Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-05-20
ANGRY WATERS.
Terrible Floods Caused by Contin-
uous Rains.
SHOCKING ACCIDENTS REPORTED.
At Cleveland, o.. Six Men Perish-At Con-
neaut, o.. Five and ut Ashtabuls,
o., Three-Great Dam.

CLEVELAND. w.. May lo.-lhe storu
of rain and wind, which began Mt noon
Monday and continued almost without
cessation until last evening, produced
"a food unprecedented 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 into the hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
The sky for fifty-siX hours has been
of dull leaden color and the low-hang-
ing and scurrying clouds which were
hurled along by the northwest gale
seemed to have every drop of water
shaken out of them.
Then it was that fears of a Hood be-
gan to be realized. In this city every
sewer was pouring torrent into the
usually sluggish Cuyahoga. This morn
ing the water was away over the river
banks. and millions of feet of building
material from the yards of the Cleve-
land Sawmill Co.. \. Mills Il Co., Mon
roe and Fred Hamp Il Co., is now on
the way to Canada. and more is still
coming down the river. The tracks OF
the Valley and c. c. & 5. railroad were
submerged to the depth of ten feet and
all traffic was suspended. as was work
in n score of factories in the flooded dis
trict. Owing to shaky bridges traffic
was suspended on all railroads running
east.
NOBLE LIVES LOST
Yesterday afternoon the first disaster
happened here. Capt. Stanley Flanni-
gan and Michael Lcblonde were going
down the river in row-boat. When
near the mouth of the raging stream
one of Leblonde's oars broke and the
two men were left at the mercy of the
waters. They were quickly carried out
into the lake by the rushing stream.
and it was evident that their frail craft
could not live in the angry sea that was
coming in from the north. Seven men
manned the lifc-boat and pulled away
toward the east pier of the brcakwater,
toward which point the boat contain
ing Flanagan and l.eblonde had drift
cd. When the lifc-savers were well
out of the mouth of the river an oar
broke and in an instant the cork-likc
vessel swung about to toss upon the
angry waves. The men in the life
boat were totally helpless. and before
assistance of any kind could be rem
dered their boat was overturned and
all the men were thrown into the
water. Four of them succeeded in
catching hold of the overturned life
boat. where they hung on until they
were rescued in a terribly exhausted
condition. Four of their fellow life
savers, after vainly battling for few
moments with the elements. were over
come and the ba tile Of life had to be
given up.
The names of the heroes who lost
their lives in attempting to save Others
were: Chester SimOns John johnson,
Nicholas Servas. Albert Currier.
Flanagan and Leblonde were. OF
course. drowned almost before the life
boat capsizcd.
FIVE LIVES LOST At CoNNEACT.
A distressing accident also occurred at
Conneaut. about 20 miles east of Cleve-
land. The tug Walter Richardson.
dredge Continental and a scow were an
chored at Conneaut harbor Tuesday
night. The creek rose rapidly and at
o'clock next morning the scow was car
ried out into the lake with the tug. In
cutting away from the scow the tug
wheel was disabled and the tug washed
ashore. The crew was saved. The
dredge was carried into the lake and
Immediately capsiZed.
There were seven persons on board,
two of whom were washed ashore on the
wreckage. The five others persisted. \
list of the drowned isas follows: Arthur
Wilson, captain, aged 30. Philadelphia:
George O'Rourlzc, aged ~. of Detroit:
Joseph Fife, aged %, of Conneaut; Mag
gle White, cook. aged 40. of Cleveland;
Waterman, name unknown. The sea
was running heavy and no bodies had
been recovered. The two men saved
from the dredge were terribly ex-
hausted.
THREE PERISH AT ASITABULA.
At Ashtabula harbor last evening the
schooner Pelican, or-laden from Els
canaba. foundered as she was entering
the harbor and sank in forty feet OF
water. Three of the crew were drowned:
Peter Nelson, John Erickson, John
Ecknight.