The Russellville Democrat., 1888-07-26
DEATH-DEALlNG DEUCE.
Loss of Life and Property by a storm or Almost Unprecedented Fury In Portions of Ohio and West Virginia -- Tbe Lost and the Rescued.


 storm CT Almost Unprecedented Fury In Portions of Ohio and West virginia = The Lost and the Rescued.
 ST. Cr.AIRsvILr.E, O., July 2D.--Last evening this place and vicinity were visited by q most terrific thunderstorm with violent winds, and rainfall that eclipsed the average waterspou. Grain fields were laid waste. the shocked wheat was swept away and the growing corn is not to be Ts:s beilaire X St. Clairsr..ssiie. anti the St. Clairsville x Northern railroads are almost en- tirely washed out The incoming train on the Baltimore & Onto was strand ed at Echo, and the traInmen and pas sengers, 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 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 $100,000. A large number of pas- sengers are known to be on the incoming trains, and as no definite advices are ob- 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 num- Der of lives lost in the bridge disaster. It is known that thirty or forty were on the structure whom 1t went down; only eight have been seen since. They were picked up by tow-boat in the river. Among the latter were Mir, Myron Hub bard, who says that more than thirty went down. Their names are un- known. The crowd was on tho bridge watching the flood 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 at Boggs Run, and he aud his horse drowned
 Four lives are lost at Elm Grove, five miles east. - s -
 The names of the lost as far as known are as follows. ~
 Herman 6, Stanzell, owner of dairy.
 Mrs. Stanzell, mother of the former
 Two children. sv
 Keltz. q farmer.
 THE LOST AND THE RESCUED.
 WHEELING, ". 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 a list of those who have been rescued from the washed-out Baltimore & Ohio bridge: a& W. s. Mcdonald, Chas. Pierce, l. c. Dillon, W. A. Wilson, Myron Hubbard, Eddie. Ball, E. F. Stein, A. Kleiner, Mir. Madill, Geo. Paul and an unknown man. None of them o.. sg,xa, c,,J ,.ac d by boats and skiffs in the Ohio river. Tn @ 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 moro than two or three were drowned, but no names can be given as yet. s The names of persons drowned at Cald- wells Run are as follows:
 Wife and four children of Thomas Howiey.
 Mrs. Stanzsll,a widow; her son Herman, aged twenty; q daugh ter, two nieces, Anna and Alice W:ngard, of Miitonsburg, O., who were, visiting, and q hired girl, name unknown. ft
 John Homan, while attempting to rescue the Stanzell family, was also drowned. Y As yet but two bodies have been re- covered--that of Mrs. Stanzell and Alice Wingard.
 This morning reports from Elm Grove and Philadelphia, five and eight miles east on the Pittsburgh & Wheeling division of the Baltimore -&c Ohio road, show great damage topoperty, 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. ss&
 Wm. Gaston and wife, old ard we'll known people. Mrs. Gaston's body was recovered this morning, entangled with drift in wire-fence at Elm Grove,
 CauS Bell, of Philadelphia, father of Police Officer Bell. of this city, was also drowned, and his body recovered this morning. s F s.ai au.Tses
 Two young men, named Bowman, liv- ing near Valley Grove, were drowned and their bodies recovered this morning. s,s
 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