Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-09-04
A pELuoE IN CLEVELAND.
The Residence Section Overfowed- One MIL.
lion Dollars OF Damage Done.


The Residence Section OSerEowed- One Nil.
lion Dollars Of Damage Done.
Cleveland, Ohio, September with
the breaking Of dawn this morning the
citizens Of Cleveland awoke to look upon
scene Of unparalleled devastation and
destruction caused by raging food.
While the entire city was moro or less
affected, the great volume of raging
water vented its anger over miles of the
eastern portion of the oity and caused
an amount Of damage approximated at
81, 100000.
The appalling overflow was caused by
q terrific rain that commenced to fall
shortly after Q O'clock. 1t turned into q
perfect oloudburst between the hours of
8 and 8, and then continued with great
force until nearly 10 O'Clock. The storm,
according to tho weather officials, WAS
the heaviest that has evor swept ovor
Cleveland since the establishment of the
government bureau in this 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 are told. The
surging waters spread over an area in
the east end nearly eight miles long and
mile and half wide.
Great volumes of water poured over
from Giddings and Doan brooks, down
Quincy street, swamped Vienna street,
rushed over Cedar avenue, back ovor 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 incredi-
bio damage was done to streets and
property.
Over largo share of this exclusive
| residence territory tho water rushed with
terrific force, varying in depth from ono
to six feet. Culverts, trostlos and bridges
wore torn down, and for hours nothing
seemed capable of stemming tho tide Of
rain.
Hundreds of residents, who were i'm
prisoned in their beautiful homes like
stranded islanders, were almost panic
stricken, expecting to be called upon to
wade out into the swirling waters at al
most every minute. Danger signals were
flashed about the CITY an speedily rs the
| disabled telephone system would allow,
and the work of rescue was commenced.
Row boats won't back and forth assisting
! whole families from perilous positions,
but these proved pitifully inadequate,
and it was soon found necessary to 20 to
| the extraordinary precaution of calling
on the life saving crew from the river, a
distance of seven miles.
The life hootS woro r,,icL1v 1ooIol ~,
wagons and hurried to the scene of do
struction. The torrent surged with awful
force for hours in Deering street from
Fairmount to tho Boulevard, and over n
dozen families were penned in like rats
| in trap, with water five and six feet
deep surrounding their homes. At this
point tho life-saving crew worked val
iently, and assisted by squads of flremen
and policemen, finally succeeded inland
ing tho terror-stricken people in places
of safety. Tho fear was greatly enhanced
by the momentary expectation that tho
great Shaker Heights dam would break
loose and send forth terrible destruction.
side, and Brookside Park, on the south
side, whore the water also did great
damage as 1t leaped over the banks of
Big Creek, are damaged to an amount
figured at 100000.
Through Glenvillo the overflow was
| CoIIlUly ucSCEuCGlVo, many houses are
swamped, culverts torn out and several
streets turned into soothing quagmires.
The loss in the village is also estimated
at 100000.
The street railways will suffer an i'm
mense loss, extending in various degrees
over every portion of tho city. Tho Big
Consolidated will have to rebuild their
tracks over different parts of tho inun-
dated east end districts and the loss ia
estimated at $4,000. The Superior street
trestle of tho Little Consolidated is prac-
tically ruined, and this, with other seri-
GUS damage in tho lines of the company
extending way over on the west side, will
run their loss into the thousands.
The train service on all roads was
blocked from two to six hours.
Ehart street, short thoroughfaro bo,
tween Bolton avonue.and Oakdalc street,
was practically washed off tho map OF
Cleveland. The large sewer in the street
caved in, taking with it the entire street
and the sidewalks.