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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1893
Page
7
Severe rain drenched Cleveland and surrounding areas, submerging tracks on the Valley, Lake Shore, Nickel Plate and Erie lines. River floods harbors, causing massive lumber loss and boats to battle high water. six men drown and rescuers race against rising floodwaters.
A catastrophic blast at Pope's glucose factory in Athera, Geneva injures several workers. Six men are dead and one man fatally scalded. The four story building housed eighty employees with most escaping minor injuries. Cause unknown and damage estimated at 850000.
May 18 reports from Tircaville and New Castle describe heavy rainfall turning creeks into raging floods. Railroad tracks and factories flood near Ulyderum and the lower city suffers Hooding with eight inches of water covering large areas and rescues underway.
The piece notes free gold in treasury books and potential removal from the sub-treasury. It reports the Whisky Trust authorized 88 million dollars in 25 year first mortgage bonds to reorganize distribution, with Central Trust Company as trustee and most plants idle until stock is worked off. Also mentions Theodore Thomas’s possible resignation amid exposition deadlock and the death of Albert W. Nickerson, former railroad president.
The schooner Pelican loaded with ore from Encabuca sank off Ashtabula harbor around 6 PM Tuesday while in tow of the W H Ketchum. Six of seven crew members on the cabin perished, including Peter Nelson John Ericson and John Ecknight of Cleveland Cosxkaut. A separate accident at the harbor injured and killed mariners as the tug Walter Richardson and dredge Continental were sent to aid. The flood and high water caused extensive damage along the river with multiple deaths and property losses reported in Conneaut and nearby towns.
The Lorain County Reporter offers a Chicago round trip and gold prizes for top new subscriber collectors. The first prize winner gains a Elyria to Chicago ticket and $25, the second $10, and the third prize includes a Chicago ticket and return, all for securing at least thirty new subscribers by August 1, 1893. Clubs must be comprised of new subscribers. Application at The Reporter Printing Co. office.
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