Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-02
Terrific Rain Srorrn Was Fol-
lowed by a Destructive
Cloudburst.
CORPSES WASHED FROM GRAVES
lnto eutters-tiones Were Flooded.
Street Cars and Railroads Suffered.
Property Was Damaged-Estimated
Losses About 100000. :. :. :.

flood, occurred here. While the en-
tire city was NOR ore less affected,
the great volume of raging water
vented It's anger over miles Of the
eastern portion Of the city and caused
an amount of damage Appropriated
ut 1000 600
A terrific rain storm turned into q
eloudburst, which occurred Saturday
afternoon and night Serious effects
were felt Sunday and Sunday night.
That no lives were lost is nothing
short of a miracle, as the stories Of
thrilling escapes from the water on
several ef the principal resident
streets of the city are told.
The surging waters spread over an
area in the East END nearly eight
miles long and a mile and a half wide.
This extended from Woodland
Hills avenue to East Cleveland ana
back to East Madison avenue.
Great volumes of water poured over
from Doan and Giddings brooks down
Quincy street, swamped Vienna street.
rushed over Cedar avenue back over
on East Prospect street, rushed like
4 mill race down Lincoln avenue to
Euclid avenue, and then on to Glen
Park place. where houses were under
mined as though built of straw. and
almost incredible damage done Ia
streets and property.
Water Rushed With Terrific Force.
Over large share Of this exclusive
residence territory the water rushed
with terrific force, varying in depth
from one TO six feet. GulRerts, tres
ties and bridges were torn down and
for hours nothing seemed capable of
stemming the tide of destruction.
Hundreds Of residents who were in.
prisoned in their beautiful homes like
stranded islanders were almost panic
stricken, expecting to be called apon
to wade out into the swirling waters
ct almost every minute. Danger sig
nails were flashed abokt the city as
speedily as the disabled telephone
system would allow and the work of
rescue commenced Row boats piled
rack and forth. assisting whole fam
lilies from peri1ous positions, but these
proved pitifully inadequate, and it
was soon found necessary to go to
che extraordinary precaution of cali
ing on the life saving crew from the
river, a distance of seven miles.
The life boats were quickly leadea
on wagons and hurried to the scene
Of destruction.
The torrent supged witheawftl fierce
for hours in Deering street. from Fair
mount to the Boulevard, and over a
dozen families were penned in like
rats III trap, with water FIVE end
six feet deep surrounding their
homes At this po;nt the iif6 sa mig
crew worked valiantly and, assisted
by squads of fremen and policemen,
finally succeeded in landing the ter
ror-stricken people in places of
safety. The fear was greatly en-
HANGED by the momentary expee satien
that the great Shaker Heights dam
would break loose and belch forth
terrible destruction.
Shortly before noon the torrent I'M
dermined score of graves in the st.
Joseph cemetery, at East Madison and
Woodland avenues, and the bodies
were soon being tossed about in the
waters.
Fully dozen OF the corpses were
washed into cutters and had not been
recovered late last night.
The great food boiled over the
ranks Of Dosn brook all along fire
boulevard and caused damage that II
will take months to repair. Great
Jagged holes are torn in the beautiful
driveway and the look of ruin
stretches in very direction.
Gordon and Wade parks. on the
East Side. and Brookside park. in the
Southside, where the water also did
great damage as it leaped over the
oanks of Big creek. are damaged to
an amount figured at 100000.
Overflow Terribly Destructive.
Through Glenville the overflow was
terribly destructive. Many houses are
swamped culyeFts torn out and sew
eral streets turned into seething ouag-
mlres. The loss in the village is also
estimated at 100000.
The street railways will suffer an
immense loss, extending in VARYING
degrees over every portion OF the
city. The Big Consolidated will have
to rebuild their tracks over different
parts OF the inundated East End dis.
frlct and the loss is placed at sac. coo.
the Superior street treStle of the
Little Consolidated is practically
ruined, and this. with other serious
damage iii the lines Of the company
extending away over in the West Side.
VIII run their loss way INTO the thOlI-
sands The officials of the road were
rot ready, however, to make anv
statement OF their loss last night
more than that it would be unusually
heavy.
The train service on adj roads was
b'ocked from two to six hours by the
fearful effect of the storm and food
Every road entering the city was ter
ribly handicapped by sand and dirt
Which was swept over the tracks
Several washouts occurred. the worst
hefng on the Lake Shore. near Cor.
dea park, wher the txestle was but
fetsd about by the force of the wa
ter until rendered almost worthless.
The damage to the railways, which
will also be great, cannot be even es-
timated until the large force of track
aads, sent out on emergency calls.
can be heard from The mail service
from the east was completely tied up
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
s O'Clock last night, when a train got
through on the Lake Shore But the
vast amount Of damage falls upsn the