The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-21
SQUALL ON EASTERN SHORE
TWO DROWN IN THE BAY OFF ToL-
CHESTER BEACH.
Flood and Storm in Central New York
Loss Of Four Lives Reported
Much Damage to the Crops.

july IA nerCe Storfns
characterized by wind of extraordinary We
locity, thunder. vivid lightning and heavy
rain suddenly burst upon Baltimore at l:S0
p. m. to-day. coming from the southwest,
with the result that eleven persons lost
their lives. hundreds Of houses were un-
rooted. streets torn up. many buildings
damaged and many persons injured. The
storm spent it's fury in less than fifteen
minutes. The damage done in the business
part of the city was comparatively slight.
being confined to the blowing down OF signs
and injuries to roofs. 1t was in the resi-
dence portions of the city and along the
river front and in the harbor that the wind
spent its 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. Following is a list OF the killed:
Drowned In the Harbor.-
ROY BATEMAN, twelve years old.
JOSEPH CAIN, ten years old.
JOHN CAIN, six years old.
THOMAS CARROLL. twenty-one years
HENRY MCCORMICK. nineteen years
old.
MRS. MARY SCHUYLER, twenty-eight
years old.
HARRY S. SCHUYLER. ten months old.
OLIVE SCHUYLER, four years old.
CHARLES SCHUYLER. seven years old.
Killed by Falling Tree
WILLIAM CORNISH. colored.
KILLED by Live Wire
CHARLES SCHAFER.
The first three victims on the list were in
a rowboat on the river with three other
companions. When the storm broke the
boat was capsized, three being drowned and
three being rescued by the tugboat Edna V.
George The boy killed by live wire had,
in company with two other boys, gone into
a shed for protection when the shed blew
down and a live wire fell on one OF them.
resulting in his death.
The drowning Of Mrs Schuler and her
children the most pathetic incident OF
the hurricane. Michael Schuler, with his
wife and three children, accompanied by
his brother-in-law, Joseph Cooper. and his
wife, had gone out into the harbor for
sail in a thirty-foot 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 uller TO
keep the vessels head toward the wind. A
sudden gust of wind threw the boom OF the
vessel around and knocked Schuler down
and pinned him TO the deck. Another gust
capsized the boat, releasing Schuler, who
with Cooper and his wife was thrown into
the water, leaving Mrs Schuler and her
children pinned in the cabin. Cooper saved
himself and wife by hanging 10 the bottom
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 Schuler and Coop
er and his wife and towed the capsized ves-
sci TO the wharf, where IL was righted and
the dead bodies of Mrs. Schuler and her
three children taken from the cabin.
Thomas Carroll and four other young
men were out I'm the harbor In rowboat
which was capsized. Carroll drowned. but
his four companions clung TO the ruoder or
the Merchants and Miners steamship
Chatham, from which perilous position
they were rescued by the tug Mary.
A colOred camp meeting was In progress
I'm Paradise Grove. near Powbattan. on the
Liberty road. The congregation had just
been dismissed when the storm broke A
huge tree fell on the tent In Which the
services had been held. Several of the
worshipers were caught beneath IL IS II
fell. The tree had 10 be sawed 70 pieces
before the imprisoned men and women
could be released William Cornish was
killed by the falling tree. The others were
not seriously hurt.
A hole several feet in diameter was
blown in the wall OF St. Mary's Star OF the
Sea Catholic Church In South Baltimore.
A portion of the stone cornice weighing
more than a ton fell &c the street For
tunatelv no one was injured by the falling
stone and brick. The damage 10 the church
is estimated at 5000.
crew from the German steamer Breslau. az
anchor in the harbor, picked up two men
from a boat which had been capsized on
Wolf street.
At the foot Of Concord street the Mer-
chants and Miners Transportation Com
nanv's warehouse was unroOfed. with small
damage TO building. but the rain poured
in ON the valuable cargo stored there, doing
a damage which is estimated from 100000
TO $500. 600.
The gas reservoir in South Baltimore con-
tanning about 100000 feet Of gas was blown
over the gas exploding. without inJuring
any one the damage being placed at $1,000.
The damage to the shipping in the harbor
was general but not OF a serious nature,
including such the ripping OF sails ana
the loss OF masts and spars-
The Weather Bureau here reports that
IN was more In the nature OF a whirlwind
than a tornado. The wind blew at the rate
Of sixty-fouT miles hour and the rain
fan was hfty-six one hundredths OF an inch.
The first indication OF the storm was ap-
parent at ! .25 p. m. and the sun reappeared
al l:45 Reports from outlying districts
are ueager. but so far as known the storm
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