The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-23
SIZYEENDEAD
MRS. WIN. GASTON's NAME
Added to the List of Victims OF
the Fearful Flood.
work of Repair and the Relief
Of the Victims.
Ro,Iies of Those who Perished
Recovered One by One.
ACTION OF COMMISSIONERS.
Al thc Roads and Bridges Closed
to Travel.
J,,to,ostiup ScnnpS and In.
ACTION OF COMMISSIONERS.
Somc Interesting Scenes and In
cidents of the Wreck.
The Missing all Known to be
Safe but Two.

.,,ickrp localities. Over the river, at
C,,1wcirs run and ont the National
,ood as far east us vehicles could make
their way, there was one constant cavaI-
r,de Of vehicles OF every description,
many Of them from out OF town, either
from the towns over the river or even
remo,er places on this side. The vehi-
clcs carried from two to twelve persons,
or even more. There were probably five
hundred vehicles on the pike. Then
there were almost or quite us many
horsemen, us many more people who
male the tour on foot, and not few
bicyclsts. The sight-seers who visited
Triadephia in one way or another num-
Der several thousand.
There were at times, where the flood
had encrOaChed upon the road, dead
locks ol vehicles, Two or three buggies
were wrecked, and horse belonging to
Josh Rinc, Of this city, fell dead in the
road at Triadclphia.
The Elm tiroyc Railway ran motor
tra.ns from the city to the point this side
Of Woods run where the track was
washed away. The work OF restoring
the track there has begun, but the
bridge and at least hundred and fifty
feet Of track are still gone, and it was
necessary to transfer around to the Beth
anypike, whence the trains ran out to the
Park. Hundreds OF people visited the
Park, and many made the trip to
TradriphiA aiOOt from the end OF the
motor line.
THE LIST OF DEAD INCREASED.
Mrs. CASTOR, the wife Of William
CASTOR, who was drowned at Point
Mills, and who was herself rescued after
nearly n miles periIous ride through
the angry flood on Il log, died from her
injuries at | a. III. yesterday. She was
badly bruised and exhausted when aid
reached her, and being nearly sixty
years old, never rallied.
This makes the list Of! dead sixteen so
lar Us defnitely known. They are:
The IIowley family, Mrs. Howley and
her iour children, John, aged II, Mary,
aged S, Tommie, aged nearly 5, and m
infant girl which died in her arms.
Herman Stencil, his mother, Mrs. Bar
ban Stencil, :and Alice and Anna
Wingert, MH Stencils nieces.
John llohman,-all the foregoing be-
ing drowned on Caldwell's run.
Mrs. Jane Fcay and her daughters,
Alice and Belle, drowned at Triadelphia.
Mary. ,klnc Johnson, who died in her
house at Clinton.
William CASTOR, aged sixty, drowned
at Point Mills, and his body recovered at
Elm Grove.
Mrs. William CASTOR, died OF her in
iuries.
THE MISSING.
There are two men, brothers named
Norman, missing. They were camped
out and fishing. A third brother had
been with them, but came home Thurs
day. Saturday he made his way to the
camp, but twas gone. The gravest fears
are entertained for the safety OF the two
men, but they may turn up.
Robert Holmes, ir., and John Rust were
campcd at Good Intent, Washington
county, Pa. Saturday morning n well
defined report was circulated to the
elect that they were drowned. How
this story originated cannot beimagined,
aS the men named returned home at
o'clock that morning from the place
where they had been cNmped, at Good
intent, Washington county, Pa, q
miles east OF Wheeling. They came in by
way OF lianeytOwu aud the Ridge road,
ana did not sec any wreck to amount to
anything until they reached Elm Grove.
The boy, Willie Richie, supposed to
have been drowned, is niive and well.
\ telegram wasrcCGivcd from T. Tommie
CoCkayne, dated ut Marietta, Saturday
Iight, saying young Richie had eaten
day.
80 aras can be definitely ascertained,
all those for whose safety fears we're en-
teFtalncd, are now known to be safe, ex-
cept the NOrmans.
BODIES RECOVERED.
Vpto yesterday there had been eight
bodies recovOred-those OF Mrs. Stencil,
one OF the Wingcrt girls, the three Feay
women, William CASTOR and Mrs. John
SON. Mrs. Gaston's death adds one to
!Ac hst OF fatalities, but not to the mum.
her OF bodies missing.
yesterday the body Of the younger
s9h OF Mr. llowley was recovered in the
iVer below town, and last evening the
p9Ny OF another man, as yet unrecog.
Iized, was taken from the river below
ben%ood. 1t is probably the remains
Of Hermann Stencil or John Hohmann,
put II may possibly be that Of man moi
!et known TO be drowned.
Coroner Shultze viewed the remains
oI ihe Howiey child. He had bad
ESn on his forehead and his nose was
crushed III bystriking some obstruction
me body OF Annie Wingert, aged
NenIty'one, was also found below Ben
wood yesterday. Coroner Schultz
viewed the remains. and the body wa
then prepared for burial at Zimmerman
IauefiaElng rooms, and sent to her lat,
noue at Williamsburg, whittier those o
cI het sister and her aunt, Mrs. Stencil
mad preceded her.
y may be several days before the 9th
q bodies are found, though it is NOR
Inah likely they will be recovered to
way and not very far down the river.
Tue father OF the Wingert girls cam
nete nete Friday on visit. He did nc
HnGw they had been drowned until h
arrived. arrived Their brothers arrived Satui
"a Thomas Howley, whose family all pei
Sa1, Sae1, Yesterday purchased n lot in Nj
s%Sary cemetery. He is almost dI
ranged by his awful bereavement.
ol a woman out Caldwell's run is repor
wv ~ standing in her doorway Frida
%9LIlLng aud bemoaning the loss OF he
lContintIei on Fourth PaOs.l