Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-07

NOrpSeS III cemetery are " Outs
With the breaking of dawn Sunday
morning the citizens of Cleveland awoke
to look upon a scene of unparalleled de-
vastation and destruction, caused Dy
raging flood. While the entire city was
more or less affected, the great volume or
raging water vented its anger over miles
of the eastern portion of the city and
caused an amount of damage approx
mated at $1,OO0,000.
The appalling overflow was caused by
terrific rain that commenced to fall
shortly after 2 o'clock turned into per-
feet cloudburst between the hours OF
! and : c'cleclk-, -c I'D then continued WITH
great force SJI Iitt::!. iaarly 10 O'clock. ne
storm, according to the weather officials
was the heaviest that ever swept over
Cleveland since the establishment Of the
government bureau in that city over forty
years ago.
That no lives were lost is nothing short
Of a miracle, as stories of thrilling es-
capes from the water on several of the
principal residence streets of the city are
told.
The surging waters spread over an
long and mile and a half wide. This
extended from Woodland Hills avenue to
East Cleveland, and back to East Madi-
son avenue.
Torrents Rush Down Streets.
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 mill
race down Lincoln avenue to Euclid ave-
nue. and then on to Glen Park place,
where houses were undermined as though
built of straw and almost incredible dam
age done to streets and property.
Over a large share of this exclusive
residence territory the water rushed with
terrific force, varying in depth from one
to six feet. Culyerts, trestles and
bridges were torn down, ana for hours
nothing seemed capable of stcmming the
tide OF destruction.
Rowboats piled back and forth assist
ing whole families from perilous posi-
tons, but these boats proved pitifully in
adequate, and it was sool found neces-
sary to go to the extraordinary pTecau-
ton of calling on the life-saying crew
from the river, distance of seven miles.
Rescued by Lifc-Savin@ rev.
The torrent surged wi awful force for
hours in Dcering street from Paramount
to the boulevard, and over dozen faml-
lies were peRned in like rats in q trap,
with water five and SIX feet deep sur
rounding their homes. At this point the
ife-saving crew worked, and, assisted by
squads of firemen and policemen, finally
succeeded in landing the terror-stricken
people in places of safety. The fear was
greatly enhanced by the monentary ex-
pectation that the great Shaker Heights
dam would break loose and belch forth
terrible destruction.
Shortly before noon the torrent sue
ceeded in undermining score Of graves
in the st. Joseph cemetery, at the cor
ner Of East Madison and Woodland, and
the bodies were soon being tossed about
in the waters. Fully dozen of the
corpses were washed into cutters
Every steam railroad entering the city
and the street railways suffered great
loss. But the vast amount Of damage falls
upon the householders within the flooded
district. The great sea of water reached
a depth Of one foot on the first floors
of scores Of the East End homes, boil
ing up from the sewers and pouring in
from the streets, carrying everything
that came i'll its path along with it. In
many cAses the fcar-Stricken residents
battered down cellar walls in order to
give the torrent an outlet and prevent the
swapping of their entire homes.