Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-07-27
MOURNING IN MANY HOMES.
wHEELNG's SAD EXPERIENCE.

mUUhNlNu IN MIAMI HUmEo.
wHEELING's SAD EXPERIENCE.
WHEELING, W. VA, July 90
There is no knowing how much
Wheeling and vicinity suffered
from yesterdays totally unprece-
denied storm. Following is list
of those rescued from the washed
out Baltimore and Ohio bridge: w.
8. Mcdonald, Charles Pierce, |. G.
Dimen, W. A. Wilson, Myron Hub
bard, Eddie Ball, E. f. Stein, AL
Klinger, Mr.. Madill, Geo. Paul and
an unknown man. None of them
are seriously injured and they were
rescued from floating debris by
boats and skiffs in the Ohio river.
Reports are conflicting regarding
the number of persons on the bridge
at the time of the disaster; the
most say about sixteen. 1t is gen.
orally believed that not more than
two or three we're drowned, but no
names can be given as yet. The
names of the persons drowned at
Caldwell's run are as follows: Wife
and four children of Thomas How.
", consisting of three boys and a
girl; Mrs. Stensell, a widow, and
her son Herman, aged 20; a daugh.
ter, two nieces, Anna and Alice
Wingard, of Miltensburg, Ohio,
who we're visiting, and a hired girl
name unknown. John Holman,
while attempting to rescue the
Stensell family, was also drowned.
AS yet but two bodies have been
recovered.
This mornings reports from Elm
Grove and Triadelphia, about five
and eight miles east on the Pitts
burg and Wheeling division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, show
that great damage was done to
property aud at least eight lives
we're lost, namely: Jane Fay, wife
of Moses Fay, and two daughters,
Alice and Belle, young ladies OF
Tnadelphla, whose bodies were re-
covered in the drift just below the
village; VIM. CASTOR and wife, old
and well.known people. Mrs. Gas
toms body was recovered this
morning entangled with drift IN a
wire fence at Elm Grove. Caull
Bell of Triadelphia, father of Police
Officer Bell of this city, was also
drowned and his body recovered
this morning. Two young men,
named Bowman, living near Valley
Grove, we're drowned and their
bodies recovered this morning.
Many horses and cattle and sheep
were carried away and carcasses
are floating in the creek at every
point. 1t is estimated that there
are about % lives lost in this vicln-
ity as the result OF the flood.
WHEELING, ". VA, July co.
Reports from the flooded country
districts tonight are somewhat
modified as regard the loss of life.
Mrs. CASTOR, and two young men
named Bowman aud Caull Bell, of
Tradelphia, who we're reported az
drowned this morning were found
allYe. 1t is now generally believed
that no lives were lost by the Bal.
timore and Ohio bridge disaster
Fourteen persons are all that are
known positively to be drowned
and it is thought this will cover
the number. No more bodies of
the Caldwell Run victims have been
recovered. Mrs. Fay and her two
daughters and Mr.. Castor, of Tria.
delphia, were buried this evening.
The loss in this county of stock,
fences, crops, bridges, &C., will
reach 100000.
ST. CLAIRsvILLE, o., July 90
This place and vicinity was visited
last evening by most terrific
thunder storm, with a violent rain
fall, that eclipsed the average
waterspout. Grain fields were laid
waste, the shocked was swept away
and the growing corn is not to be
seen. Bellaire and st. Clairsvllle
and the northern railroads are al
most entirely washed out. An ln-
coming train on the Baltimore and
Ohio was stranded at Echo, and
the trainmen and passengers, as
best they could, escaped with their
lives. Several narrow escapes are
reported, and it is feared that a
number of lives have been lost
As yet it Is impossible to estimate
the loss, but this place and vlcini-
ty are damaged not less than $780,
900
WHEELING, W. VA, July 2l.-
The county commissioners to-day
appropriated $4,000 for the imme-
date relief OF the flood sufferers in
the county. A resolution was
adopted asking West Virginia SEN
ators and Representatives in Con-
gress to build the bridges and re.
tanning walls washed out on the
National road. The county engin'
eor reported that there was not
single road left in the county in
condition to be used, and scarcely
a bridge unchanged. 1t was or.
dered that all the roads be de-
clared closed, and notices posted at
all crossings hat persons using the
roads do 80 at their own risk.
The seventh body Of the victims
of the flood of last Thursday night
was found to-day on the river bank
below town, that of Tommie How
lie, aged 8 years, one of the four
of that family drowned
Eight bodies are still unrecoyered
and several persons missing.
Mahone's State Committee.