New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-21


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DEATHS
AND HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES
Wheeling. ". Va, July oo.-In the terrific storm Of
last night twenty three persons known to have
been drowned Among the number the sheriff
! Of Marshall County Two cemeteries were washed
out and the collins with bodies foated down the river.
| Tho greatest loss Of life along Wheeling Creek
and at Triadcphia- search this morning resulted
In tho discovery of number Of bodies the latter
! place. Most OF them were found among the drift
which collected at Elm Grove. Tho body Of William
Gaston age sixty, a prominent and wealthy citizen,
found near Elm Grove. His wfe's body was
| found two miles below Elm Grove hanging on
barbed wire fence Charles Coulbcll, Of The Wheel
Ing News Letter. ago fifty, was found among drift
wood Mrs. Jane Fay and her two grown-up daugh-
ters Alice Mary, discovered short distance
below Triadelphia, and the bodies of two brothers
named German were found in meadow, where they
had been hurled by the furious waters.
Later and authentic details from Triadelphia show
that the destruction there appalling than
whore else. Fifteen families are homeless and saved
nothing but what they had on Half this village OF
GOO inhabitants swept away, but all the residents
except those before named escaped to the hills. Tho
storm extended sixteen miles Of West Alexander,
PENN and the all along the way is Of deso-
lation and inconcevabe horror. Where the Triadel
phla school house, large building Of six rooms,
stood the creek IS now a raging food and not even
a vcstige OF the foundation remains The whole
south half of the town has disappeared clear as
II It never existed. The Wheeling relief committee
which recently raised funds for the Rowlesburg suf
fercrs expended the remainder for provisions and
sent them 10 Triadelphia The Baltimore ana Ohio
Railroad Pitsburg division, IS practically destroyed
for fifteen miles. The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany lost forty miles Of wire and most of the poles
Reports are coming in from all parts of Ohio County,
indicating that the storm disastrous to life
in
cannot be stated at this hour how many lives have
been lost The loss IN this city is known to be ten
with a number reported missing. CaldwelPs Run,
which passes through the Eighth Ward Of this city,
the Of the greatest havoc. Three houses
swept away and all the inmates were drowned
They Mrs. Barbara Stanze and son, Herman
stanze Alice and Annie Wingert Of Miltonsburg,
Ohio, nleces Of Mrs. Stencil, John Homan and Mrs.
Thomas Hawley and four children. Her husband was
the yard and swept 100 yards down the stream,
but managed to reach the bank in safety. Only two
bodies have been recovered, Alice Wngert and Mrs.
Stencil.
Great damage is reported at Elm Grove and Tria-
dephla The drowned at these two points were Mrs.
Jane Fay and two daughters William CASTOR and
wife, Caun Bell and two young women named Bowman
Mrs Johnson, widow, age sixty, residing at Clin-
ton, this county, died from fright
Pittsburg, July 2O.-The great storm at Wheeling
last night shut off all railroad communication be-
tween this city and that place. The Baltimore and
Ohio and the Pan Handle roads are both blockaded
and It will be days before traffic Is resumed The
damage on the baltimore and Ohio Railroad Is mostly
due to washOuts and landslides For a distance OF
dftcen miles between West Alexander and Wheeling
where the clouds burst with fury. the track Of the
storm presents scene OF devastation and destruc-
tion Trees lie the track where they were
blown Wires arc down and frequent landsdes I'M
pedc the workmen who trying to clear the tracks
In this stretch Of territory which suffered the great
est damage there are five short bridges crossing creeks
to be repaired ard the office in this city estimates the
number Of andsldes to be cleared at twenty. 1t
Will be tomorrow night before the line IS sufficiently
repaired and cleared risk travel
In the meantime there ars two passenger trains
tied up between West Alexander and Claysvile.
Until the road opened there likelihood Of their
getting All the ballast and the available
men Of this division Of the road have been sent to this
region and about $50 employed clearing away
the distractions. Linemen are also busy with the
work Of repairing. What travel IS not sent by the
way Of Cumberland will be delayed until the time
stated. 1t Is impossible, according to superintendent
Patton, TO estimate the amount Of damage, and that
gentleman would not even give Approximate guess.
As the bridges mostly short Ones It IS thought
that the damages in this respect will not be very
great
st. ClairsviTe, Ohio, July 20-This place was
visited last evening by most terrific thunderstorm
with violent winds and a rainfall that erpsed the
average waterspout. Grain fields were laid waste,
the shocked wheat swept away and the growing
is not be seen. The Bellare and Clairsville
and the ST. ClarsvlLe and Northern Railroads are
almost entirely washed out The incoming train on
the Baltimore and Ohio stranded at Echo and the
traInmen and passengers as best they could escaped
with their lives. the water filed with drift running
to the headlight Of the engine. Several narrow es-
capes are reported, and IL Is feared that number
OF lives have been lost AS yet t is impossible to
estimate the loss, but this place and vicinity are
damaged no less than 100000.