The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-27
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THE WHEELING DISASTER.
Further Particulars q The Terrible ID.
struction Wrought ~ the Storn a
wheeling Esd v1einaty.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 21.-Thursday
aight's storm extended sixteen miles east
If West Alexander, Pa, and the scene all
along the way is one Of desolation and in.
conceivable horror. Where the Triadel.
phia school house, . large building of six
rooms, stood, the creek is now q raging
do0d and not even . vestige of even the
foundations remains, while the whole
south half of the town has disappeared az
clean as IL it never existed. The Wheel.
ing relief committee. which recently raised
funds for the Rowlesburg sufferers, ex.
pended the balance for provisions and sent
It to Triadelphia.
The Baltimore & Ohio, Pittsburgh di.
vision, is practically destroyed for fifteen
miles, while the Western Union Telegraph
Company lost forty miles of wire and
most of the poles.
Reports from all parts of Ohio County
indicate that the storm was more disas.
trous to life and property in the country
than in the city, but it can not be stated ct
this hour how many lives have been lost.
The loss in this city is known to be ten,
with q number reported to be missing.
Caldwell's run, which passes through
the Eighth ward Of this city, was the
scene Of the greatest havoc. Three houses
were swept away and oil the inmates were
drowned. They were: Mrs. Barbara
Stencil, Herman Stencil, Alice and Annie
Wingert, Of williamsburg, o., niecss Of
Mrs Stanxel. John Htman Mrs Thomas
hawiey ana -FOUR cniidren.
na"iey was III inc yasu anu was swept
nundfed yaros Gown tne stream, ous
managed 10 reach tne oank IN saiety.
Oniy Two oooies nave oeen recovered
Aifce "ingers anu MIS-. Sten1ei. "reat
damage is reported az Elm 1roSe ana
IrladeiPhia. Inc ro"heo AT THESE Po'hss
were: mrs. Sane ray ana TWO daugnters,
william warren ana wafe' u! BELL, TWO
young man named Bowman. MIS- sohh
Onoro, WIDOW aeeo Sky years. hsin8
st ChhtOn' TINS county, oieu irom frisn'.
Inc greatest loss OF nte was along
wheeling creek ana AT Lfiadeipma.
search TINS morning ,esuned IN tne as
covery OF NUMBER Q! oooies near tne 'as.
ter place. most OF them were found
among the drh' wnicn co''ec'ed Ut Elm
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Inc oouy oi !" hiia" 00stol. aseu sixty
years, ProminenH anu wea''ny citlhen,
was ie"hu near Elm "ro.e' ms "nes
remains were io"ho swo nhes oeiow Elm
uro'e hanging Oh oarpeo Wro ience'
Cnaries Cauioeii' OF tne "heehhg Ne"S-
teuef, ased nity years. was lounu among
drIt"ooa' MIS- jane ray anu her TWO
grown dangh.ers, Ance anu nay were
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norman were iouho III "esoo"'
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