The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-18
FLOODS And STORMS.
Ohio and Pennsylvania Suffer
Severe Damage.
FOURTEEN LIVES ARE LOST.
The Lowlands at Cleveland Flooded
by the Cuyahoga.

Rivers In North vestera Pen.sylvania
over Their Ranks and Invading
fowns-Spokane River 10 Raging
Highest Water Kaown Threateaed.
CLEvELASp, May IA storm Of rain
and wind. which began at noon on Mon
day and continued almost without cessa-
,ion until this evening. produced food
unprecedented in the history Of North
eastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsyl-
vania Thus far fourteen lives have been
lost, great damage was done to shipping
and the loss in other property will amount
into hundreds Of thousands Of dollars. lt
rained on Saturday and Sunday. There
were only light showers. On Monday a
steady downpour began. The roofs let the
water through like sievcs and the rain was
driven in between window sashes until
people despaircd of being able to
keep j. 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 a torrent into the usually
sluggish Cuyahoga, swollen TO more than
were carried along the streets and were
swept out into the lake. Some lodged
against the abItments OF bridges further
down and more still are coming down the
river. The railroad tracks are submerged
to depth Of ten feet and all traific is sus-
pended. Work has ceased in score Of
factories in the flooded district, and owing
10 the shaky bridges traffic is suspended
on all railroads running east. This after
noon while crowds were watching the
food the first disaster happened here.
Capt. Stanley Flanagan and Michael lie
Blonde were going down the river in .
rowboat, when one of lie Blondes cars
broke. The two men were quickly carried
ont irto the lake by the rushing stream.
and a. 1t was evident that their frail craft
could not live preparations were quickly
begun for their rescue. Seven men
manned lifeboat and pulled away toward
the boat containing Flanagan and lie
Blonde. When the life savers were we'll
out of the mouth of the river. an oar broke
and in an instant the cork-like vessel
swung about. The men in tho boat be-
came totally helpless and before assistance
of any kind could be rendered their boat
overturned and all the men were thrown
into the water. Three succeeded in CATCH
ing hold Of the lifcboat, where they hung
until they were rescued in a terribly cx-
hausted condition. Four Of their fellow
life savers were tossed about 80 mercilessly
by the waves that they were unable to
swim back TO the lifeboat. and. after bat
Ting for few moments. the elements over
came them md the battle Of life had to b
given up. Their names were ~ follows:
CHssTEg srNoNa
JoHS JOHNSON.
NICHOLAS SEgyAa.
ALBERT CURRiER.
STANLEY FLANAGAN
MICHAEL LIZ BLONDE.
The two latter were drowned almost be-
fore the lifeboat capsixed.
A distressing accident occurred At Con-
neaut, about sixty miles east Of Cleveland.
The tug Walter Richardson. tho drcdge
Continental and q scow were anchored at
Conneaut harbor this morning. The scow
was carried into the lake with the tug. In
cutting away from the scow the tug heel
became disabled and the tug was washed
ashore The crew was saved. The dredge
was swep; into the lake and Immediately
eapsixed. Seven persons were on board.
Two of them were washed ashore and five
others rerished as follows:
AnrHuR wILsoS, captain. eyed 80 yeaS. Of
Phiisdclphia
GEORGE BouRKK. aged q, OF Detroit
JosErH FIFE. sged y, Of Conneaut
MAGGIE WHITE, cook, aged %. OF Cleveland.
WATcmxAS, namo unknown.
The sea is running heavily and no
b bodies have been recovered this afternoon.
A dredge valued - $4,000 is a total loss.
At Ashtabula hars,or the schooner Pelican,
ore laden from Escanaba, foundercd as she
was entering and sank In forty feet OF
water. Three Of the crew. Peter Nelson,
John Erickson and John Mcknight, all Of
Cleveland. were drowned. Tho other
members OF the crew were rescued after q
hard and desperate battle with tho terrific
sea.
At wiiIonghby, o., the Chagrin river Is
out of its banks. Early this morning the
grist mill Of Joseph Royce was swept
from its foundation. hurled against the
abntmept Of the bridge and crushed into
wreckage. which f!oated away 20 the lake
Reports from all sections Of Northeast
ern Ohio tell about swollen streams and
ovcrfiowed farm lands, but IL is irnpossi-
bic 10 make an estim ate OF tho damage.
Neither is it possible to tell what the
property loss In Cleveland will be. 1t is
possible that one or more costly swing
bridges along the river will be swept away
before morning. as il seems Impossible
that they caa all Withstand the terrible
strain now being put upon them.
THE STORM IN PENSsYLvANIA.
Rivers Out Of Their Banhs and Great
Damage Done IN Masy Towns.
Ptrrsnrne, May i7.--After O steady down.
ponr throughout Western Pennsylvania
for nearly sixty hours. the rain has ceased
and the weather is clearing. The rain
caused the small streams in this san.