Telegram-herald., 1888-07-21
THE FEARFUL FLOODS.
0IsAsIEas y Tss oHIo ~
Balleinzs Tsra Ds@as Graia Et.ias Laid
WAsas x1a lives Lost-Ihs
Les - CIarssfsis, Ohiss
sos. Oo0.

sr. CLAazsv1rlz. -. jay a0.-This place
ana F.c.aiGy - visited ASS sweating -
nost terrific ran sforla. sita violent Sinds
snd saiafaA taat sciipssd the average
~Aterspoaa Grala nslcs Ssfs aid IA waste,
shocked sneal sSsVl aE4F. sad KfoAiDz
corn Is aat - % sesn. A train on Tie
Baltimore q Ohio became stranded Al Ecnos
All ne tralnMsn aaa passengsls. 4s Desk
they co4.l escaped Eltl their ives Sseof
Elisl sit1 arm r.1ul18 90 ne lsad-knt.
ssss1si naEr83 sslaDSs are FsDoriel, and
quite n4mber u lives have oerh lost as
J st Il . lm possible % esiiLi.ais tie ioss De-
IN this pl4es zna vicinity . q DO lsss th4a
sl1o .o3.
PfrraCaa. J1ly IA special from
Was.Iiak a. aoou says hat the loss oi lie
from ths Hood ass nlght - a. east twenty
rss A111l EfIeea bodies have been found
- ar I1s money lOat - about si50v
The greatest lass of lie s4s along wheeling
Gees aud a. Iria1@lpuia. search tnls
asFnfnx resulted "a the discovery " a nun
Der of bodies ae4r the laslsf place Most u
tAesn sefe found along = orin which bad
CO. ectsa a. E4m 0roTs.
The body II William GastOn, prominent
aud Weailhy citizen. vas found near Elm
Grove. his siies remains we're found tsO
miles below hanging " a oaroeo wire fence.
0AArlss CaGi1esl, OF TIE " heeiiBg Aeses
Leasr. sas i0and among the drinwood-
Ars. Jans Fay and her Two xT0sn-up
dauznsers. Alice snd Mary. were dIscOv-
cred short distance below Iriadelpnia
aod the bodies Of Two brothers named
G0rman. sers found ia meadow where
tney nsd been hurled BY tie furious
waters.
A later dispatch says twenty three per-
soHs are kno~n 10 have Oeen Drowned
Among tas number vas the sheriff Of
Marshall county. Two ceuIsterles were
sashed out and the coffins Win ths bodies
noafsd down tne river.
WakzLISs. July 2O.-Latsr authentic de-
tails from rriaislpbia snow that the de-
struction there - more appalling than any
where else. tiflsea families are homeless.
and saved nothing out thai they had on.
Half of this viisge OF GO Inhabitants Was
sNepE away.
The storm extended sixteen miles east Of
West Alexander. Pa. and the sccue ali
song TIE way - one OF desOlatiOn and in
conceivable horror. Where the Irisdelphia
school house. a large building Of six rooms.
stood IS n0s = raging food, and not vos-
ties OF sven the foundation remains. The
wh0ls south ball Of the town has disap-
pesred As clean Is If iE never existed. The
B. a o. IS practically destroyed for fifteen
miles.
Reports are coming in from al parts OF
Ohio county this morning indicating that
the storm Hss more disastrous 10 life and
property In the coantry than IN this city.
II cannot se stated st this hour how many
lives have been lost. The loss IN this eity
Is Known 70 De ten with . number reported
NJ sslag.
Csld~slls run. which passes through the
eighth ward Of this city. was the scene o
ths greatest havoc Three houses wers
swept away aud The inmates. eleven 10
number. drowned.
Rspsrts from the flooded country district
tonight are somsshst modified as regard:
the ioss OF life. Mrs. Garston. two young
men named Bowman aud Caul Bell, o.
Triadelphis. who ~ers reported ~ drowned
this morning wers found alive. Ii IS nov
generally beheved tksf no lives were lost by
khs b. q y. briags disaster. Fourteen per
sonS are al that are known positively to b.
drowned and it Is thought this will cove
the number. No more bodies Of the Csld
ssH run victims have been discoveced
Mrs. Fay and her two daughters and Mr.
fisston. OF Triadsip phia. were buried thi
evening.