The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-03
CHARITABLE WHEELING.
"A Prompt and Generous contfl,
button Collected Here.
THE SCENE ALONG THE RIVER.
Intense EagePpess to Hear the Au-
thentIc News from tho Stricken
Distriet-The Water not Dan.
serously High Here,

The interest In the Johnstown horror
increased yesterday instead Of diminish
ing, The IETELLIaESCER met the demand
Saturday for reliable information by Is
suing two editions OF an extra sheet, at
$3.50 and 3 p, M, and the thousands OF
them sold showed how general was the
interest in the sad calamity, There are
great many people in this city who for.
merly lived in Johnstown, and they
eagerly look for news from that section.
The parents, relatives and friends OF
many OF the steel workers about here
still live at that place and they>are very
anxious for details, but they are hard 70
get, It is altogether probable that the
number Of lost is exaggerated, but II Ia
bad enough no matter how the figures
may be cut down,
Besides this personal Interest, the dis
aster Is almost local. Johnstown Is only
about 1856 miles from Wheeling, Hun
dreds OF people have been there, or know
people who live there,
| The scenes yesterday along the river
were interesting, The night before
many residents OH low grounds on the
Island or south Of the creek were alarm
ed lest Wheeling would herself suffer o
food, but yesterday this fear was allayed,
and the prevailing feeling was one OIL
sympathy for the sufferers, The water
here got up to thirty feet, strong, late Ia
the afternoon. Low lands were covered,
but no harm resulted,
Shortly after daylight yesterday morn
ing sight,seers began 10 flock 10 the river
The water was high, and 1t rose all day
AT o q. IN. the surface OF the water was
covered with drift so thick that one
could almost walk across upon 1t, Pieces
OF houses, barns, fences, a few dead
horses and COWS, and one entire wooden
house, painted green, went past.
Lots OF men were out In skitis and
boats catching DRIFT wood. There were
numerous wild reports Of the recovery
, OF bodies here and In the vicinity, bul
only one Of them could be traced TO re
liable source. A piano was caught be
low the Belmont mill landing, anC
pieces Of rats, logs, boards and othel
: timber were picked up, The Belle
Prince caught good sized raft Of log
/, near the Island shore. AT Martini
Ferry among the articles caught was
piano, an organ and trunk by Clark
Z addition men.
The one exceptional report referred Il
above Of the recovery Of a body was on'
which came from West Wheeling to thu
i effect that the corpse OF forty-year oil
a man had been taken from the water OF
J. the Ohio shore. This seemed to CONT
straight, but II was learned too late I,
confirm the statement satisfactorily.
Between s and 3 a. N. acres OF debrl
passed, some twelve feet in height. Il
Q this were houses, barns, outbuildings
haystacks, trees, window shutters, sasl
q and frames, shingles, gates, bedsteads
> cradles, chairs, tables and all kinds 0
furniture, in short nearly everything
y imaginable.
|. Between 0 and 7 O'Clock last eyeninI
d q bookcase was recovered mile or 8
a above the city. II was full Of law book
{. bearing the name OF Johnstown attor
t ney, and strange to say, every book wa
Q quito dry.