The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-28

y yHta between Chestnut and Centre streets.
], M WHouI Sne mile out the run man named
> WI WIN. - iSsA ued his family, vile and sey.
: stat Cnuuten with clothes line ina room.
Icnrlng that some Of them would mai
= away IN their alarm and be Loaf Tbo
8 house and entire family were saved Tb,SS S
quarters OF a mile up the run the brcsSt
! Of the Hood would give cross section of
! four feet In heigth and two bundled and
lIly ieet IN width, and BY the time It had
reacned tne city limits i had assumed the
proportion Of the Bill River food.
The number OF persons lost Is undoub..
edIy considerably more than the number
already recovered. At Woods run, on
The same side OF tho river as Butchers and
Spring Garden, and four miles west Of
them at the head, two houses occupied by
Pat Farley and Frisbee Demlng were
swept away. Farley saved the families
BY means OF rope tied 10 tree on he
hillside. John German and three chill
dren were lost in the next house, Mrs.
German, guided by q flash of lightning.
seized gas pipe and escaped. a NUM-.
bel, OF other buildings were washed away,
and as the flood subsided one OF Gorman's
children was found south OF the rallroSd
track, and the bodies Of two Of
Forden's little ones were also discovered;
baby ten months old, OF the bridge, and
little boy, aged about ten years, iar out
Wilkins avenue. These Ave bodies. A
terrible sight, lie OF McCaskey g NC
Henry's livery stable, near the scene.
On the south side Of the Ohio river
TemperanceVille was the heaviest sufferer.
Here q narrow stream known as Saw Mill
Kun empties into the Ohio, Up thi0
stream hardly q vestge Of two iron
bridges remains. Stones two 10 three feat
in thickness by five feet in length were
torn from the abutmenis and carried down
stream like pieces Of cork. Five wooden
bridges and three trestleworkS over the
same stream were also swept away. The
Gasometer at the gas works was also bad.
ly injured. w. E. s. ]. II. Tsylor's salt
works were completely wrecked; loss
$25 600. At Brooks, Ballautine & Co.'S
refinery three tanks, two stills, two worms
and 800 feet OF pipe were swept aWay,
a brick store near the Washing.
ton turnpike, owned by George
K. Gumbel and occupied by MI.
Zeigler, was struck by the flood and melt
ed away 80 that nothing can now be seen
where Il stood save pool OF water; IN,
Zeigler estimates the loss Of his stock Al
about 80 600. The building was worth
about "a 600. The lot on which the store
building stood has also disappeared, the
course Of the run beng here changed 90
that its bed is nowhere. The building was
formerly located above the forks Of the
run. 55TT
Tho following buildings were DESTROYED:
MIR. Vanyers house, James O'Oonnor's
house, VIM. Stephens house, Stephen
sempes house, Miners Hall, George Al
sop's house, two slaughter houses belong.
ing to Wm. Archibald, two log houses be.
longing 10 George Gray, Pstton's block
consisting Of four houses, and Gray 4
beirs carpenter shop, blacksmith shop
and nity coal cars. Gray s. Bell estimate
their loss at $4,000, mostly in rolling
stock and mining implements.
The list Of dead thus far taken out Is as
follows: The child Ida Hunter, Thomas
Brittan and son, AIrs. Tropp, wife Of
Isaiah Tropp, James O'Connor and Betsy
Lee his housekeeper, and Mrs. Semple.
The following persons are missing and
supposed to be drowned: VIM, usrsley.
vile and two children; Thomas Hunter
vile and three children; vile of Thomas
Brlttan; Isaiah Tropp and five children:
Frederick MCVey,wiie and three children:
Frank O'Neal and daughter; Geo. Jones
son and daughter.
In the Charters Valley a stream runs
parallel with Saw Mill run and emntjes
into the Ohio river three miles below Il.
The loss OF life and property has been
great, The runs emptyiDg into CHARTERS
Kun BECAME rushing rivers. On Brush
Kun the fences and bridges are all gone
and great deal of valuable property de-
stroyed. The loss of human lie has been
lrightluI. At McLaughlins Run eleven
persons were drowned, among them a
whole family by the name Of McCleat.
The house owned by Mr.. Stratton, which
had been standing one hundred years,
was torn away, and after being taken
down stream one and half miles by the
rushing waters Mr.. Stratton succeeded in
making his escape. Vast quantities of
property have been destroyed. By the
lurid lashes Of lightning horses and cattle
and animals OF all kinds could be seen
floating on the torrent, and their below.
ings Of terror could bG heard above tho
roar Of the flood.
Up to midnight very few particulars IN
addition to those sent previously GANG
IN. Nearly all the papers Of the city have
tried strenuously to arrive at an accurate
list OF all the killed aud an estimate OF
the loss OF property, but have been unsuc.
cesslul. The scattered positions Of the
districts devastated by the flood and the
beWildored condition of the people in the
places inundated render It impossible 10
give anything like accurate statements az
to facts and figures. Ali reports as 10
the losses arc therefore, to great extent,
simply estimates. The Commercial places
the loss ot life in tho Butchers' Run and
Allegheny City districts OF 147, while the
DlSpGtch only makes 1t 1876. The most
carefully prepared figures, however, give
the total loss Of life at $40
With regard to property, It is simply
impossible 10 give an idea that can be
considered reliable. -
At meeting Of citizens Of ALLEGHENY
tonight number Of leading citizena
pledged themselves 10 raise $1,000 for
the immediate relief of the sufferers.and
measures have been taken to have ali the
dead bodies In the ruins removed as soon
as possible. : .S
A meeting has been called by the Mayor
OF Pitlaburgh for tomorrow. II will like.
" be several days before accurate figures
can be known concerning the entire re-
suit Of the sad devastation. -fsg.f
PHILADELPHIA.