Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-22
CALDWELL'S Run.
The stream Goes on the Rampage Agsi
and Does a Good Deal of Damage.

The stream Goes on the Rampage Again
and Does a Good Deal Of Damage.
The people living along Csldwelps run
received a bad fright again yesterday after
noon, and they certainly had cause to be
frightened. The heavy rain caused the
run to gradually swell up until at about
one o'clock it for the second time within a
few weeks became mad rushing torrent,
seeking whom and what it might destroy
and steal.
The left hand run, which was badly
damned with rubbish from the last flood,
came down with terrific force, and being
unable to get out freely in its natural
channel, it opened mp new ways for itself,
cutting through Major John Wright's yard
and forcing its way to the main run by
several other routes
The main run was worse than ever. 1t
literally spread itself all over the valley,
washed new bed in several places, to do
which lots Of ground belonging to resi-
dents were ruthlessly confiscated and
nothing left them in return except
WATER, ROCKS AND DESTRUCTION.
In many respects the fl)od was worse
than ths last one. The water WAS much
higher and naturally covered more ground,
else 1t is probable that several houses would
have been washed away. As it was, sew
eral had very narrow escapes, although
the water came up so gradually that peO-
pie had some chance to make preparations
to meet their onslaught.
Mt. Zion cemetery suffered quite extern
sively, the fence being partly swept away
and some of the ground washed out The
residence of Mr.. Platt, just below the left
hand run, was right in the midst of the
water, but fortunately it did not rise high
enough By several inches to cover the first
floor, and nothing was injured, though the
building was in q bad place.
WIN. Brunell, whose dwelling is on the
left side opposite Major Wright's place, lost
nearly
ALL HIS FRONT LOT.
From the house his land extended ont to
the bank Of the run, distance of about
thirty feet, and he Was apparently safe
from the inyasions OF the water. He had
lust had completed, at o cost of about $500,
q heavy plank bulkhesd, ballasted with
very large and weighty stones, to keep the
water from encroacning upon his land, but
when that force of water came everything
went, and ouly small part Of his front
yard was left, while the house, which be-
fore had been considered beyond all dan
ger, was almost undermined. MIR. BrunelPs
family left the house and went to q rela-
tiye's.
This was not the only case of this kind.
A number of houses which had escaped the
last food have been placed in dangerous
positions by the eccentricities of the run.
The residence of Chss Grumlich, the
dairyman, which was left in bad position
by the last flood, had to be vacated by the
family and the water came up around 1t,
almost sweeping over the first floor and
narrowly missing carrying the house away.
A small house occupied by family named
weidebusch, which was also partly de-
stroyed by the last flood, again caught it,
but the damage this time is only light.
The dwelling owned by
JOHN HOFFMAN,,
the man who was drowned in the recent
food, is left in very precarious condition.
1t lies on point of ground which extends
only partly under il, and as the run is
divided by this point another wash will
about end its career.
The brick house at the run on Eoff street,
owned by Hermann Menge, is in a very
dangerous position. The ground is washed
away close up to the foundation, and an
other such rise would undermine the
house. The washout at Eoff street is
awful, and the run covers about
all the land in that vicinity
now. The electric motor bridge over the
run on Chspline street, which was put up
temporarily, is in such delicate condition
that not much weight would be required
to break it down. To see Csldwelis run
rs it now is, is surely curiosity, 50 il has
taken mp about all the level land in the
valley and commenced operations on the
hillsides A few more such tears as il got
on yesterday and the people viii be COM
PEELED 10 either move on top the hills or