The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-22
EpPErT on TnR RAILROADS.

Travel mud Traffic suspended on Some Lines
and BADLY Delayed and DemOraliEed OH
nli-The HemplleId and Ohio River Ronds
Suffer Most Only few Trains Last Night.
Costly Work Al,cnd.
About 0 o'clock last night all the rail-
road offices were visited for the purpose
OF ascertaining the exact state OF affairs,
the damage done and the whereabouts
of the several trains. Rumors in circu-
lation about the damage to the railway
service were numerous, and some oil
them were of startling nature. lnves'
tigation proved many OF them to be with.
out foundation, and others were found
to be much exaggerated.
1t was difficult to obtain, even at the
railroad offices, full and accurate accounts
OF the damage, for the reason that the
wires were down in all directions. Still,
enough was learned to indicate that the
damage done, and the inconvenience
that will be felt, both by the roads and
the travelling public, will probably be
fully as great as that occasioned by the
food OF last month.
All the temporary work that was put
IN in place OF the bridges and embank'
ments washed out by the flood oil July
10, has either been swept away again or
lett in such shape us to be unsafe.
The greatest damage done is again to
be found oat the line OF the Hempteld
branch OF the B, d o. Passenger train
No. s, Captain Brady conductor an nc.
commodation that left Pittsburgh at 0:30
O'Clock n. m. and was due here Mt i2:i5
O'Clock, is reported to be caught between
washed out trestle bridges and new made
embankments, a short distance this side
OF Triadclphia, only u few yards from
where the Philadelphia express was
caught in the July flood.
So far as can be learned.
PIvE OF THE TRESTLE BRIDGES
that were constructed in place OF the
substantial structures that were de-
stroyed last month, are gone, and the
fills and other new work have been in
many places almost obliterated. The
damage is reported to extend far beyond
the limits oil that caused by the July
storm, and serious washouts are thought
to have occurred near West Alexander.
No telegraphic communication could be
had after o'clock, and just how bad it
is cannot be definitely stated 1t is al-
most safe to say, however, that nearly
all the work that was done in the ten
DAYS after the last storm will have to be
done over again.
Included in the number OF trestle
bridges reported lost, is the one ut the
foot OF Sixteenth street in this city.
II was reported at late hour last
night that the Baltimore & Ohio bridge
at Elm Grove, which withstood the
force OF the last storm, had been so I'M
dermined and shaken by yesterdays tor
rent as to be unsafe, and another report
was that it was all but entirely washed
away. No positive veriacation OF this
news was obtainable, but the prObabili-
ties are that this bridge has been so
seriously damaged this time us to neCes
state rebuilding
Just what the damage done out on
the Fourth division OF the main stem OF
the i. d o., between here and Grafton,
amounts TO- is matter hard TO deter.
mine, for the telegraph wires in that di-
rection are also down. At a late hour
it was reported that No. 5, the "Daisy
Limited, from Philadelphia to Chicago,
due here Mt 1850 O'Clock last night, had
been stopped at Grafton, and would re.
main there until the track was clear
again. There are known to be several
had WASHES AND SLIDES
that will have TO be cleared up be-
fore trains can run again, but nothing
is known regarding the condition OF the
bridges.
Reports received from other sources
concerning the rise OF the Mouongahela |
would indicate a possibility Of consider
able damage having been done about
Fairmont.
The Cumberland accommodation was
reported to have passed Cameron on