The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-28

RUNNING FIGHT.
Some buildings looked as though a broad.
side had been poured into them. A large
number OF gentlemen who served in the late
unpleaSantnesS were heard to say that the
storm was the best imitation OF u battle ever
heard.
About five minutes after the storm ceased
there was another rain burst and light fall
Of hail, the stones being about the NE of a
pea; then the clouds cleared away and the
streets were filled with sight seers and house
owners, hurrying to the window glass stores.
The Old adHgc Its an i'll wind that blows
no good" was never more aptly illustrated.
The GLACIERS had most decided boom, and as
their stores filled up they could lily conceal
self-satisfed smile.
4 reporter fastened down TO the stores of
Robinson and Wilson, on Main street, as
soon rs walking was safe, and the sight was n
strange one. The proprietors had secured
telephone connection with Bellaire, and had
ordered largo supplies enough they said ITO
supply ME town" Customers poured rapid;
ly in and soon lines were formed that ex-
tended out on the side walks. In the rear of
the stores could be heard the cracking OF
glass as the diamond cut the sheets into
proper Sizes and in the front, give me
one hundred and seven l0x!2s," want nine
teen 12xlSs," and the like, was poured into
the ears of the ratified clerks. Every man
bad to be
IEIs owN GLAZGER,
and 1t was no unusual sight to see business
man hurrying along with bundle OF glass
in one hand and roll OF putty in the other,
while putty knife protruded from his coat
pocket.
The damage Is great all over the city. The
storm was felt with the most force, IL is
thought, on the Island, taking for examples
the buildings on the Fair Grounds and the
residence OF J. NJ. Belleville, ESQ, who had
forty lights destroyed In the first ward the
force OF the storm was also great, although II
did not extend much above Third street, the
Hospital being hut little. injured. In the
Second and Third wards 1t was hard enough,
rs the owners Of large building will be ready
to testify by this morning. On the South
Side the storm extended 10 the extreme lower
point Of the city, carrying destruction all
along the iius.
IN FULTON
the houses Jared badly, the glasses being
small. At LeatherwOod the residences and
grounds OF MeSSrs. 0'Brien, Dubois, Grier
and others were badly damaged, their private
greenhouses being wrecked ana almost de.
stroyed, the frames in many cases being bro
ken, and untold Injury resulted to the dow
erS and plants.
West of Bridgeport the storm was fully as
severe, il not more so, than III the city, and
the numerous hot houses and cOnscryatories
along the National road suffered badly,
John Young, the proprietor Of green house
In that vicinity, reports that his loss will
reach two thousand lights OF glass, and this
is ABOUT the average number destroyed for
each. proprietor. AT Pasco the storm was
particularly severe, the trees being denuded
OF their small branches tho bark in many
cases peeled, and Shrubbery broken and
crushed.
The hail ,-as-hHs been stated, was accompan.
led by wind and rain. In addition there was
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
Il was war Of the elements, grand, sublime
and awe inspiring. The rain flooded lie
cutters and the sewers, which quickly became
choGed up Then the streets became rushing
torrents
What the damage in this city will amount
to It would be difficult to say. Various esti.
mates were made on the number OF lights
broken and the amount OF the damage. The
Sex, 900. wv ~
All the large buildings in tho CITY CON.
tri5uted to this damage appreciabfy, At the
State House seventy.fve panes Of glass were
broken. The PostoAice building escaped
with only about dozen. The McLurc house
lost M the Stamm los, most Of them OF I'M.
usually large size; the st. James I47, All
the numerous west windows In the Female
College were broken, and the Linsly Institute
lost ~ pares OF good size. At Mt de ChantRl
900 paneS were broken in the college and
conservatory. All the west windows Of
the Pottery were ruined and HofT.
mans tannery had l56 large panes broken,
At Fishers foundry 400 panes Of sky light
were broken, and the sand moulds lust ready
for casting, ruined. All the ward schools
suffered more OF less, the new Fifth ward
building among the number. The Fourth
ward school had all the west windows
broken, the Ffst ward ITO panes, and the
Third ward large number.
me churches also Swelled the volume OF
Church on Sixteenth street probably snfFsrsd
the most severely. All its large stained TlSss
windows on the west, several of them me.
mortal windows, were riddled The large
illuminated windows in the front of Dr.
church, at the corner Of Market
and Seventeenth streets, were also rpined
The Zane Street Church only lost it, bSse.
ment windows Of frosted giass. the INNER
tier, Of stained glass, being protected by
screens FN ~
One Of the heaviest losers will be Mr.. Thee.
dore Schneider, the Island florist whose lsS ara
green house was not only untooied. bSt |
many OF his most valuable plants broken
md destroyed, including plants valued al |
! Nv which he brought with him on his |
return from his recent visit to Germany.
glass were Lbsoken, in the dining haIl and