Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-06-02
DEATH IN RAGING FLOODS.
DISASTERS BY STORMS At
OHIO LAKE PORTS.

Fourteen Lives Lost at Cleveland.
Couneaut and Ashtabula-Lifs
Savers Drowned While Trying TO
Effect a Rescue-A Dredge and q
Schooner Go to the Bottom.
storm of rain and wind which lasted
three DAYS produced food unprecedented
in the history of Northeastern Ohio. Four
teen lives were lost, great damage was done
to shipping, and the loss to other property
amounted to hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. There was long list of disasters by
storm and food from Ohio Lake ports.
At Cleveland. shortly after noon. Captain
Stanley Flanagan and Michael LIE Blonde
were going down the river in Q rowboat
which they used for peddlinS milk along the
stream one of LIE Blondes oars broke
and the two men were left at
the mercy of the waters. They
were quickly carried into the lake, and
as it was evident that their frail craft could
not live in the sea that was running, prepa-
rctions were begun for their rescue by the
life saving crew. Seven men manned the
ifeboat. and they pulled away toward the
east pier Of the hreakwater, toward
which point the boat containing Elan
nigan and LIE Blonde had drifted.
When the life savers were we'll out of the
mouth of the river an oar broke and instantly
the cOrk-ike vessel swung broads1de TO the
angry waves. Before assistance could be rem
derad the boat was overturned and all the
men were thrown into the water. Three of
them succeeded in catching hold OF the over
turned nfeboat, where they hung on until they
were rescued in s. terribly exhausted condition.
The remaining four were unable to swim
back to the Gieboat, and were drowned.
Their names were: Chester Simons, Nicholas
Servas, John Johnson, Albert Currier.
Captain Distell and the other two life savers
who escaped were brought ashore by tug
boat. The ifeboat was found after the acct
dent near the east end of the breakwater.
Flanagan and LIE Blonde, the two men
whom the life-saving crew were attempting
to rescue. were also drowned.
At Conneaut, Ohio. the tug WSlter Rich
ardson, the dredge Continental, and scow
anchored in the harbor during the night.
The creek rose rapidly, and at O'Clock the
scow was carried out into the lake with the
tug. In cutting away from the scow the tugs
wheels were disabled and the tug was washed
ashore. The crew was saved. The dredge
was then carried into the lake and capsized.
There were seven persons on board, two OF
whom were washed ashore on the wreckage.
The FIVE others persisted. The following is
list of the lost ". Wilson, Captain. thirty,
of Philadelphia George O'Rourke, twenty
seven, of .Detroit J. Fife, twenty-five,
c G. Maggie +o White cook forty,
unknown, about fifty years old.
The sea was running high, and no bodies
could be recovered. The two men saved
from the dredge were terribly exhausted.
The property was owned by J. F. Baldwin,
of Rochester, and valued at $40 900.
It is nearly a total loss. Two
miles of the Shenango Railroad
were washed away, and it was feared large
piece of the new dock would be lost. The
bridges all along this section were damaged.
There was a current fifteen miles in the
river and the water was rising rapidly, threat
ening every moment to break the big vessels
loose at the head Of navigation, and thus do
damage to tho rest and take out the swing
bridge.
At Ashtabula, Ohio, the schooner Pelican
foundered at her pier during the storm.
Three of her crew of seven men were
drowned, and two of those rescued were
badly injured. The lost were: Peter Nell
son, first mate John Erickson. sailor John
E. Knight, sailor. The steamer Ketchum
and the Pelican, with ore from Es-
canada, arrived off the port during the
afternoon, but on account Of the gale and
heavy sea remained at anchor outside
rather than risk entering the piers in the
night. The matches of the Pelican became
loosened, and the water began to pour into
her hold. She made signals OF distress, and
the tug Sunol went to her assistance. Only
one man was got of before she went down,
but three more were afterward picked up.
The Pelican was owned by Captain William
Mack, of Cleveland.