Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-05
sesuItlru From the Long-COntln-
led Fall Of Rain.
=. Mast Disastrous Floods Known for
Generation Hundreds Of People e, Home "a
les, ass Millions of Dollars lars! S'''n
Of Property Destroyed
BRIDGES SWEPT oFF,TRAVEL STOPPED

p;,,sburyb and Oil City, to the amount u
Iors,,I III .usaud dollars. IL came
- sral.n,y that parties living near
- c,rs unable to prepare Tor the
-, -r,h Of water and ice and IN some
4 So, barely escaped with their lives
tn -ivsr commenced rising this mornlnS'
IN, no dar gyr was apprehended until TINS
a.,,rr,,r Shen the volume OF water oe.
S.ne 81 large that all the re'al. I'a.TIS
hes suF about tweHty rats oI luIiogi i'SI
- srr away in few minutes, entail
ina les, ii about
ope Hundred thousand Dollars
-, ,.,,,,,sg,e has resulted here yet, but
30 r-yrr was - feet az IL clock To-
,f,lrsrd ,tll rising, at 8 rate OIL . lh'heS
an h,r-. rhe amount OF uamsge thaJ may
h.. G0I.r rau only be l;naS'heu' Tue G wv"
,,,,;ors AZ Allegheny City and the South
D.. .-. ready threatened with lnunda-
N and the residents are moving 10 sale
rrgrt..S ~ points above the damage at
resent s estimated at quarter Ot mill
a, T.-k.-'s the river is - feet and still
r;,ir.. ON River avenue the water IS from
Siy irclts to six feet deep. Stores are all
4. oted SIX occupied houses anu mum
E,rof unOCcupied ones were washed away.
As far s. knOwn no lives were lost. rant
lies and merchants are moving TO me 1i.I.'.
IN FrterortSt In o'clock tonight tue
n . water was IN rising with . feet IN the
Ilyer. The lov y part Of
The Ten il Submerged,
= and The re~ den. IRE leaving.
. At Emiruton, bridge with four men N
il was washed aH =. Three vi them are
kusau Iu have ue n Sayed.
AT FUNburg the water IN the river wai
very high. The trsstling and one span u
the new bSdgp were carried OIL.
At kirrsuuiug there is great excitement.
Tie town j. partly inundated.
4 S'rsShurg special reports that TWO
bridges on the Cleveland Tuscarawas Val,
l,v srd Wheeling rsilrOsd are gone. AMI
tNrrra,k il badly washed out Trans
SU'srs'i generally.
Ar t.m@r,d Falls special saws tAe brilsr
~ Vtslylew over Plumb creek, was swept
away.
Work Suspended.
WARREN. February 4-Westland's roll
irg mill is TWO feet and the New York,
TrrnSv Iyaria end Ohio Railway Is four feet
under water. The factories on the Hats are
So iuuu dated that work must be suspended
iur sew raj DAYS. The business part Of the
exf.rSive damage is reported.
FRANKLIv, Pa, February t.-The New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio road is ten
feet under water and ice. Twenty five
families were driven from home. The
Nerango mill is in two feet of water, and
large quantity of grain, -four and feeu
was destroyed. \ great amOuu. OF lumber
was swept away.
city In Darkness
4 Msa1yilIe, Pa, special says. The water
is two f.rt higher than the big Hood of
l>75. lc>. urght the ice gorge in Mill Run
broke ggd the whole central part of the
town W, Hooded. and numberleSs cakes of
ice were FoatiUg swiftly about. This freShet
subsidized, then one third Of the city was
sUbu ergvd in consequence Of the ice gorge
in Frtrrh Creek extending three miles.
over $40 ismiics are in boats. There is
much suffering from cold and expos,
Ure. The gas works are under water
! and Ne city is in darkness. No rail.
road trains can enter or leave the
city. TIE station agent at the junction
was rescued in a boat Just before his little
house vas washed away. Many head OF
cattle srd other stock were drowned. Sew.
Cral bridges are in danger
RoSts, Rats and Lumber Lest.
