Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-09-05
UNPARALLELED DEVASTATION AND
DESTRUCTION CAUSED At
CLEVELAND.
VAST VOLUME OF RAGING WATER
Appalling Overflow Caused by "a
A"1" Th0t Turned Into a Cloud
burst-MirnculOuS That No Lives
We're LOst-NE.slc Families Re.
hcved From PcrtlOus Positions
by 1ffe-Sa~ ing Crews.

Cleveland, Ohio. Sept. 3. - With the
breaking of dawn yesterday morning
the citizens of Cleveland awoke to look
upon scene of unparalleled devasta-
ton and destruction caused by a raging
Hood. While the entire city was more
or 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 damages APP
proxinated at 81, 900, 900.
The appalling overflow was caused by
terrific rain that commenced to fall
shortly after o'clock, turned into a
| perfect cloudburst between the hours
or and 5, and then continued with
great force until nearly 10 O'clock The
storm, according to the weather Of
hcialS, was the heaviest that ever
swept over Cleveland since the cstab-
llshment of the government bureau in
this city over forty years ago. That
no lives were lost is nothing short OF
a miracle, as many stories Of thrilling
escapes from the water on several of
the principal residence streets of the
city are told.
Covered Vast Area.
The surging waters spread over an
area in the West end, nearly eight
miles long and a mile and a half wide.
over large share of this exclusive
residence territory the water rushed
with terrific force. varying in depth
from one to six feet Culverts, trestles
and bridges We're torn down and for
hours nothing seemed capable OF
stemming the tide OF destruction
Hundreds of residents who were i'm
prisoned in their beautiful homes, like
stranded isla nders, We're almost panic
stricken, expecting to be called upon
to wade out into the swirling waters at
almost any minute. Danger signals
were flashed about the city as speedily
as the disabled telephone would allow,
and the work of rescue commenced.
ROwboats piled back and forth, assist
ing whole families from perilous posi-
tons, but these proved pitifully made
quate, and it was soon found necessary
to go to the extraordinary precautiOn
of calling on the life saving crew from
the river, a distance of seven miles.
The lie boats were quickly loaded on
wagons and hurried to the scene of de-
struction.
With Awful Force.
The torrent surged with awful force
for hours in Deering street from Fair
mount TO the boulevard, and over u
dozen families were penned in like rats
In a trap with water five and six feet
deep surrounding their homes. At
this point the life saving crew worked
valiantly, and assisted by squads OF
f1remen and policemen finally succeeded
In landing the terror stricken people in
places of safety. The fear was greatly
enhanced by the momentary expecta-
ton that the great Shaker Heights dam
would break loose and bech forth ter
rible destruction.
Shortly before noon the torrent sue
ceeded in undermining a score of
graves in st. Joseph cemetery at the
corner of East Madison and Woodland
and the bodies We're soon being tossed
about in the waters. Fully a dozen of
the cOrpses We're washed into cutters
and had not been recovered late last
night. The great food boiled over the
banks of Dean brook all along the
Boulevard and caused damage that it
will take months to repair Great
Jagged holes are torn in the beautiful
driveway and the look of ruin stretches
in every direction.