The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-14
THE. |: FLOOD.
GREAT Al ! DAMAGE IN OHIO.
Wheeling Greek a Scene Of
Y y Devastation.
Washouts o. On tie Cleveland 9 Tus-
carawas Road.
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Great Destruction Of Crops, Fences
rs. 5 and 0utbulldlngs. ss
Bridges and Culverts on the C. & P.
Road Badly Wrecked.
Immense Damage on the Panhandle.
Freight Train swampsd in Harmon's
i,5 is y Greek.
Narrow Escape Of the Engineer.
.lgrH.3 HUI ~ : 9E. qa
An Engine Plunges Through a Cross
Engineer and Fireman Supposed to
YssadB be Drowned. Z ] 70
Washouts on The P. W.. & Ky.
No Bridges Damaged and the Trains
I. Running All Right Again.

and Thursday extended over a wide
region OF country, and the railroads
suffered considerable damage. On the
c. & 2. - number OF bridges and
culverts were destroyed or damaged. At
Decp1tun the foundation was washed out
from the abutments, rendering them lia-
bic to fall ut any moment; ut Mingo one
end of the, bridge has fallen into the creek;
at Browns, d culvert was bursted up, also
the large culvert above Wellsyille. The
bridge across big Beaver, has sunk
foot or SO, and It'll feared that It will
60. Wheeling Creek, on the Ohio side, was
two feet higher than it has been for
nine years and the destruction to crops
was disastrous. Lands were badly
washed, while the corn crops for miles up
the creek have been laid as fiat as the
ground. Potatoes are completely de-
stroycd and large extent OF fields have
been stripped Of their fences. The rail-
road bridge at bridgeport shows no ap-
parent damage, but 1t is feared that the
abutments have been rendered unsafe.
The foot bridge leading over to kirkwood
was carried away, also foot bridge at
Worley's. The damage to the Wheeling
and Tuscarowas Railroad is also quite
serious. AT Worley's a stone abutment
and one also at Harold's three miles above
Bridgeport, were damaged. The gil at
Burley was washed out Tor about q hun
dred yards.
The Temporary bridge at Kinsey Town,
used earhng dirt into the fill beyond,
was washed away. Mr.. Liston, at Soap
Town. and other farmers in that neigh:
borhood lost a number Of hogs and other
stock. Alarge number OF carts and wa.
CONS were washed away. at several points
on the National Road the water was as
much rs three feet deep. AT present 1t IS
simply impossible to estimate the amount
of damages sustained. f, Y TX K
'3 Sa,7 AT srErBESviLLE. Jt sa
On the Pan Handle Road the damage
was very great. The stone. archway
which supports the dump at Fishers Run
was broken and about twenty feet square
OF the dump was washed out necessitat-
ing q large amount ofrepairs before trains
can be run over It. The bridge below the
dump was washed completely out, not a
yestire OF bridge or foundation being left,
also part Of the Third street bridge in steu-
beuyflle.w was carried away. ~ ,,s..
The Jefferson Iron Works were partly
flooded, but beyond the stoppage Of work
no particular damage was done. Several
Iofthe residences on England's hill above
the T. railroad were undermined. The
school house near the rolling mill was sur
rounded by water. On Wells Run fences,
crops and out buildings were washed away:
A considerable portion OF the lower part oi
the city was flooded At Fairyiew and
| New Market. west OF Steubenvillc, people
were compelled to leave their houses ior
fear OF drowning. .,
On Cross Greek near Reeds Mills, bridge
No. 10 Is down. Thefirst section OF bridge
No. 10 went down under engine No. Sane!
the engine and four cars were precipitated
Into the creek. Engineer Burk and his
fireman, Mccormack, are supposed to have
been drowned, as nothing has been seen
OF them since. s,.l
F27 RESCUED THROUGH A WINDOW. d,
A widow lady residing near Holmes
Mill. on Cross Creek, had to be taken oui
through a window, the lower portion o.
her house being filled with water. Other
families in the vicinity were compelled to
leave their houses. ~ lf'ti
| b..t.is oNrnls SIDE 1}s
Hat Holidays Cove the fields and railroad
!. were covered with water. AT bridge No
20 the track was washed away at the eas
end OF the bridge, and engine No. 9S oftht
freight train plunged into the creek car
ryins with 1t taconsiderable portion OF tht
trlin, NIL OF which was was badly mashed
up. Theengineer escaped by clinglng e
n store box, which carried him under the
bridge and lodged against freight car
which had also iioated down the stream
and IRON which his comrades, the break
men, who had jumped from the train, sue
ceeded in rescning him. :.
The bottoms along Harmonic Greek
which were flooded, were covered witt
boxes, barrels and other freight from th'
wreck. ts ~ .y,,
, were washed away or sustained any sen
oas damage and the washouts at Glenn,
Run and other points were oil repaired
ties and rails replaced, and trains runnin
!, yesterday evening. '''