Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-26
oEATA.DgALINo peLuGE.
Fearful Loss of Life and Property by .
Storm OF Almost Unprecedented Fury
in Portions of Ohio aud West virginia -
The Lost and the Rescued.


In Portions of Ohio aud West virginia
The Lost and the Rescued.
ST. Cr.AIRsvfLtE, u, July g.-I,ast
evening this place aud vicinity were
visited by most terrific thunderstorm
with violent winds, aud rainfall that
eclipsed the average waterspout Grain
fields were laid waste. the shocked
wheat was swept away, and the growing
corn Is not TO b. seen. The Bellaire 4 ST.
Ciairsville, aud the ST. Clairsville &
Northern railroads ARE almost en-.
tirely washed out Tie Incoming train
on the Baltimore & Ohio was strand
ed at Eeha, and the trainmen aud
passengers, as best they could, escaped
with their lives, the water, filed with
drift, running to the headlight OF the
engine. Several narrow escapes are re-
ported. and II IL feared that number OF
lives have been lost At this hour II IL
impossible 70 estimate the loss, put this
place and vicinity are damaged no less
than Slo0,0o0. A large number OF pas
sengers are known 10 b. on the incoming
trains, aud as no definite advices ARE OBJ
tainabic there is great interest felt here.
DOWN WITH THE BRIDGE.
WHEELING, w. Va. July NJ, A. Mt
is still impossible TO give the exact num-
Der of lives lost in the bridge disaster.
IL Is known that thirty or forty were on
the structure when 1t went down; ONLY
eight have been seen Since. They wers
picked up by tow boat in tn, river.
Among the latter were Mr. Myron Hub
bard, who says that more than thirty
went down. Rheir names are un-
known. The crowd was on the
bridge watching fhe food below,
when suddenly the wooden supports gave
way and they were precipitated into the
surging watsr. Theyhad been repeatedly
warned of the danger, but only laughed
at the fears OF those who warned them.
man named keltz was washed away ut
Boggs Run, and he and his horse drowned.
FQ1< fyes are lost at Elm Grove, Ave
r. St. a.. -,
arsas Follows:
Herman G. Stanzen, owner OF n dairy.
Mrs. Stanzell, mother OF the former.
Two children.
Kcltz, n farmer.
THE LOST AND THE RESCUED.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 2o.-There Is
no knowing yet how sadly Wheeling and
vicinity suff sred from yesterday eve
ning's totally unprecedented storm. The
following is a list os those who have been
rescued from the washed-out Baltimore
4 Ohio bridge:
w. S. Mcdonald. Chas. Pierce, ]. G.
Dillon, W. A. Wilson, Myron Hubbard.
Eddie Ball, 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 The
reports are conflicting regarding the
number OF persons on the bridge ut the
time OF the disaster. most say about six
teen. II is OK, qultti ueved that not
more than load, at re drowned,
but no na. -AYet.
The name To the fhied at cald-
wells Run an N -
Wife and fouf children of Thomas
Howley.
Mrs. Stanzsll,a widow; her son Herman,
aged twenty; daughter, two nieces,
Anna and Alice W.ngard, OF Millions burg,
o., who were visiting, and 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
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
live' 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 a wire-fence at Elm Grove.
Caull Bell, OF Triadelphis. father of
Police Officer Bell. OF this city, was also
drowned, and his body recovered this
morning
Two young men. 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. II
Is estimated that there are about twenty
five lives lost in this vicinity as the result
OF the flood.