Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-18
LOST IN THE FLOODS.
Terrible Work of the Storm in Ohio and Pennsylvania - Bridges and Docks Under Wafer.

| Terrible Work of the Storm in ohio | and Pennsylvania - Bridges and | Docks Under Water.
 CLEVELAND, May 17.-The storm of rain which began Monday and has oon- tinued almost without cessation until this | evening, has produced a flood unprece- dented in the history of northeastern Ohio
 and northwestern Pennsylvania. Thus far
 fourteen lives have been lost, great damage
 has been done to shipping and the loss to
 other property will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 The Cuyahoga river runs through the l manufacturing and lumber district of this city by tortuous channel about five miles l in length. This morning the water rose
 over the banks and swept through half s
 dozen lumber yards. Whole piles of lum- Der were carried into the lake or lodged against abutmeuts of bridges. Millions of feet of building material from the yards of the Cleveland Saw Mill company, N. Mills & Co.,, M. Monroe and Frederick Hemp hill & Co.,, is now on It's way to Canada and more of 1t still coming down the river. The tracks of the Valley and O., 0. and l: roads were submerged ten feet, and all traffic was suspended as was work In score of factories. Owing to shaky bridges traffic was suspended on all rail roads running east. At one point boat containing a number of men was over turned. Chester Simons, John Johnson, Nicholas Servis and Albert Currier, after battling for few moments with the waves were drowned. Flannigsn and Lsblonde also were drowned almost before the life boat capsized.
 At Conneaut two bridges were carried into the lake. In cutting away from @ scow a tugs wheel was disabled and the tug washed ashore. The crew was saved. The dredge Continental was also carried into the lake and immediately capsized.
 There were seven persons on board. two of whom were washed ashore on the wreck age.
 The following were drowned: Arthur Wilson, captain; George O'Rourke, Joseph Fish, Maggie White, cook; watchman, name unknown.
 The two men saved were terribly ex- hausted. The dredge was owned by J. F. Baldwin of Rochester, and valued at $20,- GOO.
 At Ashtabula harbor last evening the schooner Pelican foundered as she was en- tering the harbor. Peter Nelson, John EElCkeOu duu JOuu NOCkulkut HcE0 uEOWu- ed. The other members of the crew were rescued by tug after hard battle with the terrible sea.
 At Ashtabula the rain has formed lake of twenty acres near the Pittsburg, Youngs town and Ashtabuls depot. All three of these roads cross the gorge near the city and are blocked. The spile bridge is dis abled and the Lake Shore docks are under water.
 At Willoughby the Chagrin river has overfowed. The Touring mill of J. H. big loss. The Penfield machine shops are flooded. A number of small buildings went down the stream this afternoon. Con neaut reports two miles of Shenango as washed away. At Gainesville three bridges over Grand river have been swept away by the flood and the damage toproperty in Lake county will be enormous.
 Reports from all sections of northeastern Ohio tell of swollen streams and overfiowed farm lands.
 CLEVELAND, May TIA special from Cambridge, Pa, the popular summer re- sort, says that the place Is under water. Two big summer hotels filled with guests are cut off from communication and 1t is feared that the only bridge across the river will go. The New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad has been forced to sus- pend traffic because of wsshouts, and it will be several days before the damage Is repaired.
 BUFFALO, May 17.-Trafic on the Lake Shore railroad has been suspended on this division since 1 o'clock this morning on &C., count of the washing away of a bridge at Hsrbor Creek, near Erie, Pa. No mails from the west have arrived this morning
 TORONTO, May 17-Rain has fallen al- most necessarily throughout Ontario for the past forty eight hours. A number of rivers have overfiowed, doing much dam age to property. At Thornbury, Andrews 6 Co.'s dam was carried away and their mills seriously damaged, The loss is about $15, ,000. Railway traffic Is interrupted to some extent, owing to washouts and dam age to bridges.
 ia'Is Now Commodore.
 Y" PokTsNoUTH, N. H., May i17.-To day Captain Charles Carroll Carpenter, U. 8. N, oommandant at Kittery, received his commission as commodore, and at noon the swallow tailed pennsnt denoting his rank was hoisted and saluted with eleven guns. Later Commodore Carpenter ten dered banquet to the heads of bureaus,