Show THEY PARTED LIKE SFKAffS S J Cleveland Storm Raises Ned with Telegraph and Telephone Wires < AIR FILLED VITH DEBRIS LAKE ERIE LASHED INTO A MASS OP ANGRY WAVES They Tear and Surge Tossing Heavy Steamers and ShellLilce Yachts About with Equal Ease Halr Breadth Escapes from Death in the Water Excitement Along the Lake Front CLEVELAND 0 Aug 10At 430 this afternoon this city was visited by a fierce wind storm When the storm broke the government govern-ment thermometer registered 92 degrees de-grees When it cleared away thirty minutes loiter the mark was 79 Major Stockman Stock-man of the weather bureau reported the velocity of the wind at 62 miles an I hour Telegraph and telephone wires parted part-ed like straws and dangled in the air I from their poles wagons were overturned over-turned in the streets and the air was filled with flying debris Thousands of people fearing that the experience of St Louis was t be repeated sought places of safety Out of a clear sky the elements broke in unwonted fury There were dozens of pleasure steamers steam-ers and yachts laden with sweltering relief from the humanity trying to get relef depressing atmosphere on the lake Before Be-fore the skippers had time to place their vessels in readiness to meet the hurricane the storm burst on them Lake Erie was lashed Into a mass of angry waves that tore and surged tossing heavy steamers and shelllike yachts about with equal ease The greatest excitement prevailed along the lake front Among the yacihts which were caught in the storm were the Priscilla and the AvoceL The Priscilla weathered the gale and was towed into port by a tug The Avocet was fu out in the lake and Is still missing The Clipper of Cleveland went down at the mouth of the river in seventeen feet of walter There were five men aboard Four of them swam to the pier the other clinging to the vessel until rescued by the lifesaving crew They had hardly landed when 8 catboat loaded with men was seen to capsize in the ban The lifesavers I were quick in action and succeeded in saving all of the engulfed menThe men-The cup challenger Vencedor had a desperate struggle but succeeded in entering the harbor Several yachts dragged their anchors and went ashore A large propeller is ashore inside in-side the breakwater The wind caused much the city damage to property throughout |