The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-21
BURYING THE DEAD
A Landscape Of Ruin in
West Virginia.
pExrpEp on se.l.
rhe Damage Reaches rhr~~ Nh
sfens-Nea~ IN she Lswisnss Near
sFhe<steK Escape Loss Railroads
sd Telegraph sime-s Completely
Dessreyed-Ne Esiahsw res.

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ssseSs esssnaste ai the lives sass IS food
fs>t nizat ts1is sae nasaeer a a isasf ~
At.esf Is E-sfies hsa heea found The
sneaey ioss ss~sfrs mp siaa.ens
TAe zrrz'fsss loss ef HE was along wheel.
tag creek assss az Tsa:iest.Asa. Sssrrh fhss
nasrsslst< rssaitcst Ia the discover OF i
Ruaae~s al fsssies near she latter s>t@es
Nest 81 teen sserr i5ssad ssmaa< the drift,
waiess esllefss'sj af s<sz Cave The sxste
Of William ssassse,s. aged - prarssnsns
and wxsiihy cSitxeAz. Was essaug thesD.
HIS ~ ks'> fxraesns Ne7a fanad r~a f.ttls.
eetesss haoxias ca hsraes wire scnee
t,lAaFsss N4sseel - the Wsrslsax .sszss
GsztsF as~s - was fauus amonu the DRIFT.
wcsl Ms. Jane fay sud her swo rrea a.
NJ daughters. Alire and Assy. wsre dis.
royesta = saers distance hc,o4 Trade lp,zix.
alsG the hsssilsss VI t80 others Aansssxi tses~
lissa Here tssszasi in mra io4 where they
had tesn hurled by the faTisas waves.
Later = psFis treEa rrsaieipA:s ssax the
snywhefe else Fifteen families Arc hpmc
1ess and saved nothing kGs sAss shes had
ssts. Half of tho village, which was sa in
hAsifasi>. was swept awsy. hsaf all except
those name J eseAr ID - the hills
The ssarus extended IS miles easf 81 West
Alexander. Pa The srene alsax the way j.
one OF des,iafsea aud iAcouSssissssle assfraf
Where the ffsa legptsa schrol ssnass..s large
buitssias of six fonsls stf.e<s. The creek i
now a raging gasi3 aad nei sight of even
the foundation remains Tie whole south
half ~ the iowa has disappeared IA cleaf
as IL II ne Ger existed.
The wheeling relief cominitfec. hich
receasty RAISED funds for the Rawlessarg
sufferers, expended the hala1sce lef rfosfss
iSsis and sent theln 10 Tria3eirhla
The Bsiti iaose aud ohip-l'iffsaufr disis-
ion Il rraetisalis destroyed fes i iailes.
The Western uuioa Telegraph lcmpany
ios' tssis miles OF wires aud aest of The
poles
neI,s-ts coming IN from all parts Of Ohio
cuautg iadi ate that the staEm WAS more
disastrous 10 life and property IN the
eoaafY than Ia the city. Tue loss oi lie ia
wheesins is known 70 be 10. with aGm
ber reported nsissInr laslwclls rnp.
which passes thrungst tae kiShte ward oi
this city, was the scene Of the greatest
havoc. Three houses were swept away
and all the inmates drowned They wrre
Ms. Barbara etenseei and son. Herman
Sseaseel, Alice aud Annie wihxot os
Atisonssurg. ohio, nieees OF Mrs sienseel;
John Homaa and Mrs. Thomas Hawley
and foar easldren. Mrs, Haxiey's hus
hand Was IN the yard aud Was swept loo
ards down fac stream. but managed 10
reacsf the bank In safety. Baly Two bodies
hare been recovered. Alice Minsot aud
Mrs Steosces
y =.
siding AZ Clinton. this county. died from
fright st the havoc wrought bs the food
Among ihs drowned is the sheriff ,f Mar
shall county. Two cemeteries 9erc washed
',ut and the collins With bodies hosfcd
down the river.
WORSE THAN EssT REfoRrEn.
.wnEELisG. July e,.--A personal visit 20
all The beed's,ricken sections OF the
ysrinisy by al Associated Press reporter
to-day showed, - far as II was possible 10
cover the fleld. that last nights accoaa,s.
even from heafSaY. were mere
nsariy correct than was to bc expected,
the excitement aud confusion
which prevailed and the vide area which
suffered devastation. But. as was feared
points not reached the night OF the storm
showed. II possible. q worse state Of af
falFs ihan these that were accessible. and
the work OF the fearfal food was but
feebiy Portrayed
The line oi the F!itsburg division OF the
baltimore h ohio railway VIII have 10 be-
rebuilt from Elm Grove 30 the
Pennssl ~ ania State Haze six large and
costly bridges were washed away, and tho
track iiftea freta the added aud twisted
in all conceivable shapes, for saiies nf a
stretch. Al some places u is impossible 10
discern where ibe roadbed lad been.
while. with the exception Of only an oc.
easionE. gap on high aud solid ground, the
bed Is badly washed Away.
A revised list of the casualties ii3 and
about this ssity foots mp ~ The impOssi,
hiiity III rea hing the woFst-damaged local
iiies. cannot be appreciated, Wheeling
creek Is stu dangerously swollen and The
ruade washed. bridges eavcd in. telephone
ald telegraph lines down. II Is impossible
10 give ANY details of the losses TO night,
for ths reason that those who Suffered can
not estimate their own less as yet. sad
every resident on low grounds in th. en-
J 100 10 it9e. while even these on thr hills
host valuable crops. fences, etc.
The EsihfaoFe * Ohio Eosnrauys loss
VIII reach sIp.ooo ~ the lowest estimate.
The csrnty'- loss iu roads and hfiires ans
sehoolsoases viii be ~ least ssa,Vso. the
Wheeling Natural uas Company sleaao
and the Natural Gss Company Of Nes;
Virginia ss5, ,v0a These. with minor losses.
will bring the total. IL Is believed. above
Is, ,eo.99a
fssuagKssLe L,sDsLInEs
PgrTauRo. tais eo-The great storm a
v hceling iasg night shut efr all railroad
between fi.tsbnrg and
wbeeliag. The baltimore s Ohio aud
Panhandle reasss are both bioekaded. aud |
IL VIII be soine days before traffic IN elltlfe
" resumed. The damage on the Baifi-
more & Ohio railroad is mostly due to
sashed-eui bridges and land slides For
fistasca ~ u miles between West Alex
ander and wheeling. where the storm |
burst With fary, the track OF the storm pre-
'cnts sceue uf devastation aud dexfxuc-
ion. Trees tic across the track where !
hey blew down. Wires are down ard fro
lBeni iaBcslides impede ,he work 0f the |
nen who are trying 10 clear The tranks /
Ia tais stretch Of ierr ssery which suffered |
greatest samage, there wcrr fiTe bridges /
,r1ssins creeks TO be repaired. and the Of |
ice IN this citv estimates the number of
aud slides to be clcareti al ~