The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-02
A DEUCE IN CLEVELAND
TERRIFIC RAINFALL CAUSES 4
 DAMAGE ABOUT ST, 100000.
Storm Started Ut 2 o'clock Sunday Morn . ing and Later Developed Into Great Cloudburst-People Rescued in Boats Cemetery-B0dies Carried Away by the Flood.

Cleveland, Sept. With the break
 ing of dawn this morning the citizens of Cleveland awoke to look upon a
 scene of unparalleled devastation and
 While the entire city was more or less affected the great volume of raging water vented its anger over miles of
 the eastern part of the city and caused an amount of damage approximated at $1,OOO,OOO
 The appalling overflow was caused by terrific rain that commenced to fall shortly after o'clock, turned into perfect cloudburst between the hours of and 5 and then continued with great force until nearly 10 o'clock. That no lives were lost is nothing short of miraculous.
 The surging water spread over an area in the east end nearly eight miles long and mile and half wide Houses were undermined as though built of straw and almost incredible damage done to streets and property. Over a large share of the exclusive residence territory the water rushed with terrific force varying in depth from one to six feet. Culverts, trestles and bridges were torn down and for hours nothing seemed capable of stemming the tide.
 Hundreds of residents were imprison- ed in their homes until saved from their perilous positions; but the local boats proved inadequate and it was soon necessary to call on the life sav- ing crew from the river, distance of seven miles. The life boats were load ed on wagons and hurried to the scene
 The torrent surged with awful force for hours in Deering street, and over a dozen families, who were penned up with water five and six feet surround ing their homes. At this point the life saving crew assisted by squads of fire men and policemen landed the terror stricken families in places of safety.
 Shortly before noon the torrent un- dermined scores of graves in St. Jo- seph's cemetery at the corner of East | Madison and Woodland and the bodies | were soon being tossed about on the | water. They had not been recovered | late tonight. The flood went over the boulevard. Great jagged holes are torn in the peaurffu1 -drtveway and the ruins scattered in every direction.
 Through Glenville the overflow was very destructive. The loss in the vil- lage is estimated at $1,000. The street will suffer a loss placed at S50,0O0 The train service on all roads was blocked
 A remarkable feature of the storm was that until 6 o'clock this morning hardly drop of rain fell west of Will son avenue, while during the morning hours the East End was overfowed with water.
 The damage to houses and contents will aggregate half a million dollars. The city will lose heavily on damage to streets, culverts, bridges and pave ment over the district destroyed by water. Along East Prospect street, near Cortland avenue on Lincoln ave- nue and Glen park place, people were aroused between and o'clock. By , o'clock the residences along these streets had their cellars full of water.
 The waters rushed back from Li..- ,oln avenue, until the big space just east of the avenue and between East Prospect street and Euclid avenue was one of great destruction. The families If Mrs. V. E. Newton and F. A. War zen on Willamette court had a terrible experience with the flood. Mrs. New .on's mother, Mrs. Carolina Hamme, lged eighty-six years, is in serious ] as result of the fright. l
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