, 1870-05-26
THE STORM AT CLEVELAND
1Fees pPEooted-Rai1xvaY Trains De-
1nTed-Houses Hlossn Down.

FTo" the Clerelnnd Leader, Hoy Il
Yesterday morning, little before I, 1t rained
storm ceased, only to begin again with re-
doubled fury at about s and continue on tn
daylight. During yestetday forenoon there
were indications Of = "change," but it con-
TUNED clear until afternoon At about ha1f
Ras. Rgs.1a. ne clouds gathered oninouaIy in the
Northwest forming a grand spectacle The wind
blew with all its force, fash after daah Of Iieht
nlng followed N tapid succession, and the
thunder mingled it's loud, deep and long peals
as II the elements were unclaimed, md farinc
the earth's foundation IN their mad freaks1
Tbs min soon began to fall In 3 few mo
ments the streets were deInged with water
The Emd changed frequently, sweeping 8rst
tens, blowing down signs, aud knocking INTO
the streets everything Gks bird cages. work
baskets or aowerpots tia happened to be plsced
On the windows Several awnings wete rant in
twain, and On Prospect, Huntington aud Gar-
den streets, Euclid and Sterling avenues .,
great many trees were broken OF or blown
down. These trees were encountered By the
ruins caused by the fury Of the wind, Whila
the chi!nneys that were blown down might be
counted by. the score- On Mr. BratenahTs
farm it ls stated that one hundred and si1ty-
five tees verg blown down IN few moments
This u near the shore Of the Lake, and the
wind had full sweep at the broad hranchea
>, along the nVeE sz1d out at the pier no great
damage s WIS undergone: There were about
thirty yawls just outside the pier fllad with
anglers, and when the squa1 struck them
the1e was lively time in manning the oars.
One boat containing four persons WIS npsat,
and 81 the fiah caught during the day were
'spiilsd back into the lake The fisherman
hung on their yswl until rescued BY tug.
tram coming in On the Cleveland i Pitts-
burgh Railroad Was net by the storm as it
emerged from bend, and the wind was sf.
strong as to stop the train while under full
heapEay. Along the road, trees were found
across the t1ask in several places. Two other
trains we're delayed BY the fallen trees. Tire
$50 train on the Toledo Division of The Lak,
Shore d Michigan Southern Road did not ar
e NE here until ten minutes after l.
~ ahis was owing IN part to distractions On
steam chest The engineer saw The t1oe across
the track, and, in attempting to reyerse the
engine, the steam chest exploded Il was re-
ported at the Union Passenger Depot that tho
6olle1 hnes burst, with terrible shock, near
but We sre informed that the explosion
was IN the steam chesta- The engine Groftuu
WAS put before the train. and It arrived hera
Nth delay Of but about thirty Minutes. Tha
2:05 train on the Erie Division Of the sane
road met several small trees On the track, but
suffered no great delay tha1ef1um~
at the Maydower School, some 500 children
1ere plRylng IN the ANAL yard belonging To-
The school As soon rs the wind arose, nlarxe
Zee, over fifty feet high, WIS uprooted and
blown down with the utmost violence. The
5ard connected with this school is a1togethar
TOO small for SO many children, and, consider-
ng the n1ubar then on the grounds, it Is
Tonder that no one W4s injured The bows :.
nd their own fun with the fallen trae when
school WIS over. They mounted on the diHer-
mt branches, plucked the best switches. sang
heir merry songs among the leaves Iks 90
many birds, and scanned to find soms good In
he wind that uprooted the old tree
It will be some days before all the disasters
.ansed by yesterdays storm ara knonn- It
asted during about twenty minutes, when the
71nd died away. There are runors Of houses
'elDg blown down snd roofs torn of in di6er-
onld BE- learned. ned 4 I house @ N ovDeI BY Mrs.
ALE, On Phelps street, between st. Csir md
superior streets, WAS struck BY lightning and
'aftia1ly destroyed Il is probably that aisas-
era occurred on tie lake, a.s the storm spread
or many miles about ths county.