The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-18
A Furious Rain Storm Lasting
Three Days.
MANY LIVES ARE LOST.
The Damage to Property Aggregates
Thousands Of Dollars.
A Life Boat at Cleveland Capsizes and
Four OF the Crew Are Drowned
Lives Lost at other Points
Vessels Sunk.

CLEVELAND, u, May ia storm OF
wind and rain began at noon on Monday
and has continued almost without cessa-
ton till this evening. Itproduced food
unprecedented in the history OF north
eastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsyl-
vania. Thus far fourteen lives have been
lost and great damage done to shipping.
The loss on property will amount to
500, 600. it rained Saturday and Sunday
there were light showers. Monday a
steady down pour began. Roofs let
water through like sleeves and the rain
was driven between window sashes till
the people despaired of being able to keep
1t out. By Tuesday evening there were
warnings of trouble and everybody began
TO wonder when it would stop. In this
city every sewer was pouring torrent
into the usually sluggish Cuyahoga
swollen to more than twice It's normal
size.
Whole plies of lumber were carried
along the streets and swept into the lake
or lodged against the abuttments of
bridges farther down, and more is still
coming down the river Railroad tracks
are submerged to depth Of ten feet and
al traffic is suspended as is work in a
Ecore OF factories in the flooded district.
Owing TO shalSy bridges traffic is sus-
This afternoon while great crowds were
watching the food the first disaster hap
peneG here. Captain Stanley Flanagan
aud Michael Leblonde were going down
the river in row boat when
one of Leblonde's oars broke. The
two men were quickly carried out into the
lake by the rushing stream, and as it was
evident their frail craft could not live,
preparations were quickly begun for the
rescue. Seven men manned q life boat
and pulled away toward the boat con-
tanning Flanagan and Leblonde. When
the life savers were well out of the mouth
of the river an oar broke and in an instant
the corl1-like vessel was swung about.
The men in the boat were totally helpless
and before assistance of any kind could be
rendered their boat was overturned and
all the men were thrown into the water.
Tires succeeded in catching hold of the
life boat, where they hung until they
were rescued in a terribly exhausted con-
dition. -Four of their fellow life savers
were tossed about SO mercilessly by the
wild waves that they were unable to swim
back to the life boat, and after battling
for few moments with the elements, they
were overcome and the battle OF life had
10 be given up. Their names are as fol-
lows:
CHESTER SIMoNs.
JOHN JOHNSON.
NICHOLAS SERVAS.
ALBERT CURRIER.
CAPTAIN FLANAGAN.
MICHAEL LEBLoNDE.
The last two were drowned almost be-
fore the life boat capsized.
4 distressing accident also occurred at
Conneaut, about sixty miles east of Cleve-
land. The tug Walter lrdson and
dredge Continental and scow were an
chored at Conneaut ha or. This morn
"a mt int hn 10 "a
with the tug. In cut ng away nom the
scow the tugs wheel was disabled and the
tug washed ashore. rhs crew were saved
The dredge was swept into ths lake and
Immediately capsized. Seven persons
were on board. Two of them were washed
ashore and i've others persisted, as fol-
lows:
ARTHUR WILSON, captain. aged 80, o
Philadelphia.
GEORGE BoURKE, aged q, of Detroit.
JOSEPH PEPE aged %, of Conneaut.
MAGGIE WHITE, cook, of Cleveland.
WATCHMAN, name unknown.
The sea was running heavily and no
bodies were recoved this afternoon. The
dredge was valued at $50, 900, and was a
total loss.
At Astabula harbor, the schooner Peli-
can, ore laden from Escanaba, foundered
as she WAS entering and sank in forty feet
of water. Three of the crew were
drowned, viz:
PETER NELSON,
JOHN ERICKENSoN,
JOHN MCKNIGHT.
All of Cleveland. The other members of
the crew were rescued after hard and
desperate battle with terrific sea.
At Willoughby, O., the Chagrin river
is out of its banks. Early this morning
the grist mill of Joseph Boyce was swept
from its foundation and hurled against
the abuttment of bridge and crushed
into wreckage, which foated away to the
lake. Reports from all sections of north
eastern Ohio tell of swollen streams and
ovorflowed farm lands, but it is impossi-
bic to make an estimate of the damage.
Neither is it possible IL tell what the
property loss IN Cleveland will be. It is
possible that one or more costly swing
bridges along the river will be swept away
before morning, as it seems impossible
that they can all withstand the terrible
strain now being put upon them.