Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-05-29 | Page 1 | Terrific Storm Sweeps Chicago

TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS S CHICAGO Hurricane Lightning and Rain Wreak Havoc in Windy City Chicago May 28 Property valued at ut hun hundreds re li of or thou thousands ands of oC dollars was wa as destroyed this evening c In the themo mo most t vIolent hurricane lightning an and andrain rain storm from ruin which Chicago has suffered In recent years Scores of persons narrowly escaped with whit their lives lI an and re results of the storm included c the complete destruction Hon tion of or brick houses the thc breaking of or thousands s of win windows the thc toppling over of or feet of oC chimney that reared Itself above above- tho tIme Brevoort hotel hotel hotel ho ho- tel an and the breaking of the time beams beams' from the Coun foundations at the time new nev 1 Forest Forest For For- 01 I est cst Park ParI amusement grounds where worth woith of damage e was wm done In the down town tJI district basements base base- a e- e ments merits were Hooded flooded ed During the day daya a church and amI five flat Hat buildings ull were struck by lightning Lightning struck the spire of or it the German Lutheran church at One Hundredth th street and Winston Inston avenue I