The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-13

place Of safety, In another, q mother
and father observed the first law OF ma
ture, self preservation, deserted their
babe in the cradle, and on returning
later In q boat found the little one dead,
Men swan out from their flooded houses,
bearing IN their arms their babes, wives,
mothers or sisters, Boatsplied TO and fro
carrying weeping women and terrified
children from the houses to high ground.
No effort was made 10 save personal
property, 80 sudden and unexpected
was the terrible rise in the flood on the
meadows, Horses were drowned in
their stables and chickens by the hum
dreds were drowned and their bodies
strewn all along the cross avenues.
Dozens OF houses were picked up bodily
by the waves, thrown across the railroad
tracks or carried squares away from
their original locality, Some OF them
were taken iarout on the meadows and
tossed around like cork,
Late on Tuesday night tho shrill
whistle OF a steamer was heard above
the roaring Of the surf. She had come
ashore opposite Arkansas avenue, and
her signals oil distress were promptly re-
sponded to by the crew ol the Atlantic
City life saving station, They hurried
along the beach with their apparatus,
but the great waves made any attempt
at rescue impossible, The cOlored stew.
ard Jumped oyerhoardIand was washed
ashore In dazed and exhausted Condi.
ton. Captain Bowen is Of the opinion
that the steamer went 10 pieces during
the night, and that the crew persisted in
the angry sea, Fire buckets and u water
cask were found on the beach this morn
ing inscribed with the name Phi Ia.
doux," and there Is but little doubt that
they belonged to the ill.tated steamer.
II will take months for Atlantic City
To recover from the loss the storm has
caused, The wind still blows at tho
rate OF So to 40 miles an hour aud II is
still raining. The beach tides have not
been large and consequently are unac.
companied by further damage, The
meadows, however, are still three and
four feet under water, The damage to
tho road beds OF the railroad companies
Is worse than was Ut first anticipated.
Three or four foOlhardy people reached
mere To-Day from rieaSantNl.le' thNy
walked 70 tne D'g ralltoau tomeI "netu
swan, and did the "h6nd.oyer hand"
uct on tho loose rails.
One or two people started from hero
for PleasantvilIe under the impression
that they might catch trains for Phila'
delphia. How they succeeded is not
Enown, ~ Sas pSr'i"us lo"'WWnig Wig Z
Contrary 70 rnul1rs '9st eyenIng, W" !
llan smlth's nolei on ietgt oeaGt' tne
Brlgantine' u perfectly sale' nut sisnu
I!anaeed' lhefo was Ho loss "' NIe \
mere.
DARING RESCUE. 1
Remy Fegel, ,whokecps the Fegel Thor d
falls NJ N daring re,c,,o /
i'o"'V' ~, ,'"' '. ,.,,''' ' 80. 80 {
At D o'clock IuesdSy AFTERNOON twas i
Iound necessary to move out owing to d
The rising waters. Tho current was too a
strong to row u boat SO Fegel and slx a
strong men took a party oil thirty people a
from the Thoroughiaro Hotel to Atlantic 4
City proper. The ladies were led sCv' i
Dral hundred yards through the water i
which was up to their neCks. There
were twelve small children in the party,
some Of them belonged 70 Dir. Van
Horne, the Costumer ot PhiladeIphlR.
This gentleman was one OF tho party. u
BY the action OF the tide an inlet now
runs through Chelsea, The latter place
Is still submerged. Tho now Excursion
House, below this point, Is unharRed, !,
but Is surrounded BY water and ond only u
accessible by boats There has been no O
communication with Longport. a train G
started thls morning with construction n
,Hr, but tho tracks are badly washed. -