The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-11
AFTER THE FLOOD.
Cbnlinncd from Fir,l Pnae.

aas aaAa RliEs ! In WS ssn
Continued from First Poge. 81. a
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Ing and Pittsburgh telephone arc down.
There WAS no suffering ut these points, the
water having done them no damsge except
to cut them OF from communication with
the outaide world.
The house Of Mits Ellen Hodgins, uhor.
distance above Tiltonviile, was entirely
surrounded by water and the yard and or
chard oiled with houses, barns, ouihouses,
straw etncks and drift Of every description.
Dnt the old lady was n yertable female
Mark Taplcy for Cheerfulneaa, and as the
boat passed up abe ga! In " second A.ory
window smiling and waving her handker.
chief. Captain Stewards house was out Of
water, but that was oil.
The first real suffering found by the com.
mtttee w8B at Warren. Before coming to
that town the boat left the channel and
gllded oyer the county road. Over by the
railroad station houas WIS seen tipped
over and lodged against telegraph pole,
and Information wGs received that dozen
or more houses In that vicinity were com.
pleleiy out Of sight. The Stringer hougc, q
Brick which stands some distance back
from the river, was filled with water 10 the
bottom Of the second Btory windows.
Men came OF In skiHs md told OF the
disaster there. at least twenty houees bud
been swept away entirely and many others
moved from their foundation. Eleven
families were reported as destitute and
badly needing provisions. A generous
supply WAS cent out TO DO distributed by
Dp. Yes! aud Hubbard. and the boat
moored at Beech Bottom. Profa. Shepherd,
Anderson and Gwinn wero taken to
their shorein skill. At this place small
franc dwelling house was stranded on the
railroad track. Bowman's coal yard wac
tho next point reached, andlere some
twenty refugees from Welfsburg were found
and supplied with provisions. Mr.. ]. G.
Bowman generously supplied the boa;
with twenty or thirty buahela Of coal ns his
contribution TO tho sufferers.
Tng LANDING AT wELlsBuRG.
Tho Princess laudiug above the Grauitt
House in Wellsburg. The committee i'm
mediately conferred with the relief com.
mitteo OF the town and left with them the
igrcater part OF the provisions brought frou
| Wheeling. Tho situation ut Wellsburg Il
not nearly 80 bad as was reported, but L
bad enough. The water at it's height stoot
about six feel in the second story OF the
New Hudson hotel, and three feet In the
court house. AL the lower part Of thu
town was inundated. Fifty or sixty house.
we're washed from their foundations, ant
many OF them broken up and carried
laway with their contents. Volhardt
Sheets and J. Apologize 4 Son we're The
loss. All the other merchants lost come
thing, and many Of them lost all. Mort
Than hall the people Of the town were
driven from their homes by the water, bu
all found shelter in the houses OF thci
moro fortunate neighbors and in the pub
lie buildings. r.
| The farmers in this neighborlood re
sponded nobly to tho call for help. Al
tsoon as the full extent OF the damage wa
known they came ilocking in with Wagon
loads Of food md clothing aud relieved tht
sufferers without charge. Had it not beer
for this prompt end generous action OF th
farmers the suffering must have beer
greatly increased.
/ The exception 10 this was the case
Farmer John Legget., OF Independence
Pa. He heard OF the trouble and spsn
Thursday night in bu!chering bel, dress
ing chickens and getting butter and egg
ready to bring to town. On Friday b
brought them and offered his beef for sal
ut so cents pound, butter 90, chickens GO
land eggs rs. The people stood mu!ely b,
for q little whila aud then the womci
grabbed him and his horses and shouted
Ifor the boys to 20 Tor him. His wagon wa
completely Quilted. He strug. led ant
kicked, and in tho meelee struck one O
tho ladies in the face. Then Waite
Duyal came into tho mix and gave hin
one between the eyes for luck, which set
tied his case. Farmer Lpggett will not b
Iapt to come to Wellsburg again. Til,
only regret expressed is that he was no
thrown into the river.
TIE DAMAGE AT wELLsBuEG.
It is impossible at present to estimate tn
damage that Wellsburg has sustained, bu
Tits very large. The Riverside and tn
Panhandle glass works estimate their dam
/ age at $4,000 each. George'a paper mil
: is damaged to the extent OF abou. S2G0C
and the sack factory about $1,000. SeYera
: merchants stored their goods in the Cour
House, but the floods came, and calico
coffee and quinine were all mixed togelhe
and entirely destroyed. A warehouse il
. which the household goods oisoveral fam
lilies were stored was carried off ans
broken up.
| Here as elsewhere there has been som,
piracy, and il any OF the thieves are Caugh
| it will go hard with them.
| Two ARRAYS occurred on Friday, one O
which may result fatally. @. NJ. Hsgau
while drunk, shot at Philip Good bu
missed him and Tas disarmel and Jailed
The other case was that Of rough name,
Jim Montgomery, who attacked Joe Walk
er on the street. with the purpose OF givin,
him thrashing. Montgomery was pullet
OF by some oil Walkers friends and 81
roughly handled that his lie ia despaire,
OF. IN
On the way back tho Princess stopped q
Warren and lett another large quantity o
provisions and blankets. Before reachin,
| Wheeling q meeting Of tho comm ttee wa
held and vote Of thanks rendered to the
Captain Of the Princess for his generous con
duct in giving the use OF bis boat free o
charge for the use Of the committee. In
response Capt. Ball said he was only sorr,
he could not do hundred times as much
NOTES.
Mr.. Pooll,a merchant who lest his all, hat
become violently insane, and will be tGker
to m asylum. a.
! Sam. George saved some OF his fine Ter