The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-27
LAST EVENINGS STORM.
A Family Narrowly Escapes-I'ailronds
Softer serIou. Damage, and Other Injury

A Family Narrowly Escapes-l!Aiironds
softer Serious Damage. and Other Injury
Done.
Yesterday afternoon II rained heavily,
and from 8 10 0 o'clock there was one Of
the Bteadiest and heaviest rains ever
experienced In Wheeling. Streets were
flooded, a few sewers stopped up, and
some cellars were partly filled with
water from tho Overlooking cutters. All
the exposed street intersections had the
usual quantity Of sand, gravel and other
wash from the hills deposited upon
them. Considering the. force OF the
storm and the length OF time Il con.ia.
ued, however, tho damage done was
light.
The storm was evidently harder east
OF the city than In town. 1t was s
o'clock last evening before Wheeling
creek commenced to run out strongly.
AT 0 o'clock the raglsg yellow tide was
much higher mud ti.rcer, indicating that
the storm Increased In fury tho further
east II got.
A ,res.le on the Baltimore 4 Ohio
road east OF Moundsville waB washed
out, and the fast train east had to 60 by
Pitt.bnrgh. s<a bGsss9
Caldwtll's run, on the contrary, was
fullest and swiltest just Us the rain began
TO slack up. in some respects 1t re.
minded one Of the big food In that
stream which drowned nine people, but
Yesterdays rain was not half 30 neverc.
II will be remembered that In tho for
mer lood one OF the drowned was John
Hohmann. His widow and three chil.
dren still lived In the same place, the
house which was then go badly damaged
having been repaired. It adjoined the
house in which the Stencil family had
80 sad an experience at tho time OF the
former flood. Lust evening the run
caue out strongly agafu. Mindful Of
their former experience, Mrs. Holman
and her children were alarmed when
they saw tho waters swirllng about on
all sides OF their house. They under
took to get to a sale place, but all were
swept away by tho torrent.
A number OF the neighbors were
watching the waters rise about the little
house, and when they saw the four
members OF the family 40 down Ia the
water they rushed to tho rescue. Walter
u Iwman and others succeeded in saving
Mrs. Hohmaun and ali but the young.
tst OF the children near where they were
overwhelmed. The youngest, a little
girl, was swept about a square down the
stream before strong arms succeeded ia
rescUing her, and when taken from the
water she was unconscious. She coon
revived, however, and though very sick
last night, will cover. Almost the
whole mont Of the foundation OF the
house was swept out by the flood, bu!
the house itself was left intact.
CaldwClls run sweEto en- down acvoss
the city with increasing force. Just
east Of Chaplino street Paige, Carey q
Co. have built a pretty substantial
bridge for the tram tracks on which
rock and Garth are hauled from the
south end Of the Ohapline hill tunnel.
Brush and debris were washed asainat
this till it formed a dam, and the water
swept clear over the bridge, Carrying
stones and earth with it, and piliug dc.
hris np on it to depth OF several inches.
A portion OF the earth wes washed out
at each end Of the Chapliue street bridge,
leaving somewhat OF a depression 10 the
brick pavement, but doing no serious
harm. The water poured down from the
hill as il there had been q cloud burst,
and Q frame building standing near
the WoodS street bridge oyor the
Terminal Company's track was nearly
swept away, the water pouring under it
and making great g%ullies.
The South Side streets suffered fully
us much Is thsse p9Tth Of the creek,
and a lew cellars in that part OF toWn,
we're also flooded,