The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-18
THE STORM YESTERDAY.
The Streets and Cellars FIooded.--
The Sewers Overlooking.
Great Damage to Sewers and streets
s.Tw0 Hundred Feet Of Jeflers
son Street Washed into
rfYf the River. -

lay the River. -
The rain which fell at short intervals
all day yesterday turned into q regular
deluge about five o'clock last evening. Il
rained for about twenty minutes about as
hard as 1t could rain. Before the rair
closed the water was pouring off Of the
hill by every street and alley, and in a few
moments the streets in the central part o
the city were completely under water
looking for the time like rivers more thar
streets TWAS supposed that the rain wa,
then overi but not so, for about Z O'Clock
1t commenced raining again harder thar
ever, and kept i up until 1t seemed al
though second Noah's ark would be in
demand, The streets at this time werC
nearly all overaowed from gutter to gut
ter, and the pavements also were mostly
under water, particularly at the corners
The latter shower did not continue much
longer, II any, than the first, but more
water fell. OF course considerable dam
age was done, hundreds Of cellars being
filed with water, and several sewers cav
ing in. The most serious damage was
done at the foot Of Jefferson street, First
Ward. fGs ,t
The P. W. & K. R. r. Co., in con.
structing their road bed along the river
at the foot Of this street had found 1t nee
essary to cut the sewer just above the
mouth. A hole thus cut gave the water
q fair chance to work away the road bed
freshly built, and in a few minutes'a huge
hole had been cut in the street which
grew larger and larger until it extended
about hundred feet. There Is a three
feet sewer running down Jefferson street
to point about so feet below Main
where it connects with one Of only
eighteen inches. The smaller sewer
proved too small to carry off the water
from the larger and bursted just at the
juncture during the second shower. This
flooded the street, and the water poured
down into the hole already washed below
washing 1t so much the faster, and be-
fore the water was carried of the street
was washed out nearly up to the break, a
distance Of nearly two hundred feet
About sixty feet OF the brick fence sur
rounding Colonel Dewy's grounds, on the
north side of the street, fell in and it was
thought the stable on the south side of the
street would also tall before morning.
At the corner OF Main and Quincy
streets, young man in attempting to re.
move a large dry goods box, which had
floated down the middle of Main street
and lodged in the opening .ot the sewer
slipped and came very near being drawn
into thesewen On Market street gen,
tlenap fell in the gutter, and it was only
after much difficulty that he was rescued
from drowning. .
The alley above Hampden St., East
Wheeling, was washed out to depth Of
about three feet, making it impossible
The sewer ut the corner Of 9th and Quin.
cy, at the Cathedral corner fell in making
a pretty bad break. The cellar under
Washington Hall has about four feet oil
water; Mr.. McLain informed us that he
would probably suffer pretty heavily
The sidewalks at every corner are cover
ed with dirt, in some places to the depth
Of over a loot. Late last night
persons could be seen along Main
and Market streets, busily engaged in
pumping out cellars, many Of which had
two and three feet OF water in. At this
timeitis impossible to give the extent Of
the loss, but it will probably be consider.
able. We heard several gentlemen re.
mark that they had lived in Wheeling
from forty to fifty years, but meyer had
they witnessed such a storm as that Of
last evening. We do not know how far
the storm extended, nor whether there
wasany damage done in the surrounding
country. lal ..t
'Later.-At the present writing, 12s
o'clock this morning, the rain is coming
down in torrents, and tho probabilities
are that we will have another flood equal
to the one of last night.
BuRe1lAns ApRoAp.-The house Of