Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-20
.THE WESTERN FLOODS
Grow Worse and Worse and Great
Loss Of Life Results.
cOry CITY SUFFERS MORE THAN
,.-oar IO,sl!ty-Thoasanis Of Acres Of Land
S,r, % Grain. Under Water and Crop Pros
rs.s Rsasi-A Steady Down Pour All
Over The Was!-Isn Drowned.

c,,-v Cry. IA, May 19.-The city
.. ,-ort.cally.cut of from all communl-
ION with the outside world by the
,1.,'- 1.s wotar and such is the confusion
.,-,, tbe city that 10 is difficult 10 OBJ
- -be names OF the victims OF the
go Few bodies have been recovered
-5t- ts doubtful ~ they will ever De
I~rd. The following is the llSt VINO
.s-iven uo as lOstas far as was known
=. o'clock this afternoon: Nellie
T a., Mrs Louise Homer, A. Ander-
"-' uife and child, II. M. Anderson,
s-,srd child, A. p. McLaren, VIM.
go Wm. Rowe, Mrs. Louise Homer ;
-, children, Mrs. Frank Luther and
'.s3 d wear old son and seven year old
Inter of r. Leonard, George Cox, a
-SG5 M George C. Miller, Aron john
~, Andrew Anderson, Robert harney,
r,.c- Henderson, wife and child, two
rrkBown boatmen, Mrs. y. PicEeS'
Ms Peter Rasmussen and two chll-
i-e- Two unknown men.
Tbe loss TO the railroads IS estimated
q. So00 900. The stock yasdS are on
aver ground and no estimate OF their
i,.. can be made. The citizens relief
.,,misslon have been working hard all
5,v. No one lacked shelter last night.
friends and relatives cara for great
-9mbsrs who had fed to high ground.
Sssrebipg Darties 10 look for dead bodies
ssgqn work this morning, but the au-
.b7r.-ies reDort only a few bodies recOv-
cred AID identified.
SIOUX CITY, IA, May 19.-According to
tbs latest kilograms the flood has been even
more disastrous In its results than was az
F-st anticipated. The estimates as 70 the
ir,s Of life vary from 60 10 100; no list can
bsr.ven Of the dead. AT the manutactur-
irg suburb of Leeds niue persons are
trorvn no be drowned. -Four were drowned
q Sprngdale. Observers on the nign
bridge counted fifteen bodies that swept
gader iL
ALATER REPORT.
Sioux CITY, iowa, May 2O.-1 a. m.-The
o-icS-tempered Floyd river IS suOSlding
nt0 lis 5anks and a rough estimate OF the
rss from Yesterdays flood is possible
The loss Of life will reach twenty-five and
vsrhaDs higher, as a number Of persons are
reported missing.
Three bodies were recovered to-day
those of A. G.. Anderson and Mrs. Hender
soa and her baby. The pecuniarly loss viii
be heavy. ID. +. Hedges, President Of the
Stock Yard Company, estimated the loss
uthe stock wards and packing interests at
from Si5O. 900 10 $500. 900; the loss 10 house
and furniture Of the flooded district will az
grer4te about 500, 600, and the stocks OF
FOODS damaged 100000. The damage %
uecity 10 pavements, etc, viii foot up
over $1,000
heraDid transit lines are considerable
losers. bot the railroad companies suffered
most. Up the Floyd for twenty miles the
Sioux CITY and Northwestern and Illinois
Central tracks, built on entertainments, are
washed out or damaged The loss Of the
Terminal Company and Of all the railroad
companies, is estimated at from $3.50, 900 "a
NUNOJ0.
The total loss may exceed &. 1000, but
only fraction will fall directly upon indi-
vidla.s
TIE citizens are carrying on an active re
lief campaign and feel confident OF their
ability % provide for the destitute.
just below the stOckyards is the iron
bridge OF the Chicago. Milwaukee * ST
\ Paul aud against il is lodged a tremendous
4 mass Of debris. Here houses We're smashed
Il % Nnt.ing wood and 10 is heaped up with
furniture, railroad ties and piles OF dead
animals
Jus. two blocks away is the iron bridge
or Le elevated road aud here is another
similar ,oigmeut. It is believed that
human bodies will be found In the masses.
There was neither gas nor electric lights
Jas, night, as both plants are under water.
ID p Hodges, president of the United
c1cS Yards Co, estimates the loss 10 the
!-lls ana packing houses AT SjOO,OJO.