Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-20
ABOUT THE CITY.
The Appearance of Things Afser the
Storm.

Az soon as the rain had abated some
what hundreds of citizens, some attired II
gum coats, gum boots, and covered D.
nmbrellas. started out to look at tn
st,ee,s and ascertain what damsgc hat
been done. Up town Twelfth stree
seemed to be the principal point of inter
est. and even while the flood was at 1T
height many people braved the element
to get a look at the roaring raging rapids
which never looked wilder nor came dow
with more force. The street for goot
distance down was full from house Il
house, except where the pavement wa
high enough to throw the water of
A great many cellars were fiilet
with water, and washing down to tn
corner of Market street it literally swep
everything that came before it, and hun
dreds of tin cans, powders, boxes, &c
&c. came bowling merrily down on tn
stream.
At McLain's corner the coDfectioner.
stand run by the man from Greece. wa
almost swept from it's behring's, and tn
proprietor was compelled to cit upon 1t t.
prevent it from sailing away, and as tn
water wouldn't mix with the Greece, b
succeeded we'll with little or no less. Tn,
water rushed above the stone step on tn
Market street side of McLsin's drug stor'
and poured through on to the floor, bu
several employees kept the water from
flooding things by sweeping it ont of tn
Twelfth street door. The cellar was pretty
well filled, but the damage did not amoun
to much.
From that point down, several CELLAR
were pretty we'll filled, and the Western
Union Telegraph Office floor was covered
with a foot or foot and half Of water
Not withstanding the force Of the water OF
Twelfth street, the actual damage did MOI
amount to much.
Along down Main street from TWELFTH
to Sixteenth, the street was full from curl
to curb, ane thick layer of mud WAS lef
all over it. Among those who suffered
along the street were Zsrnitz q Bros, pro
duce dealers, who had quite q larg'
amount of green stuf in their cellar,
greater part Of which was destroyed. The
water was several inches deep on the floor
along there
MUM & Brandfass lost quite An amoun
of tobacco which was stored in their cellar
while some damage was done in John :
Sells paper store, next door. The cellars o
Bremen & Schaefer, John l. Smith q 20
F. Il. Lspgs, Joseph Spiedel. Hubbard 4
PAUL. and other business houses wer'
partly filled with water, but the damag
was not extensive. However, there was
lot of lime in Spiedel u Go. y cellar, which
almost caused conflsgration when 1t be
came wet. Down near Sixteenth street
the floor OF Foose's cigar store, and severa
other rooms in that block were covered
with water, Mr.. Foose meeting with the
gceatest loss, as he had tobacco stored in hif
cellar.
On Market street, from Twelfth down tt
Sixteenth, the street was also full O.
water, and several cellars were filled
but as the stream kept pretty we'll within
the curbs, although it carried stones, muc
and everything lose along with it, leavinl
all sorts of debris, especially TIN cans
scattered along the street II
A man sttired in gum coat snd boot
attempted to cross Fourteenth and Mark
streets, from Pollock's corner to Conner
Snedeker's store, and the force Of the cuj
rent down Fourteenth street was such tip
the water striking him, surged clear ab9
his head and almost threw him from
feet. He made wild rush for the ps-
ment and sunk 10 his ears In sewer TN
which he was extricated with dificvy'
Had the sewer been ono of the Fa-
fashioned ones, he would have cen
drowned.
The force of the water down Four enth
street was almost IA great as it W lown
Twelfth, and stones and gravel e ue-
posted at every street crossing IL opon
Eleventh street and all along thfiil ths
scene was terrific as the wau fusDed
madly down the hillside, cafinS p'g
rocks and rubbish with it. Jpn Baens
Vista district, along Charlesaa hlgn
streets, TIE washout of thsIreets was
pretty bad, but DO propertys injured.
On the south side of the fek, outside
of the Caldwell run district, ere was not
much damage to speak Of, fnougn some
of the streets were prettyad'y wasneo
and we're covered with I'd and debris,
The rush of waters and ift against the
B. & o. bridge and theoio hiVer ROAD
trestling at Caldwell'ssn was terrific,
and it looked very mucF IL DOM "ould
wash away. A heavy ogue engine was
run out onto the 3. oiioge 10 noid !.
down and a barricadsf cinder protected
the Ohio River road restling. So much
,sas IL nrotected ind that the debris
piled up against it heI tnan the track'
md the snece hst,, the two roads was
IiteralIv TANNED the wreck of hous es,
trees brnshwood. C., etc. This caused
a stonnsoe of the and had the Ohio
River Irestle hi out much longer the
whole of The d;at known as Caldwell's
Geld wonld bavpeen flooded and numer-
ons houses carr away. But az the water
com menced tfack up, there was a sud-
dan crasb a q number of the
trsstle timber ere snapped in twain like
nine STAINS. 9Th a rush and roar the
greater mart the debris and water swept
ont into thee. The remainder Of the I
trastIino al the immense strain in 4
splepdid pc and the track was not I
swept ava
After fB. & o. bridge across the G
creek hs5ept away the passenger depot '
began "a o little shaky and a whole !
train Ia cars was run ont upon it to
hold is In. But the middle pier soon 9
sppk a. foot, and the train was pull q
ed off i at last accounts the depot was t
in prst bad shape.
Abpnidniahta telephone message was =
rsceivlt this Office from Coroner Schultse
stattr bat he had been called to the lower
end &c city to see corpee, encased in a =
cofifat had been caught floating in the :.
rive that Joint. 1t is supposed that the =
coGas washed out of Mt. Zion Gene u
teryt the run, as it was reported that =
ser, graves had been washed out there. :,
m also stated that several collins in q 70
ystilapidated condition were washed ~
a the old city cemetery, on Twenty "
Hstreet, and swept down to the river, v
tf,nes being scattered around promiscu-
81. =,
,ere were hundreds of incidents, how. ~
/, that occurred, the details of which y.
Id not be ascertsiDed last evening, but 70
7 come 10 light later. The town was u
ted from one end to the other, and NJ
te hour last night citizens were still out
ling around. The damsge in the Sc
nth ward amounted to almost nothing
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