Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-11
CLEVELAND CUT OFF
BY STORM; FAMINE
THREATENS; 8 DIE
Ship on Beach in Harb0r and
Crew of ~ Awaits
Death.
LOSS ALREADY S2,OOO,OOO;
TRAFFIC AT STANDSTILL
Schools Are Closed and Famine
Threatens While Snow Con-
tinues to Fall.

CLEVELAND, O. Nov tf.-Cleve-
land is buried under twenty-one inches
of snow, its streets are filled with q
tangled mass OF broken and twisted
wires and thousands upon thousands
of It's inhabitants are in imminent
danger of suffering for lack of food.
Three persons have been killed, ten
are missing and are believed to have
been frozen to death. a great steam
ship is stranded on the beach and its
captain and twenty-five sailors wait
ing for the deatht that may come at
any moment because of the noun
famous seas rolling in from Lake
Erie.
IL is still showing. and unless the
storm, which has continued since last
Sunday soon abates no one can tell
what the ultimate toll in dollars and
lives may be.
Loss Already Is S2,O0O,OO0.
The loss is already estimated at
81, 600 900. half of which VIII fall upon
the telegraph and telephone COM
panies. Normal conditions cannot be
restored within q week and il thaw
should come, followed by the inevi-
table food, the whole lake country
viii suffer severely.
Conditions have been growing worse
since Monday night. when half of the
city was plunged into darkness the
lighting plant being blown down by
the gale. Today at least one-balf Of
the street car service was out of COM
mission. and no less than 5000 trolley,
telegraph and telephone poles within
the city limits had been blown down.
There has been no delivery OF
groceries, bread, milk or coal since
Saturday, and the suffering in conse-
quence cannot be definitely learned,
but it is Widespread. There Is a suf-
ficient supply of gas. and it is being
used unsparingly in places fitted for
1t, that as many persons as possible
may be benefited.
One of the greatest fears Is from
fire. Already one fire has done $780,
600 damage.
And the difficulties encountered in
subduing 1t were such as 10 cause the
authorities the greatest apprehension
should another fire break out Every
preeaution is being taken by the ex-
hausted flremen and policemen.
For days the Telephone and fele-
graph companies have been battling
against the conditions that confront
them. The immense number of wires
down and fhes lbss OF so many poles
make the task of completing even
temporary repairs one OF the greatest
magnitude The physical effort re-
quired by work in the teeth of the
terrible storm is anoaher handicap.
! At 10 o'clock this morning d glance
! through the debris stricken streets
led to the belief that days viii pass
before they can be cleared.
All Schools Closed.
All the schools of the city are
closed. The danger attendant upon
the passing Of children through the
streets and the unusual conditions
Surrounding them in the school
thrown open TO the homeless prompt
ed the authorities To suspend classes
until the blizzard abates.
The food shortage felt Monday aft
ernoon became more pronounced
and threatening this morning. There
Is no milk to be had ut any price.
except 1t be obtained in the name of
suffering babies, and toher foodstuffs
are rapidly going to a premium where
il is impossible for the needy to
procure them. Many families were
caught with little more than the food
supply required to carry them over
Sunday, and as there have been no
shipments received since Saturday,
the supply is rapidly being exhaust
ed.
Hotels Are Crowded.
The hotels present a scene of un-
usual activity. Many persons driven
into the city by the storm have taken
shelter where they could find it. Beds
were not to be had for all of them,
and many are sleeping on the foors
without cot or covering, except such
clothing as they happen to have on
them. The food supply in the hotels
and restaurants is also n problem.
The steamer on the beach Mt the
south of the Lorain harbor was
later learned to be the j. 6. GARNER,
Captain Burns. of Buffalo. Life
savers are standing by, but arc help
less to aid because of the heavy
seas.
Every possible effort is being made
to bring some order from the chaos
precipitated by the storm. Help is
being given to the needy in every
possible instance, the authorities
having the assistance of such of tho
civic bodies as can summon re-
sources and of those persons who
can spare time from their own wants
to look after their less fortunate
neighbors