Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-11
A STRICKEN REGION.
The Suffering and Loss Between Steu.
benyilIe and East Liverpool.


SrLuRENvILLE, o., February l0.-A men,
Der cf skiff party that left East Liverpool
Yesterday and arrived in this city this morn
ing gives what came under his observation
regsrding the damage by the flood: From
industry 20 steubenville yesterday morn
ng,tbe river on the Ohio side was filled with
wrecked houses, logs, barrels OF oil, hay
-tscks, log RATS, oil tanks and everything
tloatable while occasionally fine looking
trsme house would appear, strike an OBJ
struction, sink, and when it next came to
the surfsce it would be in the shape OF
kindliug wood. A two-story frame house
struck tree at the head OF Babb's island
and went to pieces, and shortly afterward
a two.stOry planning mill from Industry,
iilled with new lumber, shared the same
fate. A neat frame house, with all its
furniture. from Smiths Ferry, passed
down; in one of the bureaus was Bible
with the name of Robert and Hannah
McCsge on the lly.leaf. The lower part
of Glasgow has all the small frames
losted from their foundations, and
their occupants barely had time to
save thei- household goods. At Babb's
Island the highest point was ten feet under
water and rising rapidly. The large county
bridge across the little Beaver. near Smiths
Ferry, was washed from its foundations,
but was tied up before it reached the Ohio.
Between Smith Ferry and East Liverpool,
IN the Clevelanl and Pittsburgh railroad,
200 Yards of the track and ties have settled
ten feet. All the houses below that and
up to the upper part OF East LIVERPOOL
we're either atiOat on their sides or lashed
down to
Keep Them IN Place.
At East Liverpool the packing sheds of
George S. Horker & Co. and Homer Laugh
Inns, were washed away and were total
wrecks. The former was loss OF about
eighteen hundred dollars and the latter
about live thousand dollars. In the hopes
Of weighing Laughlin's packing house so
that il would stand the immense strain init,
the manager during his absence rolled 90
casks Of ware in it. The pump house was
almost entirely covered and the town al.
thorities shut the water off the main and
left the city without a thimble full Of
wafer. Being afraid Of fire, the gas was
drowned out and all business was At
s,sI dstili. Since Wednesday morning,
neither water, gas, railroad or
teleersphic facilities could be had at
any price. G. C.. Thompson " Co.'S large
rock and yellow pottery was at loss OF
,ey, raj thousand dollars. The First Ma.
;ional Bank suspended business on account
Of water. Among other heavy losers are
Corsnt & Sons, groceries; c. Metsch, flour
ing n ill and residence; Brunt& & Sons, knob
works; Cartwright & Bro and Bsgget Bros,
poit, ry; Golding & Co., flint works. Loss
% rbe glass works about s., 900. in pots and
materials. At Jethrow, in the lower sub.
uTbs, every house was submerged and
about twenty-five were turned upside down;
tie ones that did not float away were pulled
a OUT rter of mile up the hollow and tied to
trees the poor owners sitting on the banks
perfect pictures of distress, everything
hey owned in the world being swept away.
AGreat Many Houses At weilsrIIle
were lying on their sides and the back part
OF the town was completely swept away.
Two or three houses were under water, aud
of course the damage will be great. Tne
tops of the telegraph poles were only yisi-
bic and not rail Of the river division OF
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh from Browns
Station to Steubenville.
At New Cumberland the new brick works
of John Porter were cut in two aud badly
damaged; the Clifton brick works are
heavy sufferers; the bank under Andy
Shutters foundry gave way, and the large
two story part is in ruins. Ali the lower
part Of town is under water, many houses
living on their sides. The large Black
Horse Brick and Terra Gotta Works are
submerged and greatly damaged.