Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-08

and vent up on th DILL to ses body
which was supposed to be Miss PsulsOn.
Wbile looking at the different corpsss, she
came to a coffin which vas marked Mrs.
II. L. Peterson. WoOdville borough, Pa,
age about 40, size feet 1 inch, complex
ion dark, weight about 200 pounds
This was quite an accurate descrip-
tiou of Mrs. Peterson, aud for
minute she was non-plussed. She
tore the ca from the coffin and one Of the
officers was about TO arrest her. He
wanted to know by what right abe tore the
card from the coffin. Mrs. Peterson Ie-
piled that she thought she had perfect
right to, because she daa the person sup
posed to be in the coffin. This explsna-
ZION was satisfactory, and she was permit
ted TO 90 unmolested. In speaking of the
calamity afterwards, she said:
Toe people in WoOdvilie mad plenty of
time 10 get out of the town If they were 30
minded We received word shortly be-
fore o'clock that the food was coming,
a d a Pennsylvania railroad conductor
went through the town notifying the DeO-
pie / stayed until $3.50 o'clock, when
the water commenced to rise very rapidly
and / thought 1t was best TO get out OF
town. told a number of women that
they had better 20 to the hills, but they
refused, and the cause of this refusal was
that their husbands would not 20 with
them, and they refused to leave alone.
Almost every woman in the town knew
of the flood coming, hut most OF the men
only laughed at II, and the women would
not leave their husbands. Now some pee
pie say that the estimate of ives Lost is ex-
aggeration. but l am satisfied they are mis-
taken. Now, IN the square l live in, l
can give you the names of about two hun
drep people VINO have not been heard Of.
The following is a list of the people oa
square on Maple avenue shat know havs
been lost, and their bodies not yet recOv-
cred; Mrs Murphy and family of eight,
Brown family Ofhve, Gettys family of four,
Alexander family Of ten, Miss Bremen,
Brown family of six, Phillip Smith and
nine Of his family, John COnrad's family,
Thoe. Erb's family of six, Mrs. Nixon snd
family of three, James Davis and family OF
four, Mr.. GoOde and family of eight,
James Baker and family of two, Blair Rot
{ ltIuhll anu lGlulAl vi luulf Ivan Juut-
wife and child, John Hennig. John
Rosenihal and family of four The last
family had a chance to escape, as a rope
was thrown 70 them, but they we're so
frightened that they did not have presence
Of mind enough 10 grab the rope.
There are quite number of dead heroe:
here. aud the acts of bravery of both the
men and women is something remarkable
Louis Hens lstein, who was a clerk in the
taunery store, saw the flood going and told
every one in the store to run for theil
lives. They all did, with the exception o.
Miss Carrie Williams, one of the clerks
who did not hesr the warning. Hentel
stein thought every one had gone and
started on a run TO save himself. He haC
only gotten short distance when
some one informed him that Miss Williams
was in the store. He turned around
although he saw the food wss almos
upon him, and went back 10 help Mis-
Williams. He just got where she wa
when the water caught him, and the las
seen of him alive he was struggling in th'
water TO save the girl. His body wa
picked mp this morning, but Miss Viii
liams' has not been recovered.