The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-27
DEATH-DEALINe DELueE.

Fearful Loss of Life and Property by a
Storm of Almost Unprecedented Fury
In Portions of Ohio and West Virginia =
The Lost and the Rescued.
ST. CLATRsvILLE, o., July 2O.--Last
evening this place and vicinity were
visited by a most terrific thunderstorm
with violent winds, and a rainfall that
eclipsed the average waterspout. Grain
fields were laid waste, the shocked
wheat was swept away, and the growing
corn is not to be seen. The Bellaire & st.
Clairsville, and the St. Clairsville s.
Northern railroads are almost en-
tirely washed out The incoming train
on the Baltimore & Ohio was strand
ed at Echo, and the tralnmen and
pas zsengers, as best they could, escaped
with their lives, the water, filled with
drift, running to the headlight of the
engine. Several narrow escapes are re-
ported, and it is feared that a number OF
lives have been lost At this hour it is
impossible to estimate the loss, put this
place and vicinity are damaged no less
than 100000. A large number of pas
sengers are known to be on the incoming
trains, and as no definite advices are OBJ
tainable there is great interest felt here.
DOWN WITH THE BRIDGE.
WHEELING, w. Va, July 20, ? A. Mt
Der of lives lost in the bridge disaster.
1t is known that thirty or forty were on
the structure when it went down; only
eight have been seen since. They were
picked up by a tow boat in the river.
Among the latter were Mr.. Myron Hub
bard, who says that more than thirty
went down. Their names are un-
known. The crowd was on the
bridge watching the food below,
when suddenly the wooden supports gave
way and they were precipitated into the
surging water. They had been repeatedly
warned of the danger, but only laughed
at the fears of those who warned them.
A man named Keltz was washed away al
BOggs Run, and he aud his horse drowned.
Four lives are lost at Elm Grove, five
miles east.
The names of the lost as far as known
are as follows:
Herman G. Stanzell, owner of a dairy
Mrs. Stanzell, mother of the former.
Two children.
Keltz, farmer.
THE LOST AND THE RESCUED.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 2O.-There is
no knowing yet how sadly Wheeling and
vicinity suff cred from yesterday eve-
ning's totally unprecedented storm. The
following is list of those who have been
ICSCu6u from Tie WdSu6u DdlblIuOEc
s. Ohio bridge:
W. S. Mcdonald, Chas. Pierce, I. G.
Dillon, w. A. Wilson, MyrOn Hubbard,
Eddie Ball, E. F. Stein, A.
Kleiner, Mr.. Madill, Geo. Paul
and an unknown man. None of them
are seriously injured. and were rescued
by boats and skiffs in the Ohio river. Th G
reports are conflicting regarding the
number of persons on the bridge at the
time of the disaster, most say about six
teen. It is generally believed that not
more than two or three were drowned,
but no names can be given as yet.
The names of persons drowned at Cald-
well's Run are as follows:
Wife and four children of Thomas
Howley.
Mrs. Stanzell, q widow; her son Herman,
aged twenty; daughter, two nieces,
Anna and Alice W:ngard, of Miltonsburg,
o., who were visiting, and a hired girl,
name unknown.
John Homan, while attempting to rescue
the Stanzell family, was also drowned.
As yet but two bodies have been re-
covered-that of Mrs. Stanzell and Alice
Wingard.
This morning reports from Elm Grove
and Triadelphia, five and eight miles east
on the Pittsburgh & Wheeling division of
the Baltimore & Ohio road, show great
damage to poperty, and that at least eight
lives were lost, namely: Jane Fay, wife
Of Moses Fay, and two daughters.
Alice and Belle, young ladies of Tria-
delphia, whose bodies were recovered in
the drift, just below the village,
VIM. CASTOR and wife, old and WE'LL
known people. Mrs. GastOn's body was
recovered this morning. entangled wi tn
drift in wire-fence at Elm Grove.
Cauli Bell, of Triadelphia, father of
Police Officer Bell, of this city, was also
drowned, and his body recovered this
morning
Two young men. named Bowman, 1iv-
ing near Valley Grove, were drowned and
their bodies recovered this morning.
Many horses, cattle and sheep were
carried away and carcasses are strewed
along the creek bank at every point. It
is estimated that there are about twenty
five lives lost in this vicinity as the result
of the flood.