Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-03-30
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The residence of Matthew Zettler. at
1874. was partly damaged i'm the rear.
All the members of the family escaped.
Major Calf. of the l.. X n, and his
family. who lived i'm two story brick
house. were sitting in an upstairs room
when the building began rocking. Still
they apprchcnded no danger, and did
not really become alarmed until the
walls fell upon them. Major Calf sue
cceded I'm getting ont without injury,
but his wife was seriously injured. The
house is total wreck and nearly all of
the furniture is destroyed.
Three lives were lost at the corner of
Eighteenth and Maple streets. The
oiled were John limerick, aged 40
wears: his daughter. aged 4 years. and
James Fitzgerald. a ueighbor. limerick
kept a grocery store at that corner, and
al the time of the accident there
were I'm the store the proprietor. his
wife. his little daughter and Fitzgerald.
The building was a frame one two Sto-
ricS high. and an the first gust of wind
the walls doubled up and the roof
dropped in. Mr. limerick was crushed
bv falling timber> and his wife was cX-
tricated ina am unconscious condition.
The building was total loss.
Eleven men were crowded into the
little barber shop of john Rcithcr at
1903 Broadway when the storm burst.
/ The roof was torn off. the second story
carried away and the side walls were
umhling I'm when the men broke the
windows and doors and ran into the
street. None of them We're hurt, but
|rhe building was totally destroyed.
The bakery of e.. Wigand and his
residence no 1913 and 1918 West Broad
way were both fine brick buildings and
were totally destroyed.
I'm going down Main street i'm an OPP
poSite direction 90 the course pursued
by the tornado the first evidences of Sc
rious destruction are the topleSS and
wind0wlc>S houses ON the north side be-
tween Sixth and seventh streets. The
wind took the roof from and deranged
1.-The TOD story of the building occupied
.bv Sutclife Il Owens at 63l West Main.
Their StOckof boots and shoes Is greatly
damaged. The next two upper stories
.of II. r. Ayers * Co.'S notion store are
destroyed The two top stories OF the
fine hamburger. Strong n Co. 5 toui
story building are demolished. Moore
IL Stark. Julius LouiShcim, Louis Gra'
man and the printing establishment on
the northeast corner of Seventh ano
Main. suffered considerably. The inn
mcnSc building occupied by the Saddlerl
firm of Gath. Harrison X Gath, at Nos
e. and 90. was blown i'm and the prop
.crty damaged 90 many thousands OF dol
lars The large building occupied by
L. Morris AZ Co.. clothierS. was demol
ished bya collapse 20 the street None
of them were injured. but their nome
was destroyed.
West of Spring street, VIM. BuIage
third gone: j. II. Campbell'S residence
nearly a total wreck, $1,000; Mrs. Gran
wcf,' mansion total wreck. $4,000
VIM WarrwcUs residence total wreck
$4,000: Rev. Il. G.. BoSlcy'S residence
blown to atoms. $1,000: Ed. Fatet'S res
idcucc. -. 900: Henry Peters residence
$1,000.
The entire Morgan row of fine brlcl
bindings on Clark are crushed. Ih'
destruction is terrible. and Is estimated
|,o+ lower than $500, 600. The force O
tbr wind was terrible and carried every
ching before it. At the Strauss House
corner of Spring and First streets.
1,r0e number of guests We're gathered
some for shelter. The funnel Struci
In. and everybody attempted u
escape. a hail of brick ant
nmblmg walls met the heein'
crowd. but strange 20 say. though TIN
.buudiug was almost totally wrecked. M
ONE was badly hurt. At the foot o
Front street. near the car works pun
. house. are several Shanty boats. On
occupied by Henry Wilkins. three chill
dren and wife. was bodily lifted ant
thrown into the river and the inmate
flung into the water. where they WON'T
have been drowned but for Frank Wal
lace and a number Of car works EN-
3 ploveS. who hcroically riSked their Owl
: lives.
The estimate of furniture and othe
b property ruined cannot be made. 10
= certain that I'm almost all the damage
I houscs the furniture is nearly com
: .plctc loss. owing 20 the heavy rain. l
was fortunate that the cyclone Struc
: before people went to bed or deaf
would have resulted.
At the corner of Sixteenth and Maya
zine streets. Louisville, the most horri
= ble cremation of the bodies of tire
men occurred. These men were caugh
I'm the falling timbcrS of the two-Stor
grocery and barroom of Nick Phmegal
and burned entirely 10 a blackened an
p charred mass They were Bud Sulli
d van. VIM Deems and Ben Schildt TN
r first two laborerS and the latter an an
dertakcr. Seven people were i'm th
house 40 the time. and Nick Phiuegar
% the owner. escaped with his life alone
b. being badly burned and bruised.
DE-. The devastation through the street
]. surrounding Baxter square was CON