Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-05-12
STORM BEATEN.
o,,rBoYlEG WINDS AND FLOODS
m. Homes and Lives IN Psnnsyl-
VIZ yania.
of, RECORD OF DESTRUCTION.
flooded. Houses Lost and Lives Sac
rs.si to the Elements.

Nav 1.-The reports Of
b. last nights terrible storm are
41... ...-. N 7. today from all parts of Ale
alllH --,o,,. and, in fact from nearly
s'ay ay ,,,l- ,'a-'s ,s E,...'a Ohio and Western
every .,,..a. The los', however cannot
Psno'' .,...5 a. tsis time. Farms
he '., ,.8 ont. houses, isaess and trees
Vs'' s.,ts ,f streams were swept
aa' and slides occurred on nearly
s''' 't ,.,fiag out OF Pittsourg So
''' '.., sssths 6om drowning have
.lf ll. l.....5 Two children OF Conrad
6ssa .'s'--,1 g and Z years respectively,
o-las.s'' e,-3sB borough. north OF ALE
O. 'Pl'-- svs,. away by the flood. Mr..
asli S,b,e,sf narrowly escaped from
$40 l --' ~ ams fate. Their house
le. uaar the bank OF
p-- t6s scene OF the frightlul
5---' - sassn years age, when 200
l-'-'''' 81 sssp. 10 death by the angry
ls'. When ,hs banks owe lowed last
Vi.7... Vi..... S.bssfsr house was moved from
a-A-. ..-,,sr,r a1i the family left the
s -7 ..rk shelter under some trees.
ll-'' ''----,,- of t5s house the children,
10 were caught by the current
.5 away. Mrs. Schsefer became
a-- ,.., .,.. d, seeing her children in the
49, 49,. In. c,, 10 the water TOO and was
i-- .- l-,Fnsd. The bodies Of the
-t-i-sD we're recovered.
.-.- --.' -.,-,ing Esst street and Madison
-- F. la Butchers Run district are
,',----.,s v-.eks while the numberless
'..- ....-.. ara completely dlled with de-
~. a.. are lying on the tracks unable
-. -s,,.i ana completely hemmed IN
-I,-.,rg md rubbish. The water IN
n, r7.s 20 fast that the residents
- -sDstition OF the disaster Of 1874,
.-5 - ~ nm as ths irs. shock passed away
- IN ,srifsd inhabitants caught their
-.s,,b thsy Immediately made prepara-
rons 10 ys.a,e the premises. -
M F,bt,.ng played havoc al night
i,-- .,gs belor 2 ng to Fred Hampke,
~ 5r- Oiysr. was struck snd consumed
r,-rtss, 5orses snd two cows were ere
-,a,sd The less Is $4,000. A South
si5e street ear caught a bolt The passen-
,srs we're electrified, but not seriously
4 br-t Telegraph snd telephone wires
were dersnyed throughout a large section
OF eountrv. The postal wires were al
down sss. ard t6s Western Union was
badly crippled. Tlis morning trains were
late on 81 the ro8ds, but al were open
| arf rann.1g. except the Washington, Pa,
/ h17ca of ne Baltimore nd Ohio. The
au.al was nearly three inches IN three
.1lrs, snd The Ohic river rose three feet IN
s. many hours
TWO MORE VICTIMS.
TIE bodies Of two men, victims Of last
..ts food. we've found tbs mornir 2,
-izrg four desths so far reported. The
,-8.ns Of joan Dougherty were discover
Sc mouth ofs culvert AZ Woods r1n
ulssd i1 between Two logs. BE left his
-s shortly after midnight, to see how
- US HAarA VA aLA 4a4 kNA1 bAA .
= distance along the banks Of the
e1 stream when be was struck, and
r-si lEay by bridge, which had been
vet ron ts foundations. he wss >
pa igs and married.
-,s sooad fatality occurred in the
,t,s 31n district. John Lechner went
,1 -.0 cellar the Of bis house during
storm and did not return. When the
ln.a 1o.iisd his body was found lyinG
ls cN' VAULT
Vis DO definite figures can be given
q is ,ss a, this time. il is safe to say
a.r sill isach a half million dollars in
Bis vicinity.
Another death attributable to the flood
-,, been reported. A freight train
q ,hs pcsbu1g. McKeespOrt and
1giiognsay road ran into q slide and
-. MsssL a brakeman, was killed.