Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-26
DEATH-DEALINc DELuGE.

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| Fearful Loss OF Life and Property by :
storm or Almost Unprecedented Fury
/ In Portions Of Ohio and West Virginia.
The Lost and the Rescued.
/ ST. CLAIRsvILLE, o., July 20.-Last
| evening this place and vicinity were
visited by most terrific thunderstorm
with violent winds, and 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 g. st.
Clairsville, and the st. Clairsville q
! Northern railroads are almost en-
| tirely washed out. The incoming train
ed at Echo, and the tralnmen and
passengers, as best they could, escaped
! with their lives the water, filled with
drift, running to the headlight of tho
| engine. Several narrow escapes are re.
| ported, and it is feared that q number OF
| lives have been lost. At this hour it is
| impossible to estimate the loss, but this
place and vicinity are damaged no less
| than 500, 900. 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
is still impossible to give the exact mum.
Der Of lives lcst 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 q tow-boat in the river.
Among the latter were Mr.. Myron Hub
bard, who says that more than thirty
went down. Their names are UNI
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 keith was washed away at
Boggs Run, and he and 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 dairy.
Mrs. Stanzell, mother Of the former.
Two children.
Keltz, a farmer.
THE LOST AND THE RESCUED.
WHEELING, w. Va, July 2o.-There is
no knowing yet how sadly Wheeling and
vicinity suffered from yesterday eve
ning's totally unprecedented storm. The
following is list Of those who have been
rescued from the washed out Baltimore
& Ohio bridge:
w. s. Mcdonald, Chas Pierce, L 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. TIL o
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.
Wells Run are as follows:
Wife and four children Of Thomas
Howley.
Mrs. Stanzell,a widow; her son Herman,
Anna and Alice W:ngsrd, of williamsburg,
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, Ave and eight miles east
on the Pittsburgh & Wheeling division of
the Baltimore & Ohio road, show great
damage to poperty, and that at least eight
hves 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, Gid and WE'LL
known people. Mrs. Gaston's body was
recovered this morning entangled wit tn
drift in a wire-fence at Elm Grove.
Caun Bell, of Triadelphia, father Of
Police Officer Bell. OF this city, was also
drowned, and his body recovered this
morning.
Two young mea. named Bowman, liv-
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. 1t
is estimated that there are about twenty.
five lives lost in this vicinity as the result
of the food.