The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
RAIN FLOODS CLEVELAND
Terrific Storm 0verfows City's
Finest Residence Portion.
DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO A MILLION
Houses Undermined As Though Made
Of Straw-Graves Washed Out and
Corpses Whirled Through the
Street.-The Loss Of Life Reported.


strsets-No Loss Of Life Reported.
Cleveland, O., Sept with the
breaking of dawn yesterday morning
the citizens of Cleveland awoke to
look upon a scene Of unparalleled dew
astation and destruction caused by a
raging food. While the entire city
volume Of raging water vented its
anger over miles Of the eastern por-
ton OF the city. AMI caused an amount
Of damage approximated at $1,000
O00. The eappalling overflow was caused
by terrific rain that commenced to
fall shortly after 2 O'Clock, which
turned into perfect Cloulhurst be-
tween the hours Of 3 and ., and then
continued with great force until near
ly 10 o'clock. The storm, according
to the weather officials, was the heav-
lest that ever swept over Cleveland
since the establishment Of the gov
ernment bureau in this city over 40
years ago. That no lives were lost is
nothing short Of miracle as the
stories OF thrilling escape from the
water on several of the principal resi-.
dent streets of the city are told.
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 a
mill race down Lincoln avenue to Eu-
clid avenue, and then on to Glen Park
place where houses were undermined
as though built Of straw and almost
incredible damage done to streets and
property.
Over a large share of this exclusive
residence territory the water rushed
with terrific force varying in depth
from to 6 feet. Culverts, trestles and
bridges were torn down and for hours
nothing seemed capable Of stemming
the tide OF destruction.
Hundreds OF residents who we're i'm
prisoned in their beautiful homes like
stranded islanders were almost panic
stricken, expecting to be called upon
to wade out into the swrling water
ut almost every minute. Danger sig
nails were flashed about the city as
speedily as the disabled telephone sys-
TEN would allow and the work of res
cue commenced. Row boats piled back
and forth assisting whole families
from psrilous positions but these prov
ed pitifully inadequate and it was soon
found necessary to go to the extra
ordinary precaution of calling on the
life saving crew from the river, a dis
tance OF seven miles. The life boats
were quickly loaded on wagons and
hurried to the scene OF destruction.
Shortly before noon the torrent sue
ceeded in undermining score OF
graves In the st. Joseph cemetery at
the corner OF East Madison and Wood
land. and the bodies were soon being
tossed about in tho waters. Fully a
dozen OF the corpses were washed into
cutters and had not been recovered
early this morning.
The train service on all roads was
blocked 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. Sew.
eral washouts occurred, the worst be.
Ing on the Lake Shore near Gordon
Park where tho trestle was bufieted
about by the force OF tho water until
rendered almost worthless. The dam
age to the railways cannot be even
estimated now. The mail service from
the east was completely tied up from
10 o'clock in tho morning until s
o'clock last night when a train got
through on the Lake Shore. But the
vast amount Of damage falls upon the
houssholders in the flooded district
The great sea Of water reached a
depth Of foot on the first floors OF
scores Of the east end homes, boiling
up from the sewers and pouring in of
from tho streets carrying everything
that came in It's path along with II.
In many cases the fear-stricken resi-
dents battered down cellar walls in
order to give the torrent an outlet and
prevent the swamping OF their entire
homes.
A remarkable feature of the storm
which caused such terrific destruction
Is that up until s O'Clock yesterday
morning hardly drop Of rain fell west
of Wilson avenue while during the
morning hours the east end was being
fairly swamped in perfect deluge of
rain. Another remarkable thing Is
that no thunder and lightning accom-.
panied the record-breaking downfall
While thousands of citizens in the most
aristOcratic section of the city were
aroused. seeing thousands upon thou
sands of dollars worth of their prop
erty being crushed and DESTROYED. m
other and greater portion Of the city
was wrapped in slumber totally OBJ
livious to the danger surrounding their
fellow citizens.
Sampson Gaining In Health.
Lake Sunapee, n H.. Sept. 3-Ad-
miral SamDsop who n has bpan rp-