The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-10
Incident. OF the Flood.

Keyser Tribune.
Above Petersburg, in Grant county
lived an old blacksmith named feeF
near the river bank, in his little story
and .s-hslf cabin all alone. DE swoke II
the morning to find the rapidly sweinng
! waters surrounding the little hut, sne
threatening to wreck his humble doml
Gle. Gradually the rising waters eIossc
in upon the house, driving its occupant
into the lott. Here. from small! w!n
dow al one end, he peered out ana slg'
nailed parties who were watching WIZ
intense interest the old mans tase
from the hills across the valley
Higher and higher ross the MUDDY
waves, until he was driven from ais Po'
r.ion at the window and forced to ding
to the rstters for safety. When Peer
disappeared from the window, every BODY
ST. pposed he had dropped Into the water
and persisted, and his loss was generally
reportsd. After the river fell sufficient
". he came down, quilt 8 fire, and the
smoke was seen TO curl from the cabin
chimney, and then they knew ne was
there alive.
1t is said an old colored man IN the
suburbs of Moorefeld, when warned to
escape from his little hut, refused. say
ing all be had was in ''dat bildsn, and II
it went, he would 20 with It,
A thrifty German, who, by economy
and toll 1t bis trade, had purchased
and paid for lot and built house upon
it. was inconsolalable on witnessing the
soil, fencing, Sc, washed and badly
damaged. He declared he wished him
self and family had persisted, as there was
nothing left to live upon, and nothing to
pay for work it he engaged at 1t.
An old woman named Denny, who
kept the toll gate below Mooreheld, with
her daughter, renamed IN the old toll
house and were driven to the garnet
Nothing but tree standing In the ysrd
kept the dwelling and inmates from
being swept away.
A gentleman residing on South Fork
above Mooredeld, awoke to find the
water rus hing into his dwelling. Hasti-
ly dressing, no with his wife and two
children, barely had time to take refuge
in tree, where they renamed for "a
hours. Nc UOuSo Hbo uauiy oo"NNNi
but did not wash away, as was feared.
We are glad to learn mary OF the cat
tie washed away along the South Branch
have been recovered, and the loss IN
stock will chiefly be hogs. Nearly every
farmer on the river lost hogs, and some
heavily. VIM. NJ, Randolph last about
80 tat hogs and sixty pigs. Lew. Will
sono from so to 10 fat hogs. jacob Van
meter near 80, OF which about ~ head
have been recovered. james ).
Whiting lost 10 or II tat cat
tie, q considerable number OF hogs,
and very heavily in corn, hay,
and rails. Along the islands above the
Trough, where immense piles OF drltted
grain, rails, &c, were heaPed up, quite
number OF dead hogs and cattle have
been found, it is sad, la this narrow
dehle, known as the Trough through
which the South Branch rushes with
tragic grandeur; corn may be seen sixty
feet high hanging IN trees.
Many of the farmers congratulated
themselves on the heavy coating OF sedl
ment lett on the surface, that will enrich
the land for years to come, especially Mr..
Whiting, OF Old Fields. Over 100 acres
was covered with back water, and 1t Is
said that at least one foot OF rich coating
remains all over the bottom. Others, In
a more or less degree, enjoyed the same
benefit,