Wichita eagle., 1888-07-21

warmer, followed Saturday afternoon by
local rains and cooler southerly winds be-
coming westerly.
WHEELING, w. Va, July ga personal
visit TO all the flood stricken sections of
ibe vicinity by an Associated Press re-
porter today showed that so far as it was
possible TO cover the field last night the
accounts obtained even from hearSay were
more nearly correct than was TO be ex-
pected considering the excitement and
confusion which prevailed, and the wide
area which suffered devastation. But as
was feared, the points not reached the
night of the storm showed if possible a
worse state OF affairs than those that were
accessible The work of the fearful flood
was but feably portrayed. Indeed. Ian
guage cannoa do justice to the ruin and
desolation east of the city from Elm Grove
almost to West Alexandria. The line of
The Pittsburg division of the Baltimore &
Ohio will have to be practically rebuilt
from Elm Grove to the Pennsylvania
state line Six large and costly bridges
were washed away, the track lifted
from the road bed and twisted into all con
ceivable shapes for miles at stretch. At
some places ii is impossible to discern
where the road bed has been, while with
the exception OF only an occasional gap on
high and solid ground, the entire bed is
badly washed
OF course interest centers in the wreck
of the Baltimore & Ohio bridge over
Wheeling creek at Main street and the IA
talities which attended that disaster.
Several of those in the bridge were doubt
less strangers in the city, attracted by
curiosity and their absence is not noticed.
so far as can be definitely known there
were four women and three boys not since
heard from Oh the bridge when it went
down. The 13-year-old son of Daniel
Richie, and a 12-year-old boy named Eddie
Halfway are missing. The revised list
of persons who persisted is as follows:
Herman Stensel, milkman, drowned in
his house on Caldwell's run.
Mrs. Barbara Stensel, aged 60, widowed
mother oil Herman.
Annie Ningard, niece OF Mrs. Stensel,
visiting her, lived at Mltonburg, O.,
aged 10.
Alice Wingard, a sister of Annie Wing
ard, an inmate of the Stensel household,
employed as domestic, aged p.
Mrs. Thomas Hawley and her four chill
dren, one boy and three girls, drowned in
their house on Caldwelfs run.
John Holman, drowned while attempt
ing TO rescue the Stensei family with
raft.
Mrs. Jane Flay and her daughters, Alice
and Belle (single), aged respectively p and
q, drowned at Iriadelphia.
William CASTOR, of Point Mills, body re-
covered a. Elm Grove.
Ii was reported that in addition to those
here named, family OF three brothers and
their father, named Bowman, were drown
ed near Point Mills, but this was FORUM
ately untrue There was also report
that the family OF man named
johnson, near Clinton, had lost their lives
but this could not be authenticated.
Mrs Stensel and Mss Alice Vineyards
bodies We're found, and will be sent 10 Mil
tonhurg, O., also the other two when they
are found Mr.. Vineyard, the father of the
two girls arrived in the city this evening"
He had no knowled of the drowning OF
his two daughters until after his arrival
The two brothers of the Misses Vineyard
residing in Indiana are expected to arrive
here tomorrow. Mr.. Stensel, of Greenyille
O.. the eldest son of Mrs. SteGsel. is also
expected tomorrow. The impOssibiiity of
reaching the worst localities cannot be ap-
preciated. The creek Is still dangerously
swollen and the roads washed, bridges
caved in, telephone and telegraph lines
down. The fall cot water is from 8 10
6:j5 p. m. Thursday by gauge at Triadel-
phia, was six and seven eighths inches Ii
Is impossible to give any details of losses
tonight, for the reason that those who sui
fered cannot estimate their own loss as vet
and every resident on low grounds in the
entire valley suffered damage ranging
from 500 to $4,000 while even these on
the hills lost valuable crops, fences, etc.
The Baltimore * Ohio company loss will
reach S}50, 900 at a low estimate. The
sounty's loss in roads and bridges and
school houses will be at least $4,000: the
Wheeling Natural Gas company 5000
and the Natural Gas Company of West
Virginia $500; w. L. Chambers & Co.,
Elm Grove coal works, 5000; kimmins x
Hutchinson. Elm Grove, merchants, 5000;
Wheeling & Elm Grove railroad, $4,000;
H. c. Hunter, Triadelphia, brick manu-
facturer, IS coo.