The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26
Report. From Outlying Dis
triets Contain narrowing De.
tails OF Damage Done.
FRANTIC PEOPLE RUSH ABOUT
Houses Torn From Foundations
and Roofs Are Sent Flying
Through Air Creating
Great Excitement.

Chicago. March 26.--Further details
OF the damage caused by last nights
storm in the suburbs OF Chicago were
obtained today AZ Washington
Heights several persons were injured
and houses were blown down or un-
rooted. In Morgan park and Fernwood
the storm reached the proportionssof q
tornado. Five houses were unroofed
another was blown from It's founda-
tions and miles Of telephone and tele-
graph poles were blown down. Twisted
telegraph wires blocked the Rock ISL
and and Panhandle railway tracks
Sidewalks were wrenched from their
places and thousands OF yards OF
fences we're scattered throughout the
streets.
Among the injured at Washington
Heights was Mrs s. ScharpIer. who
was badly cut by flying glass. The
families OF Peter Mellen and Mrs. II.
Ray had narrow escapes. Mrs. Mellen
and her daughters were In bed when
the storm struck. In an instant the
roof was carried away and the terri
fled women were drenched by the rain.
The Ray cottage was 200 feet away.
Mrs. Ray and several friends were In
the parlor when the roof Of the Mellen
house crashed upon their dwelling,
wrecklng the upper story. A number
OF other houses and stores were badly
damaged. Traffic on the Calumet elec-
trio street railway and the Chicago
Electric Traction Company. operating
between Blue Island and Auburn park,
was tied up for hours
Almost every house In Burnsldes was
damaged in the storm. chimneys we're
blown down. roofs torn away. and
there was scarcely an unbroken win
dow left In the suburb. No one was
injured so far as the police were able
TO learn. The water covering this por-
tlon OF the city rose about six inches
In the storm. In South Chicago the
storm continued through the night.
sweeping down telegraph poles and
covering part Of the town. Fred Brunk,
Of South Chicago, and his wife Rebec-
ca were severely injured when the roof
OF their dwelling was blown of. Both
were struck by bricks.
At Seventy-hfth street and Rail-
road avenue the wind blew the roof
from building occupied by Brown &
Co, coal dealers. and hurled 1t against
car on the Calumet electric line
filled with passengers. The car was
knocked from the track. None Of the
passengers was seriously hurt. At
Dauphln park. the Illinois Central sta
tion platform and roof were torn off
by the wind and thrown across the
track stopping traffic for some time.
The situation IN Dauphin park Is SER
ious, Many acres Of land are under
water already several feet deep. and
sidewalks in the sou th end of the
town are submerged. Last nights
storm added materially to the gravity
OF the situation. The total damage
there is put at $4,000, The wind put
an end to the Rogers park street car
service In North Clark street Be-
tween Devon and Greenleaf avenues,
fallen trolley and arc light poles and
tangled and broken wires stopped all
traffic during the night and caused the
falling of policemen and fireman to
prevent fatalities. Throughout Lake
View considerable damage was done
BY wind and rain.
In Evanston the wind blew down a
number of trees and trolley poles and
III traffic was SUSPENDED until the
grecking cars could srrlng temporary
yires.