Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-20

Rsters-DeSIruestOn of BrIdZes-LOss
of LiGe-Seene of The Wrecks.
The rain ceased about Monday midnight,
but the wind kept up its fury till nearly
morning, and still blews yesterday, steady
breeze from West-nor'-west. The Cuya-
hogs had inundated its lowest banks and
formed on the flats a new geographical
Ieature-a Freshet Lake. The Great West
ern Dispatch Depot was flooded, and many
of the buildings about the Atlantic and
Great Western Depot. 1t was covered with
floating limbers, lumber, barrels,empty, and
filed with nsptha or oil, floating dog ken
nels and canoe The roads were overlooked
and the bridges almost in the water. None
of them, however, have yielded to the pres
sure. The water is said not 10 have been 80
high for a number of years before. The
Seneca street way 10 Brooklyn was totally
submerged and all communication stopped.
In the vicinity Of Columbus street the Lum-
Der yards were all flooded, and workmen
are engaged in securing the p~erigrinating
pls2ks. Further down the river was strewn
with slaves on q voyage of discovery from
the cooper shops.
1t is impossible at this time 10 compute
the destruction to property as it is hazardous
and extremely difficult to reach any Of the
inundated mills, reineries, yards, shops
and dwellings.
Among the drifts were several bar
rels Of naptha picked up near the lake,
doubtless from some of the upper re-
~ineries. A pile Of drift-wood of two or three
cords was wedged between the Lac La
Belle and the dock yesterday morning. Boys,
men, women and children are /" wrecking "
all along the shore, and prizes in the shape
Of boards, planks and coal are proving a
pretty plentiful harvest.
The Iron City and City of Cleveland did
not leave on Monday evening on account
Of the storm.
1t is reported that three vessels are ashore
few miles west of the city, but we could
learn neither name nor particulars. Two
schoOners were seen about ten O'Clock rid
ing at anchor several miles off the harbor
they have been since Monday.
The Sarah C. Walbridge is ashore near
creek.
The brig c.. T. Williams, which swung
in the river IN Monday afternoon, has
gone down off Otis q Brownelrs Elevator.
Large numbers of people closely watch
he shore near the scene Of the Arabian
Grover wrecks out none Of the bodies
IF the unfortunate crews have yet been re-
The floating spars of the former,
by ropes to the wreck, are breaking
away and nearing the shore.
The storm at the western extremity of the
axe does not appear TO have been remark
IDLY severe. Captain Viger, of the Nor
hing Star, came in from Detroit yesterday
morning, having had a delightful trip be-
ore the wind. He reports passing a large
Of vessels at anchor on his way =
At Buffalo the storm was not unusually
4,
The propeller Cuyahogs is sunk of Port
sarnia. No lives lost,
Fears were entertained that the freshet
nIguT s~o~r away some railroad enrbunk-
neuts, but trains from the different points
in all right yesterday morning.
Ii is stated hat all the bridges between
his city and Euclid creek were swept away
night and that the bridge over that
tream was c ;nsidered in a precarious con-
We are informed that an employee of
Coal Oil Refinery, on the flats while
n a canoe yesterday picking up float
ne timber, upset, and drowned.
In the city the streets we're as clean as a
lew-washed face, and the dustless breeze.
DOL and delightful.