Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-31
DAMAGE IN AND ABOUT TOWN.
How the Railroads Fared - Loss at Mt.
Zinn Cemeterv -Nrent LOIS 20 Tnrmers.

How the Railroads Fared - Loss at Mt.
Zion Cemetery Great Loss 10 Farmers.
As IS shown in the preceding article,
the Big storm Cf the early morning
came from the northwest, cutting across
the river with It's centre at or near the
little town Of Burlington. above Martins
Ferry. and thence moving through Ohio
county IN the general direction OF Elm
Grove and thence on southeast up the
valley Of Big Wheeling creek. The rain,
rs matter of course. EXTENDED for miles
north and south OF this general centre
line. but the main axis OF the storm was
about as here indcaSed, and accounts
TO. the damage out the G. l.. & W.
about Barton. the losses up in the vi
cinity Of Burlington, and out about
Greggsvilla and in the vicinity Of Woods
run and on up the Big Creek. As the
storm passed 10 the southeast il struck
the headwaters of Caldwell's and BOggS
runs. with the result that they both
broke previous records for high water.
When the deluge struck the c., L. &
VI. railroad, in the vicinity of Barton,
-he small ravineS and runs were filled
to overlooking. with the result that
couple Of hundred yards of track was
washed away, mile and a half west
of Barton, stopping all traffic until about
noon. The Wheeling and Lake Erie al
so suffered a good deal as did the Cleve-
land and Pitsburg. details Of which will
be found under the Martins Ferry head.
in this article. Sweeping across the
river the centre of the storm appeared
in the valleys between the river and
Triadelphia and Elm Grove. and dis2s-
t~OuS results followed. Woods run
came out tremendously, bringing down
a great mass of drift which lodged
against the railroad and county bridges
ct the pike As a result the water cut
around the ives abutment of the Wheel
ing and Elm Grove bridge across the
run. allowing the south girder to fall n
to the bed of the creek. and putting an
ef5c,ual stop 10 the running OF trains.
It was about a quarter Of seven when
the girder fell. and the train from Elm
Grove TO this city had just crossed the
run, while the train outward bound had
not arrived. having been delayed by
slip at E.se's. This left the railroad
without an engine east of the break,
and a motor had to be sent to Elm
Grove over the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks. During The remainder OF the
day transfers were made al the run, and
this VII have to be continued until the
break can be repaired. Early n the
morning many people walked or drove
i'm from along the pike. or came
on the 3. e O. One result of
this damage was that there was no per-
form3nce by the Opera Company at the
Park Casino. last evening, completing
the unprecedented ill-luck which has
followed their enga cement. All the low
land in the valley through which Wood,
run flows. up TO and even beyond
GrecgSv'lle. was flooded by this early
morning storm. and great damage was
inflicted upon the farmers i'm the vicin-
i-y. About the middle of the afternoon
there was another big rain in that "
entity. coming from the clouds which
threatened the city about that time. ar
the run again got over its banks. flood
fng fields TO considerable extent. To
Sive list Of the losses in this part of
the county would be almost equivalent
TO printing a directory of Triadelphia
district. All the crops on level ground
were covered TO a greater or less extent
with wafer. while hill SIDE fields were
terribly washed.
Further east. over towards Triadel-
phia and up the valley of Peters run
there was about the same situation. The
Peters run road was reported badly
washed. large stones were scattered
about by the rush Of water. and an in,
mense mass of debris was poured into
Little Wheeling creek at the vicinity
Of The IS" bridge The Suburban cleo
tric line escaped damage. but the car
was not running during the cay. from
causes other than the storm. Lightning
struck i'm several places along in this
rart of the county. but no serious dam
goo followed. A chimney was knocked
eff the residence Of Michael KircAner.
on the Bethany pike, a telegraph pole
CsasinCcd on Sixth Pase.