The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-06
FLOODS At CLEVELAND, OHIO
NUMBER LIVES WERE LOST
Property Worth naiiitons ef DsiiArs Dss
troyed BY water - Dame BFeks and
Houses Wrseksd-Tratns Delayed an
All Roads-strsst Cars stopped csns-
stsry Gave mp ths Dead.

Cleveland. Ohio. sept. IA rainstor,n
has wrought hasoe all over the city.
Houses We're wrecked, flooded and kesled
over. Many lives were in peril and only
heroic work prevented great loss Of lie.
| The fall OF rain MAS the heaviest in the
eity's history. Trains We're delayed by
washouts and street car traffic on many
lines is at a stsndstiil. The river 10 a
raging torrent. The property loss Is esti-
mated at over 81 100000.
With the breaking Of dawn the eiu.
gems of Cleveland awoke to look upon 4
scene of devastation and destruction
caused by raging food. While the EN-
tire city Was more OF less Affected. the
great volume Of raging water vented its
anger ON miles Of the eastern portion
VI the city and caused am amount VI dam
age estimated at over si,Uoo.0oU.
The overflow was caused BY heavy
rain that commenced 10 fall shortly after
2 O'clock, turning into perfect cloud
burst between the hours Of and and
then continued with great force until
nearly 10 o'clock. The storm, according
To the weather officials, was the heaviest
that has swept over Cleveland since the
establishment Of the government burrau
in this city over 40 year, aso- Thsre MAS
no loss OF liis. The waters spread over
an AREA in the eastern part Of the city
half wide. This extended fron Mood
land Hin avenue 10 East Cleveland AMI
back TO East Madison avenue.
Great volumes 81 water poured over
from nsans and Gildinss brooks dosn
quincy street. .wampd Vienna street.
rushed like a miiirsee dosH Lincoln
avenue to Eneiid avenue and thea ON to
Glen Park place. where housss wsfe un.
a. though built Of straw. and
large damagr done to streets and poop
erty.
over large share Of this exclusive r~s-
Idenes territory the eater rfsa<d wlgn
terrific force, varying in dspsh from one
to three feet. Tressles and bridges aero
torn down and for hoafs nothing .crraed
,apabls Of sssniming this tide.
Hundreds Of resiisnts were imprisoned
20 their beautiful homes like stranded tsi-
sndcfs AMI wers almost psRse stricken,
xpeeting TO ts called upon TO .s5s tato
he -wiriing waters almost any inmate
Danger signals were flashed abosis this city
"a speedily the disabled ,eIepEons sys-
em would allow and the work IT rs~xue
commenced. Row boats pscceeisd back
nd fofth rsscuing al.oie fasnilps from
eriious positions, bas these proved In.
leqnats aud II was soon fosini ussss.
airy TO 90 TO the extraordinary pr~an'isu
4 calling on the life saving ere~ ifon
he river. distance ~ seven miles.
The life boats were quickly loaded On
iagons and hurried to the .csns II de-
.rucii0n.
The torrent surged with great forer for
ours in. Desring street. from Paramount
, boulevard. and over q dorm families
ere pennsi In with water dive and six
'et deep surrounding their homes. ~ Thu.
ONT the life saving cres worked valiant
I, and. assisted by squad. Of iireuscn
nd policemen. finally succeeded In land.
q the terror stricken people in places
safety. The fear wss greatly enhanced
' the motneniary expectation that the
rrat shaker Heights dam would break
o-e.
shortly before noon the torrent under.
ined score u graves in the 81. Joseph
metery at the corner OF East Madison
III Woodland and the bodies werr soon
ing tossed about in the waters. Fully
dozen Of the corpssz wcre washed into
Issers and had not been recovered late
night. The flood went over the banks
the Diane brook along the boulevard
d caused damage that 1t viii take
onths to repair. Great jagged holes are
m in the IeautifJl driveway.
Gordon and Wade parks on the Fast
IL and Hrook-ide park on the South
IL. where the water also did great dam.
2 "a II leaped over the banks Of Fig
eek, sustained sl00.0a0 damage.
Through Chenille the overflow was very
strurtsye Many houses are swamped.
lverts torn out and several streets
rncd into quagmires The Ioss here Is
o estimated a. 100000. The street rail.
VA viii suffer heavy lo4s, extending In
rying directions over every portion OF
city. The big consolidated will have TO
'uild the tracks over different part. of
inundated districts and the loss Il
ced at $4,000.
The Superior street trestle Of the little
solidated Is practically ruined. and
:. with other serious damages on the
. Of the company extending over on
West Side. will run their loss away