The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-31

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q flash OF lightning, followed by crash,
made me think that the lightning struck
some part OF the rear OF the building,
The next moment the biz doors that Ell.
ter into tho blr hnll In front flow omen,
! I continued dancing, md cried TO some
OF the bows TO clese the doors, They did
10 and were boiling them, when they
werc again forced opcn with such force
, rs to knock down everybody around
them, IgH'Tf II
DOWN WITH THE FLOOR,
Then tho window soshea were blown
"'n W. W,aao" 'a'''''e "e,o wv" y
I... n nI ouiN.ns eon'u,.s ,'. ~, " 80, =
h.,,". :, u AZ nou'v "Ao a,'os W l' "Ia 49,
to The rcss,m" "T roo'u "o1 ana r ,hint % most I nf
the girls followed me. I rot under Ia.
bic and held fast to ono Of the legs,
thinking that ! might bG saved IN TINT
way. The walls began crumbling and
the lights went out and tho floor dc.
: scended like an elevator. Tho crash
stunned me for a moment, but finally Il
Hash OIL Lightning showed me a no 10 in
tue debris through which l might have
crawled had not my leg been pinioned
between some timbers. There were peo.
pie oil about me and they were crying
for help, but there was no one to aid us.
tugged and strained, and that is what
10 principally the matter with me now,
nut couldn't get loose. Finally ! heard
my fathers voice and answered him and
directly he crawled into the hole. Ittook
him three.quarters OF an hour to e1tri.
cate me, and then we both crawled out.
III there Ind been help Mt once we might
have saved osliers,as l knewabout where
they all were, but they were more or less
nuf'' .l-.
WoAASs STORY.
Mts. Mary loacher was IN the ball
,ooh "nere the hn'Shla anu Laaies OF
fiohor were meeting, on the top llooro
the Falls City building, aud went down
In the crash. She said:
went to attend the lodge meeting,
and when all were present the calamity
came. There must have been about
seventy-dve people in the room at the
time Of the tornado. None Of them
were able to get out before the building
fell in. The first in.imation we had OF
what was coming was the flashing Of
lightning and the beating Of hail against
the wlndows. The wind howled and
heard fearful roaring noise. The peo-
pie became frightened and hurriedly
gathered their wraps together to get out
OF the building. All were fearful OF im-
pending danger. Just at this moment l
saw round hole blown through the
wall Immediately above one Of the win
dows. The gas went out and then l
saw another large round hole appear in
the rooi.
THE r,,curv,xo,c r, ,ur
Through this saw the lirhtn;no nlav
with awful grandeur This natural livht
was all that relieved thu gloom and
darkness. heard Mr.. Funk, who was
one Of tho trustees Of the lodge, call out
70 Inc people to 80 out quickly and in i
poay. Iie crlea OUT not TO rush, as some
onG ~, "oulu ne killed II they DID.
Then l knew no more until I became
conscious ana found that was partially
imoedded IN bricks and timbers. I felt
L p.oou running down my neck, and
oecame aware that l had been struck on
.ne heau oy br1ck or timber. ex!ri-
ealeu myself anu by the ilasheB OF light
hlns maae my way over the terrible
~ mass OF deorls and dead bodies toward
the ifont. saw man making his way
uo%4 tne pie OF bricks toward the street
ana ioilo~ed. When 1 reached the
siuewaiS was aided to neighboring
st9te oy MI. Robert Newman, the other
iouSe trustee. Don't know how he
haae MS way out. ! heard cries for
strcn,th IN MOVE onI oo,,Id a"t "u ,aIe.us Ja'us
Others. ~ 'i7l =. : =, : ''''.'A
DEAD KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
1t is estimated TINT out of the 100 at
the meeting of the KNIGHTS of Honor in
tho Falls Civ Hal, ,ho n;.,,. - ~ a.
a.,,S ' - 'Ao H'su' ~ 'nc u's
as'er' twen'y'three have been discovered
dead, thirty-one wounded, five known
to have escaped unhurt, leaving forty
one or more still missing and unaccount-
ed for.
Mr.. James r. Rathbone, OF the Louis
vile Southern railroad, had a thrilling
and hair-brcadsh escape with his life.
He was one Of those who was buried be.
meath the Union depot, and he owes his
escape almost without scratch to his
great physical strength and his presence
OF mind: Mr.. Rathbone Is one OF those
few who have had a building on top OF
them for more than half an hour, and
has lived to tell the tale. The story is
best described in his own words rs he
related it yesterday morning to re-
porter who asked him concerning his ex-
p'1'eneo' .... +
TIE FALL OF TIE DEPOT
! was AZ the MON depot when the
storm came. Quite crowd oil people
were present waiting Tor trains. MIR.
Mooawaro, OF the Nlonon Railroad, was
NJ mar me- anu had Deen talking to him;
luz W!iiu was DloWlng very strong and