PITTsEyRCH, February THE Clarion
river is - !ert. The Ice started at one this
afternoon and carried with il boats, RATS
and lumber valued at $4,000.
BRAusoRU, February 4-NearIy half the
business streets are under water The Hood
is the
Most Disastrous Ever Known.
This morning the ice gorge gave way and
carried with 10 thousands Of saw logs, be-
sides houses, bridges and everything ada
cent 10 the channel. Families who sup.
posed the danger was past went back 10
their houses. and were afterwards rescued
from the second stories by men in boats.
FRASELIS, February THE water is
within two feet OF the great hpOi OF 1855,
The ice in French creek came out ;his
morning,
Carrying wIthIt
tie two ceLtre spans Of the upper French
creek bridge on which were two men who
= escaped with slight injuries. A number
OF TANKS snd derricks were also clrrieI
away. All the houses alon. French
Creek are under water. Two other bridges
ore IN great danger. The bridges are
N down at canton, LOudOnYille and Lawrence
T. on the 7. I. & c. Railroad and one mile
east ei Wooster, mile Of track has been
washed away. At other points the road
bed IS entirely covered with water.
~ Oh Tanks Destroyed.
n FRANKllS, Pa, February THE ics
went out Of French Creek this af,srnoG,
taxing away the upper French creek
bridge and doing great damage TO tho oil
NNeLS along the bank, tearing away many
GerrlckS and oil tanas The ice in The
rlNsr also moved ont DESTROYING many oil
wells on the river banks.
~ Damage to toe Forest civ
GrEyHrnSr E,b-...-
rains have done vast damage throucbont
this part Of the State and Western Penn.
$sylvania Al the streams are eytrso-li.
nsTIIx high, bridges have been csrriaJ
away, farms inundated and much rr,,r.r,,.
Sfand many lives lost.
N ClEyFLANo, o, February THE eo,led
Ct hts~ embraces several sGua-e
rs, -, H"O"h as the Hats" lying in the
valley through which the Cuvah6,s 80
tN'StS ."r eight miles within the limits of
tns Guy, which Is especially built ON bi..b
ahnS' seventy feet above the lake l., r5is
bw-lylng district are conce,,-,,II
yast business interests. Much of the ts--;,
: Dry Is covered BY lumber yar5s -,
Nhleh so much property has been carrieJ
NSy 'ha' ne owners are called to meat ~,
= HOrro% 10 form pool in order 10 r-cnys.
-" A.. 80 . t'i>>lOte. Little. If aDy lnrpk,-
cpuld Be Identified, and all dav s,o-aI g
IeIersenS, with more t6rif, ~ y.
Abonesty, have beenS gathering ho,rIi nan
NC shlrgeS from the river and axe inTan5'
toR to sell II snd pocket the nrOreaIs ",
tnhSrt tHlS enterprise, the Iumbs- f--,C
pfpP"s" To unite and claim the rsrnge,.,I ,.'S
InpeTiy, and divide il in p-onorti,,, 9 :
/ r. lO>s' The elevators and Hnr-fn,,
Us VIII suffer great damage 10 gr,iS az
lQcr, no estimate oi which can ha -, - -
Itf IRON furnaces and manufacturers -,
e>t loss Viii be on machinery iniurSS bv
V4tsr and rust. GraS>eEs Na-sE
\ and li~rw'od's cheu>icaI WORKS s-s 80
Y damaged and a great 0uop,i,I ,,s
fto<k Ma destroyed. The Cleveland E,E ~
Htbiil Company's new furnaces a. ~, r''..
lypr der water, bat probably NOT 80, paI,.
d1nag,d. The wurkmen we're H., sa,.I ~.
lssf night. Various coal wards srs A." snI "p'
nesetd, bat probably tie loss will pos NJ No
vkry a'se. viii uo' Oe
p A,h;abula special reports that ~,
dt>p riCge at he mouth OF the riye- ~
sEetf' cad the Nickel Plate railway b-i5,s !,
.kN<I 1Tay. SO u
M FTRiHs Wrecked
N - HfFtrcn O, February two f-.;.,, ,,
1<111r~ ~ through = bridge rs,- ba-.