The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-18
Worst Yet.
II UNPRECEDENTED SS0T STaRE
freaks Telegraph and Telephone
Wires and Poles,
Stops all Railroad Traffic Part Of
the Day,
AID HiEES II YERY UNPLEASANT
IN Every Way for Everybody In
the City.
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Heavy Loss and Grave IncOn.
yrnicnrr involved.

UHy u"fI"gf ~ = vet huph O'gdh
u ia,, la,r TUESDAY niEht, and by a. III.
thrrp Tls snoE over everything 10 the
depth Of tlirp ilchrg. By daylight this
depth aas IsGgIrI. saow still fell Tree.
ly, and cor,.rurl to ial! all DAY. yet lat
nigh. ,hn depth 10 Tie streeb was little,
Ilany, guM,f GLaG IN the morning. The
anOw lRagtd ihIC naaty HIush as fast
ast iell. eSrrp, w4eye packed by the
feet Of ppdystIiGns The gtrCUtA were
continuous pools Of water and blush,
and there was tcaTceIy crossing on a
main lhoroGghare in !h5 heart OF the
city lbat wgs not covered oyer shoe tops
Vita ihe r'uN.
Tic SNOW c'Eng to Telegraph aud trle.
pIbba SiIcs, HuG llr appearance IN the
carly mgfniER al SIrcs and trees was
stirling and beautiful,
The Wires, with tho accumulation Of
repealed hn0w over an inch thick in
BOmr p,arra, btg4u To rag, and early in
tho day some ul ihtm gave way. On
tho susprnLiOn bridge the TirGg snapped
last.
ALL filE w!RES DUhS.
Shortly after Daylight a large pole at
the we6t end o thr appro,ch to Tho rus
pension hIijgv gay" nay nnl i,iI with
cIash, carrying with l. every wire that
wRN left aCTofs the bridge. Thv forty.
eight or ilIty wlryr, ten Of theu bcloh2.
ing to the WgBlcrn l'niOn Company and
the ollera to the TrlephOnu ExChaug,.
were Blrcwn In tGUglcd confusion In all
directions. ThiR pole wab rottod hiatt
way through, or /. would not have
broken. II belonged 10 the Telephone
Company.
Between : Rnd > o'clock pole Of the
telephone sybtrm, aL Slcl.aln's corner
Tweifth and Market streets. aI8a gaze
way under the augmented weight II
was called upon TO sustain, aud gnapped'
The wifcB In ibis case wrFc nlso slTe| Il
nll over both btTsrta IN \ confused InafR,
Soon after Gno,iIrr pole Just below this
on MuikrL street broke. OF the COZ odd
telephone wires III the city. only 200
weru left intact. The poles cost SO
apiece, without Ike wires, and tho total
IHsg ,n a., cn,n,,r,, wlIl kn nm in ihp
t%n,snrds ,a ,I.n rnrnnr wir. up.L is
,,,rv c"',i,.
0i Ibr IaIty.lhrec wires Of the West
,rn Uninu CTuuuny 10 piLtsLuy,h. only
oms ,y"s Ia(,, but IIst ryrpinr iva others
,r,,,c rrnai,rh and tho Isanria,cd p,p4s
and buEiUrHl mCRsNgUB We're Received and
trAngHittud M last AZ possible.
o'nN' 'o''N'
The Western UNIONS man connection
with the West was by way Of Benwond
mud tho Brliaire bridge, over the BhlGi.
more K Ohio CCmpGny'a sys,cm. Tie
whole sygtrm OF Baltimore & Ohio rail.
roId wireB bnggcd down from the weight
ncar the Brilmrc bridge, and Pits.
burgh, Ohio Valley K Cincinnati Tl.l.
road engine ran into them, tearing then
all down. ThiG cut the Western Union
OIL from tho West entirely and absolute
~, aaa HHe ba'""9I" a t}'t!o ""s a''" 70
WITHOUT tS'tSr"p"c Go'''"lan,ih''o.i
WIN ThS otilEt inv, An u sC'.''.'ti.H .iin1
iehE'AtH ytSiEiIihy' iHeTe wa holnI"E
htH,hE III 'S pSIt'Ilole onio o'''S'
sNi my ""t M me SAotk. ~
h"h'hct ti".y' " tno W estuln Thiou
sRlu Nv h'Sa't 'i'nt n'S e1'apHhy !os'
would hG several " , 'housnHu Ho'lat1, % tHl
nothing OF '"o .oha III business "hich
would lhcfettS 1t E'e"Iy'
Tho CITY Mrr S';'tu system suueIe'
sOheWhhl. Al" '"'ESI"H ot Wv ""t'
on thenriuIerut our S'' M NJ !a'Ttu ooA 'S
DoS's d anu -, Nv h'St " uIIf,nE' VT y
aibo cut oH'; Near tho lntiheE 4 P''
waS btokttt "a"h, zoe ah'y one 'Ae Gp
lost. There MrSN I!'totTonoIee'sewheT
but last evening everything was ihEco'
shaPe except me Two East " hcGin nj
boxes and the lStand, winch Chles Dun
ming said wHnId h9 repaired Gs soon n
possihir.
Tha telephones VIII be teSioted a
SUum | "s t,'' H""' , ",'" ~. W SS''rta n'".
us rAnIdiy M their force can IN tho wax
,rr,,v. .,,,,,,,.r,, "
''"hA' N'" S.'''h"'
20 Nuh 10 the uhaHoidSots misery o
SucL uAtY, ihn electric cArs could no
run. y lew oil tho suapped wlres ie!
across Sha electric car wires and the teIt
phones connected win them wrr
burned oul. About hiteen minutes ht
lore thu telephone poles ieil the cutrau
was shut ont Of the electric figh
ami power wires rs precaution. Ed
Tor this safeguard, tho damage d0r
by I he cHrrcnt when the accident tc
nll tho wires down would have been In
mensc.
IAis, oi C0pBe, stopped the eleciFi
cars. Tho Island cars ran with difficult,
VII day, EometimeR on tho rails ant
ahont as much Of the timo on ths bard
packed SNOW. This was great boon u
lsl0ud people. HACKS and :cabs did
land oihce business. \ boom TRs ais
experienced by dealers in XGm boots
NScSiutoshes, SNOW shovc!s and c,hc
commodities brought into reIuisitloI
by ths spcit OF weather.
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SsiSiH"y s,,os ~ IlI;ShStEn j;Sh; SpSSS
tne o,ssiu .n .I nion. ;So s,sa ,u's. 'u''9mC ;;
INC lroIIe!S Wuns VI" stree street IT., tAl.wa
wires 1ur!nE tnS aGt;,;.; sn4W s'osm 9' tNesqa
nlSA', nW' tne pusS'o''aivs VI tns pn'
noMenoh ~sIe t'u' ''nue % %"pPmeht pm IL
yes'ST1ay mosn ,:,,,o, ~UoSs usa, o;Su ~. u. M