The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-29
STORM IS
WIDESPREAD
Hammond and Indiana Har-
Dor Get Brunt Of Last
Nights Gale.

THE CALUMET REGION WAS VS.
ITED LAST NIGHT BY THE MOST
VIOLENT WIND AND RAIN STORM
OF THE YEAR 1T LASTED TEN
TEN MINUTES AND ATTAINED A
VELOCITY OF SIxTY-EIGHT MILES
AN HOUR. NOT A CITY IN THE RE
GION ESCAPED DAMAGE. SOUTH
CHICAGO, HAMMOND, INDIANA HAIR
BOR, GARY, EAST CHICAGO, GRAs-
SELL, WHITING, WE'RE HIT HARD.
THE STORM EXTENDED AS FAR
SOUTH AS GROWN POINT AND EAST
AS HOBART.
1T WAS A CLIMAX TO DAY OF
MISERABLE WEATHER AND WAS
PRECEDED BY A DEATHLY CALM
NESS DURING WHICH THE LEAVES
OF THE TREES WE'RE MOTTONLEss.
MANY HAD NARROW ESCAPES.
Scores of people narrowly escaped
with their lives. Results of the storm
incIuded the complete destruction of
some buildings; the breaking OF thou
sands OF Yfndoyvsy the RnEpoGnK or
scores of -bnisdkngs,. skAe stop lIsas1. over
Of scoreg@0f chimneys.. IN south Chi
cagO one man was fatally hurt, in
Hammond ane lady was Injured.
1t was about 8 O'Clock within the storm
broke In all it's fury and frightened
everybody into shelter. Many people
sought safety I'm their cellars A
complete list of the damages will not
be had for several days. Over in Gary
two people were badly injured I'm a
house that was struck by lightning.
ONE INJURED IN HAMMOND.
In Hammond only one injury was re-
ported. Mrs. NJ. Huber, SIG Truman
avenue, while trying to escape the furry
of the storm by going into neighbOr-
ing shelter for the street was struck
by a flying missile and almost rendered
unconscious. She sustained big gash
above her right eye.
Wind Does Damage.
Although Hammond seemed to have
been struck by only the edge of the
storm the whole fury Of which was
spent on the cities east of here, yet the
wind was strong enough to do consid-
gan to fall there was a sudden DROP
in temperature accompanied by a blast
OF wind of cycIonic which broke of
trees and carried away everything that
was not securely anchored.
The storm resulted in the severe in
jury TO one person and damage to prop
erty which will probably aggregate
several thousands of dollars. On the
north side the wind blew the house
owned by John Powell. from it's founda.
tions. The house was located on Shef
field avenue and the damage resulted
will probably be 500.
In some cases the damage done b,
the storm was freakish. Some peopl
who were in a position to observe sa,
that there was a regular funnel shape,
clowd which passed over the city from
southwest to northeast
Fortunately as it passed the city i
was high up in the air but occasionally
the tail of it would drop down on tn
ground and then the havoc would b
wrought.
This is proven by following the pat
of the storm from West Hammond t
Indiana Harbor. where the wind spen
itself on the lake. In the southern par
Of West Hamond a barn belonging to
Pole, whose name could not be learne
was blown over. A COW was in it a
the time but the animal escaped al
injury.
Narrow Escape to WaIshes.
In West Hammond, near the end o
Douglas street the home of Waite
Walsh was nipped by the tail of tn
storm and had its roof torn into piece
and strewn over the yard. Part of tn
brick walls were also torn down an
the debris was piled upon the secon
floor until it threatened to brea,
through and cause the collapse of tn
building.
Mr. and Mrs Walsh and their tw
little children were in the house a
the time and when the terrible cras
of the tearing roof and the fallin
bricks was heard they each took on
Of the children and fled to the rear c
the house for safety. The building
owned by Geo. Suckert of Chicago.
In another part of West Harmon
the roof of the house of John Wo
was partly torn off, No other ramag
was done. Lion store wagon whic