The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-11-23
STORM ON THE LAKES
The Government Harbor at Fair
port, O., Badly Damaged.
Four Seamen Rescued With Difficulty
From a Wrecked SchOoner-NOrth-
ern Ohio Property Damaged,
Without Loss of Life.


last "a hours the telegraph service be-
tween Cleveland, Chicago, Buffalo and
Columbus has been badly crippled as
the result of the fierce wind storms
which swept over the great lakes and
the northern part of Ohio. The wind
Knocked down telegraph wires be-
tween Buffalo and Chicago and Cleve-
land and Columbus, and an army of
linemen have been sent out from this
city to repair the damage.
Lake craft suffered even more seri-
ously than did the railroads. III
steamer Britton arrived from Detro'
during the day The captain of the
steamer said that he left Detroit with
IL other steamers. Only two succeed
ed in making the trip to Cleveland,
and the other ten were compelled to
turn into Pigeon bay for shelter.
The wind has blown the water from.
Lime Kiln crossing. near Amherst
burg, leaving a big fleet above it un-
able to get out. The water has also
been blown out of Sandusky bay and
the Toledo harbor, leaving only five
feet at Toledo and six feet at Sandus-
ky bay. The government harbor work
at FairpOrt was damaged to the eX-
tent of several thousand dollars. A
couple of immense hoists were blown
over and completely ruined.
The storm caused considerable
damage through this city. Dozens Of
large plate glass windows in stores
and business houses were broken,
heavy signs were torn from their
fastcnings and hurled along the
streets, smokestacks were blown from
some of the office buildings and fac
tories and chimneys from residences.
Lorain, O., Nov. 22.-The Cleveland
life saving crew was summoned here
Wednesday Afternoon to rescue the
lives of four seamen on board the
schooner st. Lawrence, which was
dashed on the beach Wednesday in a
northwest gale. The boat had on
board a cargo of coal from Cleveland
to Amherstburg, and had got five
miles from Kelly's island when the
gale struck her, tearing her sails, and
she was put about and made for this
harbOr. The tug Chris Grover went
to her assistance and towed her to a
point 400 feet from the pier, when tn
line snapped and she drifted ashore
Capt. J. II. Barker and crew launched
their lifeboats and, putting his wife,
daughter and two boys in the boat,
pulled for the shore and landed safe
ly. Mayor c. L. Flitsch commitment
ed with the Cleveland life saving sta
tiOn and asked for help to rescue the
four seamen, as an ordinary boat
could not be launched in the surf
Capt. Motley, of the Cleveland sta
tiOn, at once loaded a surfboat and
linethrowing mortar on two fat cars
and started on a special train. They
arrived here at 3 o'clock and threw
three lines over the Inflated boat, but
the crew were too much exhausted to
pub the necessary tackle aboard. The
life savers then launched their surf
boat and brought the drenched sail
ors safely to shore.
Columbus, o., Nov. ga severe
wind storm swept over Western and
Northern Ohio Wednesday. Much
damage to property is reported but
no loss of life
At Tippecanoe City, six miles south
of Troy. S. Shearer's tobacco sheds
were wrecked and the Masonic hall
and other buildings damaged.
At Bucyrus the German Lutheran
church was badly damaged and the
Ohio Central .roundhouse partly IN
rooted. st
At COnneaut a residence belonging
to Frank Kennedy was completely
wrecked and others damaged.
Much damage is reported to have
ben done by the blowing down of
derricl1s in the oil fields.in the north
western part of the state. At Find
lay the steel roof was blown off the
three-story building of Byron Caples.
At MOhicanville, near Ashland, the
new German Reformed church was
blown down, the structure being a
total wreck. Numerous other towns
in the northern part of the state re-
port damage by the storm.