The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-18
FIERCE WIND AND RAIN.
Heavy Loss Of Life on The Lake Coast
Of Ohio.

Vessels Blown Out Into the Lake
From Their Anchorage-Seven Per-
sons Drowned at Conneant-A Life
saving Crew Lost in Attempting a
Rescue at observation-disclosures Over
Their Banks and Railroad Traffic at
a Standstill.
Conneant, O., May 1.-THE worst
storm ever known here visited this sec
tion last night. Communication east and
south was entirely cut off by the destruc-
tion of bridges. The Nickle Plate bridge
at this place was undermined and has
been condemned. No trains are running
on the road.
The Peach street bridge at Erie went
down shortly after the passage of a pas
senger train last night.
The Lake Shore docks at Ashtabula are
six feet under water and sixteen vessels
are likely to be driven into the lake,
A 3-masted schooner was seen to go
down about two miles west of this harbor
this morning.
SCHOONER FOUNDERS.
The schooner Pelican foundered last
two sailors were drowned. The captain
and three sailors were saved. Capt. Cray
of the Pelican and Capt. Elliot of the
rescuing crew were badly hurt. The tug
Walter Richardson, the dredge Conti-
mental and a scOw were washed into the
lake from the anchorage at this place.
The dredge and scow capsized
and seven persons were drowned
Two We're washed ashore on wreckage.
Tho md oil dc
were saved.
Meadville, Pa, is suffering the worst
inundation in its history People were
taken from the second stories Of their
houses in boats. New Castle, Pa, is hay
ing a similar experience. Furnaces, fac
tories and mills at both places are flooded
and stopped.
Erie, Pa, is suffering heavily, and re
ports one case of drowning.
There is four feet of water in the union
depot at Meadville, Pa.
At Youngstown, O., the fire department
was busy all night and this morning res
cuing people in boats. The American
Tube and Iron Company's works are under
water and it is expected by tonight the
Brown-Bonnell Iron Company's mill will
be inundated.
Iitusville, Pa, is again visited by a de-
structive food, causing great distress to
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property. Oil creek is rising six inches
an hour. The conditions are very similar
to those of several years ago, when fire
broke out among the flooded oil refneries.
Great dread is felt now lest fire may start
Business is suspended and railroad service
stopped
All the streams inWestern Pennsylvania
and Northern Ohio are bank full or over
flowing. Much the same state of affairs
lie in q ln1 "a 10
where forty-eight hours rain has fallen.
st. Catharine, Ont, is inundated. va7a'''
WIND AND RAIN AT CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, O., May IA furious storm
which commenced last Sunday night
still prevails to-day Up to 9 o'clock this
morning nearly 80 inches of rain had
fallen. The wind reached velocity of
forty miles an hour last night Many
half completed houses were blown down,
and coal sheds and outbuildidgs were de-
molished in large numbers. This morn
ing the Cuyahoga river is over its banks
in the lumber district on the fats, and
great quantities OF lumber are
being carried away into the
lake. Railroad traffic was completely
suspended at noon from the effects of the
flood. Water inundated the track of
every east-bound road so that business
was at a standstill Many miles of track
are under water, while culverts are full
to the brim, and in many places gone
Engines are standing on bridges where
the waters are rising to prevent
the food from carrying them away
The United States life saving crew under
took to rescue two unknown men in row.
boat amid an awful sea at the mouth of
the Cuyahoga river this afternoon. The
lifeboat capsizcd and four of the crew
were drowned.
Seven men were in the boat and three
saved their lives by clinging to the over
turned boat until rescued by a tug The
two men in the unmanageable boaS whom
they sought to rescue were drowned. Ac-
cidents to both boats were due to the oars
breaking, The names of the drowned
life savers are: Chester Simmons, John
Johnston, Nicholas Servias and Albert
Currier