Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-05
DAMAGE IN THESTATE.
RUN And WRWE REPORTED Is TIE
ElSrtGN PtN-HANDLy
Hafa MILLION Dollars Damage by Foot IN Bsrks
lsy Coaay-A Clui-Sas. VISITED That
Sct1-Lvs Us. A Great Many
People Destitute

started. tsNng e no--hwesterly ront-, and
breakiae be- on' JohnsIoFn. PA Itcfosssd
the Potomac rFrr about twelve Mlir'
+ north of this cay a-i ras. tntsred ih
woods of JOHN IS Crisw-l, sweepil.
everything i,s RAy, 81 cistsrce of oyei
, three hundred Yards wide Tres messur'
ing three feet across the stump were pulled
.up bv the roots, Will those stronger root
"a were twisted Of like ppe stems aod
hurled a distance of ten and fifteen y rds
Following thu s. Hext struck Criswel p
J barn. tearing no literal = topisC5s and Kill
. ing Howell 4ad Voge. Tic also tore ca,
one emf of the daellung house
Itnext struck Martin Boysrd's house,
tes-.ugIt 20 pieces a1d seriously woonding
his vile ana child, who are now expectst
: Co Die.
Through its entire travel house, barns,
fences AID crops were completely damol-
ished. Rain had heau pouring down 10
torrents on ihC forenoon, Thursday until
abou. four o'clock iu The evening hea
this occurred. Shortly aitefwlrd 10 came
down heavier than before sud from the
Appearance u Che heavens .re us1ple be-
came alarmed ass ran in ill directions,
declaring tha. e.. nd bad blrs-ed aad
they would eil Pc drowned. They were
not i,- vr0nG Iorit continued all day Fri
day until sbou- O'Clock Saturday morn
ing whea 30 subsidized
On Friday night, between the houTs Of
|12 a-o 0'ci.cr. toe dre ahrm vas given
AID eroels fastened On North QuleD
street. under which lhe Tuscarora creek,
a med um.siZsd stream, flows. The creek
was feeln feet above nigh water mark
and the surrounding houses were being
/ washed away.
The Tuscirara Ton Works recently pur-
Chased hy the Crane Machine Company, Of
Baltimore, was completely demolished,
/ while ihs water reached The second floor.
/ SmaIs CCmpauy's entire lumber yards
were washed away The residences Of j.
I g. FREEZER and Edward S. Matthews were
almost totally destroyed AID lbe surround
ing honses considerably damaged. Stables
were washed away and many fine mules
hor-es and other Tock were destroyed
Hoe George Ar Bow-r,' large Aoaring
mill was consider h.y damaged with
. large qusna Of flour ald grain. Num-
[ oers of people lsre and along the river
could Pee Sven ON house tops waiting for
I the storm o. ,uhside. Eigh. OF nine large
bridge within -be corporation limits were
totally destroyed, also the entire mag ket
7 gsrdsus of Philip Showers
Saturday visitors hacked 10 the fall
iug waters in large crowds 20 witness the
sight Toe river was between forty and
dftg feel. above high water The REGIS
TIE rep0r er arrived on the scene Just 10
.H..
posite eide occupied by Ferrymsn Davis
and family move or on the water like
huge bost They had only gotten g. por-
tiou of tb-ir soods out AND barely escaped
when 10 started Off, twas watched on OF
sight for over distance o., % mile witnou.
tumhhug They lost house, csn, stock
and nearly everything
The @. v. railroad bridge l.ft it's piles
near hv at about . O'Clock and was en-
quilted Pm tine stream The Baltimore and
Ohio ai o-d bridge 40 Harpey's Ferry
ea-w shed away Saturday mor1 ing. here
by cuttug Dn -ll communication. The
osir.s have been down uuul Connection
was msde last evening. The tracks ere
washed ont iu mc1y places Alo ON the
new extension %, one Cumbe lsnd Valley
railroad. The cuts we've washed IN, re-
sultiur in heavy damages. Itwiu require
several weeks hs'ore NE railroads can be
properly repaired.
Or Friday the river was rising at The
rate of five eei an hour and continued on
Saturday a. ins rate of fourteen inches an
hour E,.rrhiog is excitement The
fire l.s.. uttcZ dam3ge Gone h7 cyclone,
20 this county, VIII easily reach shove five
hundred thousand doll loss
Little Georgetown. t1is county siIuate5
about nine miles northwest of mere along
the Potion C. bias beer complete. " we ked.
The li-h water has fallen considerably AID
the amount of damsee IS easily detected
The residence, ware ouse, saw and chop
ping mills lnd shles on the Leiever prop
eriv were clrried off, The houss occupied
by joseph Hamersiey vas lost with all its
contents Substantial frame buildings
were eati1sly swept away. The residence
of Franklin Hsves was overturned. Tn.
house of John Warniek k, partly destroyed
and moved Off foundation; general store Of
Eli F.emmiug, partially destroyed, with
tven,y i've -aud of bees; blacksmith
shop ct Wm. Phillips, was washed away
and house totally unsafe Considerable
damage wss done Logan property. Build
ing- throughout the neglbornood were
wrecked OF clrried'oh
Jus. below Georgetown WIN. Rockwell's
resi1encs wa7 des Ioye3. Luther Rolf 8
wealthy farmer loat heavily by tine de-
structon OF crops aud fences. The exteus-
i've puip mill, located on the Potomac at
Dam 40 o. at an expense Of 500 600, and
which was owned by the Potomac Pulp
Company. De- % complete wreck. two engines
being washed away and the foe machinery
ruined hy mui ami floating iimhers.
Mr Stller. Owner of a sawmiil no Fall
inr Wafers sustained heavy losses.
rHe water reached "a depth of eight feet
above that Of 1871 wh CD wss never
equllied n the memory OF the oldest i'm
habitant
From here the RrGsrsR correspondent
visited Harpers Ferry The Baltimore
and ONO railroad along the line Is washed
out in rumer0us places
The picnic ground in Land Park Is en-
tirely destroyed with an its buildings.
JUS. below De the ue5,le work is washed
away tor % distance of AEON. 100 ieet.
lie. A. Kemp bridge builder, rs now in
charge oi 200 men repairing the bresS-
I Near here IS located TIE mills OF
/ the Shenandoah Pulp Company, and Just
at the edse of the river the entire loee-
| floor with au its machinery IS ruined %
/ the extent oft ahont 500 one Next IL the
I ferry. entirety demolished. Nearly al she
stores and residences ara ruiued iu the
/ lower tories and che loss 90 toe merchants
I especially De- enormous. Ibe Baltimore
and ONO station is slightly damaged and
the telegraph OH is washed entu els
away. MANY houses are also washed
AWAY TEE large bridge crossing
10 Vug ia BE- completely ruined
and the Shenandoah Valley
rNllosd is washed avsy in many places
I The canal a'org Che rveg Is entirely ruin
ed. aui numbers Of boats have been lost
Houses IN along its course were swept
. BOG 10 Housewives.