Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-23

been swept by a mighty river thas
spread out over almost every portion OF
the city, carrying away with it property
of such value that it is utterly impos-
sible to calculate the amount. The
river is now going down rapidly, and
about one-half of the flooded territory
is out OF water. This is in the center
OF the city. The lower portions east
and west are yet under water and as
the rain has continued increasingly for
As hours and did not stop falling until
this morning, the river is likely to keep
up during the next twenty-four hours.
When Communication with the out
side world was cut off at ? o'clock Mon
day morning by the breaking OF the
wires, the river had over1Owed its
banks east and west. 1t rapidly came
up and spread out over the city, and by
early Yesterday morning 1t was impos-
sible to get anywhere except by the use
Of boats. The night war one Of ter
rible experiences. The water came up
so rapidly in some parts that the people
in their houses were compelled TO flee
to the upper stories for safety and were
rescued from there by heroic ooatmen,
hundreds Of whom rsked their lives to
save others in danger. To add TO
THE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION
the electric light and gas plants were
early crippled, aud the city was in
darkness after three o'clock Half the
big boom cOntaiding $50, ,000,0 900 feet OF
logs went out shortly after midnight.
The other half went out about four
o'clock. The logs in the mills along
the river, as well as thousands OF feet
Of sawed lumber and portions Of mills,
were also swept away, and the loss TO
the ium bermen is as great as it was in
1889. The Market street and Maynard
street bridges, which cost the county
5000, 600, were carried away early yes
terday morning. The Reading Rail-
road bridge at Muncy, an i'm
| posing iron structure, was swept
away yesterday morning. All OF the
wooden bridges in the neighborhood are
gone. The flood reached its height at
ABOUT ten O'Clock last night, when the
water began slowly TO 60 down. At
| that time it was about thirty-two feet
| high, which was within foot and ten
| inches as high as the food Of 1889.
| The city at that hour was covered with
water as far as High street on the north
in the central part, and in the east and
west ends was completely submerged.
/ Many OF the smaller houses along the
/ river bank were swept away and others
/ were from four 10 sixteen feet under
| water. The business portion OF the
/ city suffered less than in 1889, for the
reason that the warning came in good
season and their goods had been turned
out Of the way Of harm. Many OF them
/ were not placed high enough, however,
| and some stores are wrecked. a re-
markabe fact is that not a single life
appears to have been lost.
RUMORS OF MANY DROwINGs
have been heard, but so far not single
| one has been confirmed. Lock Haven,
ReuOva, Jersey Shore and other points
west were greater sufferers than in 1889.
! North Of Us the damage was not so
! great. North of Wiliamsport there
was great destruction. All of the
| county roads and bridges have been
swept away aud many of the little mills
and stocks OF logs have gone with the
great body OF water. The portion OF
the city that is now out of water is
crowded with men, women and chill
dren. Many Of them are those whose
| houses which can be seen in the dis
tance, are still under water. All Of our
! people fully realize the extent OF the
calamity and all OF the privations and
Sufferings that are yet to come. There
| is, however, no grumbling and no dis
position anywhere to lie down and
worry over it. Where the water has
! gone out Of houses and stores their
! owners and occupants are already busy
| making them innabitable again and
are working with q will that promises
to bring order out Of this awful chaos
in 4 short time. Mayor Elliot has tele-
graphed the Governor and Mayor
Stuart, of Philadelphia, giving the Sit
Uatiou. There has been no appeal for
help. II any comes there will be plenty
| of reason for il, as hundreds of poor
people are now without homes, but the
predominant feeling seems to be to
help ourselves.
WORST OVER AT PITTSBURG.
| PITrSBURG, PA, May 22.-The rivers
reached a stage Of twenty-five and one
half feet in this city and are now fall
ing. Beyond the flooding Of the low.
lands and the stoppage for day OF
some Of the factories along the banks OF
the streams, no serious pamsge was
done 6v the high water. The rivers are
reported falling at the headwaters.
Ii is estimated that the damage on
| the Pittsburg division OF the Pennsyl-
! vsnia Railroad by the flood will reach
SIS, 600. Nearly 1000 men are at work
repairing the tracks between Cone
/ maugA and GallatiZen, and it is expect
ed that the road will be opened through
| within the next twenty-four hours. The
! Pittsburg and Western road IS also rap
idly recovering. All other roads are
running. John Schultz. while pumping
leaking bsrges, was drowned. The re-
port that Johnstown was Tisited last
night by another cloud bust was with
out foundation.
THE DELAWARE AND scHUYLKILI-
| PHILADELPHIA, PA, Aav 22.-Ths
floods in the Delaware aud Schuylkil
were greater than ever before at higt