The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-27
ERIE lASHED BY STORM
Several Marine Disasters Dur
ing Blow OH the Lake.
HIGH WATERS EAST, WEST, NORTH
Towns Inundated. BRIDGES swept Away.
and Travel Impeded, with Here andfThere
Reports Of Loss of Life-Train Wrecked
in Washout Near Auburs, N Y.-0hio
Village Flooded By Giving Way Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT New York.


Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. 2s.-Another vio-
lent storm prevailed on Lake Erie and
throughout Northern Ohio to-day. the wind
coming from the north and blowing at the
rate of sixty miles an hour. The gale
was accompanied by heavy rain and sleet.
The lake has been lashed TO a wild fury.
and no vessels are leaving port.
The telegraph and telephone companies.
which suffered great damage from the
heavy storm of last week, were again bad
" handicapped by the prostration of lines
on practically all routes as the result Of
to-day's storm. Hundreds of poles are
down. and IL will probably be several
days before complete repairs can be made.
An unknown schooner is sunk on the
Middle Ground. off Point Peiee. on the Ca
madam side Of the lake, and the sailors
are lashed In the rigging, for the masts
are above the water. Since Sunday morn
ing the tug Home Rule. from Amherst
burg, has been trying TO resuce the men,
but there is such high sea running that
her efforts have been fruitiess. 1t Is fear
ed that the men will die from exposure
before aid can reach them. The Home
Rule crew went to the life-saving station
at the end of Point Pelee to get the life
boat, but Capt. Hackett Informed them
that the boat had not been in the water for
three years and would not float The
Home Rule draws too much water to go
near Middle Ground In the heavy sea that
is running on Lake Erie tonight. She
will get back to the wrecked schooner by
daylight, when another effort will be made
to save the crew. The schooner Reuben
Doud is also on the Middle Ground, but
nothing is known of her condition.
Government Pier Going.
High winds are causing much damage
in Lorain harbor. Over 1000 feet of the
east government pier has been destroyed.
The west pier is also threatened
The schooner st. Lawrence which went
ashore a few days ago. has broken up.
The steamer NJ. Sicken and the sehoon-
ers Spademan and Malvina went ashore
in to,day's gale on the Marblehead
Beach. near Sandusky and they are now
being pounded 10 pieces. The crews were
taken off by the life-saving crew from
Marblehead. The wrecked vessels were
loaded with lumber.
AS result of the heavy rains the res
ervoir, near Chauncey, Ohio. burst to-day
and Hooded the town. a mile awav. The
reservoir covered three acres and was
twenty feet deep. A hundred wards of
railroad track was washed out. ana near
ly all the residences in Chauncev wara
flooded. hill detecting the course NJ
the water saved the Chauneev n,inA
where 100 men were at work, from being
flooded. e
me damage done throughout the STATE
Will reach thousands. At Chagrin Fans
the telephone switchboard burned ont ara
set half dozen houses on fire At cano-
bridge several buildings were blown down
ana al Batavia, Miss Annie Hurd was
drowned, driving into a stream where q
bridge had washed out. The Ohio Pivaa q
ana southern Ohio streams are rising ran
IDLY. Wires are down in all direcItone
and trains are delayed
Freshets in New York Rivers.
Elmira, N. Y. Nov 2s.-The high water
is evidently reaching it's climax here to-
night AT $50 O'Clock the Chemung Rfv-
er registered fourteen feet six inches
aooVe low water level, and is SLOWLY ris-
ms IL mas nearly ceased raining. Manv
parts OF the city are flooded. and the fire
ana ponce departments were busy all
AFTERNOON aiding in the work of rescue
Nearly all the Easements in the business
district are under water The nronertv
loss will be considerable.
Ielephone messages from points along
the mead waters of the Chemung renort
the worst floods since 1889.
At knoxville. Pa, two iron railroad
bridges were swept away. Traffic ON the
COWanesque branch of the PennsvIvsnfa
uiVisloh or the New FORK Central is sus-
pended.
lthaca, n. Y, Nov. 26-Water continues
TO sweep down through the Ithaca all dav
to-day, and at 9 o'clock tonight the f1ood
has subsided but little The danger mark
was passed about noon, however. The
lower flats. near the fair grounds. are
transformed into lake, and horses sta
bled there for the winter barely we're
rescued. There was much delay to rail-
road traffic. No trains on the Lehieh
Valley from the south could arrive, while
all the Delaware. Lackawana and West
ern trains were compelled TO unload pas
sengers on the west hill and bring them
into town by carriage.
Albany, n. Y. Nov 26-The heavy rains
have caused an eiRht-foot freshet In tha
river here, with excellent prospects II
the water flooding Quay street before
morning. The big rise was unexDected.
not prepared for il. The current in mid
stream is very swift, and all tows are de-
layed.
watertown. ". Y, Nov pa rain,
snow. and sleet storm has prevailed here
for the past sixty hours. The railroads
are slightly delayed.
Auburn. n. Y. Nov. 2s-A train on the
Auburn division OF the Lehigh valley, due
here al l0:25, was wrecked two and half
miles north Of Aorayia, In consequence
OF a washout. One passenger was slightly
RAGING Throushsut New England.
Boston. Nov. 2s-1'he heavy northeast
storm which began late last Saturday In
creased in Intensity last night While
snow fell in Northern New England. the
precipitation in this vicinity was in the
form OF rain, and little damage resulted
except 70 telegraphic and telephone COM !
panies.
TELEGRAPH Communication with Vermont
was cut of early in the morning. The
wires 10 Bangor. Me, and other eastern
points were also down. Heavy snow fsll
ln Vermont, Northern New Hampshire
and parts OF Maine. In some places II
reached depth OF two feet
Pittsburg, Pa. Nov 2e-About 3.O00 Goa
bushels OF coal we're started 20 Southern
points to-day. More would have been
shipped had the river not been on such a
rampage. making II unsafe. The river az
10 p m registered al the dam tWenty-one
feet Both the Allegheny and Monon-
gahsla are still rising. the result Of heavy
rains along their entire length for the /
past forty-eight hours. Rlvermen expec, |
twenty-five feet in the Ohio before a faE |
begins. The food mark is twenty-sigh,
feet While this stage will hardly be
reached. every precaution Is being taken d
TO prevent loss II IL should come. As /, a.
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