, suddenly burst upon
Baltimore at 1;3O p. m. today, coming
from the southwest with the net result
that eleven persons lost their lives, hun
dreds of houses were unroofed, trees in
the public parks and streets were torn
up by the roots. bany 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, be-
ing confined to the blowing down of
signs and arnage to roofs. 1t was in
the residence portions 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 falling tree and one
by live wire The following Is a list of
the killed:
The Dead.
Drowned in the harbor
Roy Bateman. u years old
Joseph Cain. 10 years old.
John Cain, s years old.
Thomas Carroll, q years old.
Harry Mccormick. 10 years old.
Mrs. Mary Schuler. 2S years old
Harry s. Schuler, 10 months old
Oliver Schuler, years old.
Charles Schuler. 7 years. old.
Killed by falling tree;
William Cornish. colored.
Killed by 1.-Two wire;
Charles scheafer.
The first three victims in the above list
were out in the river with three other
companions w hen the storm broke the
boat was capsized, three being drowned
and three being rescued by the tugboat
Edna v. George. The boy killed by a
live wire had in company with lwo 9TH
ers. gone into a shed for protection when
the shed blew down ard a live wire fell
on one of them, resulting in his death.
Pathetic Incident.
The drowning of Mrs. Schuler and her
children was the most pathetic incident
of the hurricane Michael Schuler, with
his wife and enree children, accompaied
by his brother-in-law, James Cooper and
his wife. had gone out into the narbor Tor
a sail IN q yJ-1oot boat. When the storm
came Schuler and Cooper 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, knocking Schuler
down and pinned him to the deck An
ing Schuler. who, with Cooper and his
wife were thrown into the water leaving
Mrs. Schuler and her. children pinned in
the cabin. Cooper saved himself and wife
by hanging to the bottom of the over
turned boat and Schuler saved himself
in the same way. After making efforts to
A crew from the schooner Edward H.
Hunt, rescued Schuler and Cooper and his
wife and towed the capsized ssel TO the
wharf 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 in a row.
boat which was capslzed. Carroll was
drowned while his four companions clung
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ers steamship Chatham, from which per-
ilous position tney were rescued by the
tug Mary
Camp Meeting Disturbed.
colored camp meeting was in pro-
gress in Paradise Grove near Powhatan.
on the Liberty road. The CONGREGATION
had just been dismissed when the storm
broke. A huge tree fell upon the tent.
in which the services had been held. Sew
eral of the worshippers were caught be-
meath it as it fell. The tree had to be
sawed to pieces before the imprisoned
men and women could be released. Will
liam Cornish was crushed to death by
the falling tree The others were not
seriously hurt.
A hole seven feet in diameter was
blown in the wall of St Mary's Star of
the Sea Catholic church in South Balti-
MOI e.. A portion of the stone tower
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, picked
up two men from a boat which had been
capsized off Wolf street.
At the foot of Concord street the Mer-
chant and Miners Transportation Com
pany's warehouse was unroofed with
small damage to building, but the rain
poured in on the valuable cargo stored
therein. doing a damage which is esti-
mated at from 100000 to 100000 The
gas reservoir in South Baltimore, con-
tanning 100000 feet of gas. was blown
over, the gas exploding without injuring
any one, the damage being placed at $15,-
900.
The damage to the shipping in the har-
Dor was. general, out not of serious
nature including such as the ripping of
sails and the loss of nasts and spars.
The weather bureau reports that II
was more in the nature of a whirlwind
than tornado. The wind blew at the
rate Of sixty-four miles an hour and the
rainfall was .56 of an inch.
The first indication of the storm was
apparent at :25 p. m. and the sun re-
appeared at 1:45. Reports from outlying
districts are meagre, but SO far as known
the storm was confined to Baltimore and