Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-18
.s,,s.,n, At,orney-Generai p. q. Dept.
WIND AND WATER.
Heavy Loss of Life aud Property In Ohio
and Pennsylvania.
ny telegraph 10 The Dispatch.

CoNSEAt,T. o.. May 1.-THE worst storm over
known hero visited this section last night. Conn
muuicAtIOu east aud south Is entirely cut on Dy
the destruction Of bridges. Tho Nickle-Plato
bridge at this place ia Undermined ana has been
condemned. No trains are running on thatroai.
The Peach-Strect bridge at Erie went down
shortly after the passage % passenger tram
last cveniug. Tho Lake shore docks Of AshtH-
bula ate ak feet under water ana sixteen Vos-
sells are likely 90 be driven into the lake.
three-inastcd schooner was seen TO 20 down
atOut ten mites west " this harpor this morn
ing.
TIE STORM FURIOUS.
CLEVELAND, o., May IA furious storm
which commenced last sunday night etll pre-
y,ils tr-day ITp TO 81 O'clock this morning near
~ thre. and one half inches OF rain had fallen.
Tho wind reached "a velocity ot forty miles an
hour lasi night. Many half-comPeted houses
wcro blown down, ard cOal-rheds ana ou'-DuIlu-
ings were demolished IN large numbers. TINS
morning the IuyahOga river is over its banKs VI
the lumber district on the na.s ana greas luhhtt-
ties o. lumber ore being carried out INTO tne
AXE Railroad trafiic was completely suspended
at noon from the effects Of the toO1. Iho water
inundated the tracks O' every east pound roau,
70 that business was at "a standstill. Many miles
OF track are under water, while the ouNor's are
fan TO the brm and In many places gone.
Engines arc standing on bridges. whcre toe
waters are rising TO prevent the nood from car
ryinI them away.
IIFE-sAvERs LOST.
The T'nited States liie-savinR crew undertook
IN re,cue two unknown meu in row-boat anna
tbe aNfui sea az the mouth ot the Cuyahoga
liyer this niteruoon. The liie-boat was capsl,eu
and seven Of the crew were drowned Following
arc the names OF the drowned: George wilson,
Chester NJ. Sym0nis, John johnson, George
Lohcr, Mich. Iervas, James hsrks, anu Aloe't
Gunner one man was saved
FouR. NOT SEVEN. DROWNED.
CLEVELAND, o., May 11.--four men we're
drowned by the capsizing OF the hlepoat at .no
mouth OF tho river to-day, not seven as a' hrs'
reported , - .,o
Last night a freight train at Bamberg, on the
South Carolina railroad, parted ana, coming to-
pether again, was wrecked, two young men,
Horace Talley. OF Washington. ID. {, and l.. a.
Nalgas, who were stealing ride, being uahser-
ously hurt. -
w.sutNGroS. ID. C., Nav 1.-THE schooner
Pelican foundered last night on Ashtaoula, W.
and the first mate and two sailors were dro"neu'
Tho CaptAin and three sailors were saved: Vap-
tain Gray OF the Pelican, and captain ELLIOTT
of the rescuing crow, were badly hurt
Neacyille. Pa. is suffering the worst ipunuh-
,ton m rs history. People there are being taken
from secand-siory windows into boats NeWcas-
tie Pa, is having a similar experience. ruI- -
naces, factories and mills In pO'h places are
Hooded and stopped
ANOTHER IIfB LOST.
Erie, Pa, is suffering heavily ana reports one
"a "a Of browning. The Lake Shore railroad
docss at Ashtsbnla are under six feet ot wafer.
There IA four feet of water IN The Union aepo''
Meadvl!e Pa. ,o..,oooD, ras
hnsv ali might and this morning rcscuing people
IN boats. The American Tube and iron Com.
many Is under water. ana II Is expected to-hgn,
mai tho Brown Bonnen Iron Compahys MN
Will be inundated
TIrrsyILB SUFFERS AGAIF
Tttusyllle, Pa is again visited by destruc-
tive flood causing great distress 70 poor iaiilnes
and entaiiing great loss OF property. Oil OreeS
IL rising six i9ches an hoGr. lne co1u'.oAs a' y
,.ro si,nilar 10 thosc OF several ye1rs ago, when
IRE broke out among the flooded oii-rennerles'
Great dread IL felt how lest nre may STAR M
business Is entirely suspended and rsiirVau SUI
vice stopped. ,t. ana
An streams in Western Pennsylvania ahc
Northern OHIO are bank full or oyernohius.
Much the same state OF affairs preyaiis IN we
lake regions Of Canada, where ior'y,o,sn,., So,
bours' rain has fallen. st. catbarines, Ont', Is
inundated.