The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-20
INTO THE HUNDREDS
VIII Reach the Loss Of Life by tho
Western Floods
ALL CONFUSION At SIOUX CITY
whrro the Death Roll VIII Number
Over n IIunlrcd...But n Partial
List OF tho ,victims...Somc Thrilling
lncidcnts orthc Disnstcr...one Man
Saves Twcnty.Eight Livcs-..Tho
Flood News From Other Points,

Sock CRY, IA, May l0.-The city is
.,o,,co,lv ont q .l' irom MI communica.
P'"e"t ,I ,,a .u,,id. ms.,a h,,,han,,,,,
ton WIN t"c ou .'ito WIN '"o n.s"
water and such is tho confusion within
Tho city that 1t Is difficult 10 obtain the
.,moo n ,bc victims Of tho flood. Few
."'"s' Nv, = 49,. -. .ooo,.a.,,I .nl;,,;,
bodles nave ocei 'eeo'ctcu e,'' ,"'. ~ % -
doubtful II they will ever DC louhd.
The following Is the list who arc given
Io.t n. ior n, wns known NJ I
-" ,,,, =, ,,..,.s.. ,gfG
O'CLOCK 'li!s "l''t,'ooii' ,l :.
Nellie West, Mrs. Louise llomcr, "A.
anderson, wife and child, II. NJ. Ender-
,,r wife and child Ap McJ.nrcn ,yym.
s'"' Wv w, - AZ. H., ..
Nohe, " ~. hoWc, -nrs. i'uutSe iio'icL .
tFo chliaten, Mrs. irahk J.. i.u'ner, M and !, y
tnl!a;a year 1lu son anu seven year o'u
Gaugh'cf ot hcSn"fu, uE,?utsc N,us SoA, u
Gn,Ni Oh i9uti 1so' ~ M.,.ef' 1,nhsnt hI.on
yohhson' AnIrcw Anueison, ronsrt
haTney, franN iieltueIsom' Nne an9 M
Sni!a' TWO uIhho"n IL poalihei'' .'irs. ~.
Iiehes, N.s. utGi has liiussun' "'i" W. W.
eaIlutgl m tMo li.hliuMh iien.
INC on loss SSo 10 tMe III, fallroaas is Ss1llnateu
AZ S.vo,uvv. !nS s.ock yatus arI on
!Ower stpunu aiiu ho Ss''siiu.e u .r; .,tlf
lo:a can ne ,'laue; INC c,.,heIs rS'lei
COMMISSION nave pe2n Workihs iiaru a.i
GAy. no ohe laGkGu sncller iast hlsitt.
'inenus anu ielaIiScs care LOT srent
MMpera VINO aau iieu 70 h,sh stouhu;
Satcnlhs SI; partles 10 To- iopk ,I,i ior Geaa
podles peRah WORK carry lhls morning,
pIt ~ noon me au.h1rlliGs Leporc Only
aiTM Tt poties % tecoSereu anu i,,eM'iAe9; i;.
lnG es1',tia!es ~ 10 lhe ioss vi liie
var! rom W 10 Ivy put at present no
IsI can DO gwen Oh .he aeau. Inc Ter
ioilIeu peoPle iitye soeslit lel"SSG ~ SO
many quarters INA! ~ IS inposs'ole 10
eAacLly iisutT "hat Tue numper Oh inc
dealh roIl VIII DC.
:, Honle Nerioc scenes were Witnessed IN
.ae a!'eupts 70 save inc nhhappyNlc.
!ln:; AZ !ne oinaiia pridse lhG west
iatn..! iies uisas!er. MRS. west ana
her lEe.yea,-oiI eir! were uhaD!e 1n2 20 get
away from me llood IN tlme' inc iather
anu Two children were saved ana me
Iescu!he party was returning lor MIS-.
Mes1 anu her chilo Whcm Ell me waves
s"ep' the mousse away. 1hey noalca
l IoMi WIN Tue roarihst current uhtil the
% usiIsI Mas teaeIeu. AN engineer sue
ceedeu IN saving the woman ipht her
srehS'n iailea her and she was com
!e!Sa 10 leiiilquisn her nold on her
s9 sHilu. WIN a oespairing, cry OF
a. 'iama inc cnild disappeared Deneath
'he waves.
observers on the high bridge counted
Tlleen p Douies mat swept under II. Matt
Roe, IN old sailor, saved twenty-eight
" ,'es; a woman VINO manaeed 70 Waoe
~ poara gave pirth TO a chiia ana Two
nus, nou.s inter I was rescued; a woman
% h.iiieu linton ana three chllqreh were
aiG"iied!n S;s, IN lhelr own mouse. Two swe-
ui1,' N Ia'nlllss u were swept away;
~ L. lieaees, president Oh tue stock
afa company, estimated tho loss to
.nG s.ocS yards ana packlns interests
AZ IRON S5o,CD TO s. %, 20; the loss to
houses ,I ana inrnitnre ol tie residents OF
.h .hS NODDED I!slrics about S';y,GO and
Ih, Stto t.ocks OF eoods damaged SiC9.GV.
viii iii ttal,'ase tnn 70 Guy IN pavemsnls, etc;
.tans.t .Tn ~; llhcs are considerable losers but
w III ralttoaq tha rip companies suffered most;
6. Up mo Floyd Tor twenty miles the
n,GuH no;a SlIy ana northwestern and ILL
mnn,s nV.s oemaral tracks, nuilt on emo9mk- m
ioss ' ~ ,hs Ire 1 WISHED 9ut or damaSeg' me 1
,bs I r"i!rn.J uI 'le iermlnal m company and o. al