Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-10
THE Ex.GARDEN sP0r.
Scenes Il Presented As the waite
Drew or

Scenes IL Presented As the Water
Drew or
Yesterday afternoon ground began to
make its appearance on the Island, and by
tonight whole streets will have risen above
the water. BY that time it will be found
that taking its exposed position into con-
sideration, 1t has not suffered 80 badly IS
was supposed. Now that the people are
safe and the danger past, the damage is not
20 great as was feared on Thursday. Hun.
dreds Of houses reported or supposed to be
ruined, carried away, or dislodged are now
found to be all right. Bad enough 1t was;
but il might have been worse. A REGISTER
reporter made complete tour Of II yester.
day afternoon, and gained very toleraole
idea OF its situation. 1t suffered most
through its many frame houses, whose
lightness and buoyancy permitted them 70
be displaced by the water. Where
they remained firm. and this was
the majority of cases, the damage aud loss
are confined 10 the injury done to furni
ture and interiors. This damage Is not
special to the Island, but occurs wherever
house was flooded, and need not be en-.
larged upon now. Many other houses,
withdrawing the water, were damaged by
the heavy ice and logs floating on the cur.
rent, which tore and disfgured them. Mrs.
Pollock's house suffered much from this,
and is the only house damaged, on North
Front street. South Front, in spite OF Its
exposure, was not materially hurt and
Wsgeners was the only house displaced.
The swift current bore toward back river
and houses in that direction, most suffered
Ed. Faris' house, on South Huron, 10 over.
turned. Tim McCarthy's house, on Wa
bash, is carried off, with $500 in gold. G..
Burkett's house. next door, 10 also gone.
A block OF five houses, belonging to Dea-
con Stone, and located on Delaware street,
between Wabash and Huron streets, all
two story frames, have disappeared. w.
II. Sadler's house, on Ohio, has been lifted
to the middle OF the street Mrs. Curry's
house, once Is s. Broadway, is now up
against Lakes house. q block away. Ola.
tors house, on the corner OF Virginia and
South Huron streets, is now up against q
McClement's, on Ohio. A long frame
house, unrecognized, Is lying across Vir.
ginia street, at South York. Another I'M
known house is lying in front OF Harry
McLure's, on Ohio street, while the drift
logs, just below, are fairly covered with
stray chickens. South Penn caught much
OF the current and the yards are filled with
outhouses Of every description. Robsrt
Csmpbel's new stable is lying, inverted, In
the sllev back of Virginia street new
frame house, as yet unoccupied, 10 lying
on its side on Ohio street, between South
Huron and South York. Three thousand
feet Of dressed pine we're caught and So.
cured in front of Sam Eorton's house.
These losses are in addition to those a..
ready mentioned. and there are others
which cannot now be listed.
4 Among other Island heroes who deserve
special praise are Will Wheaton. George
mphrey, Tom Young and the Drssseil
brothers.
The Island has been we'll supplied with
eatables. and il is believed no one went to
sleep hungry last night.