The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-28
HEAVENS WEEP.
Lurid Lightning, Thunder and An.
other Heavy Rain Storm.
TELEPHONE L:: AND TELEGRAPH
Lines Aho"t Wheeling were rodiy Grip.
pied by tho Eirctrleai storm In this vi.
cinity Last Night IA Ciondburst Report.
cd w the River Near stsubenvl ilr-I.n,o
Reports OF the storms Work In tho In.
+ tsrior-- iiayari Flooded. $t-

The sun came out so brightly ycstcr-
day that Wheeling people believed that
they had experienced the last OF the cpl
4 demie OF rnlnstorms, cloud bursts, foods
I and landslldcs that has afflicted West
/, Virginia during tho past week. But the
heavens had more In store and Wheeling
felt the storms effects last night,
About o'clock the attention OF people
out OF doors was called to the brilliant
electrical display TO the north and east
OF the city. The lightning played with
great brillinncy and the constant rumb-
ling OF the thunder miles away was casl-
~ heard. The storm moved In the di-
rection or Wheeling, and this commune
~ felt It's edge. The rain followed the
lightning ind poured down heavily for
nearly two hours. The only damage In
Wheeling OF Importance. was the Btrlk-
Ing by lightning OF the steel bridge,
which happily did not greatly damage
the structure.
There was big washout ut Cnrk's
run, In the upper end of Martins Ferry.
j The Cleveland Il Pittsburgh track was
covered with gravel TO the depth OF sew
eral feet, and force OF section hands
went 10 work on II ut 1850. The 9i3
passenger train was very late on ac-
4 count OF this and other washuutS up the
road.
The long distance telephone lines that
3 radlate from Wheeling In all directions
We're badly crippled by TIN electrical
storm last night, Communication was
cut OF in all directions for some time.
u tho only points open ut one time being
SWashlnston, Pa. and Pittsburgh. The
Postal Telegraph Company, also. was
s In trouble. communication with StCu-
benvllle and up-river points being cut
I of.
At Wheeling park during the perfor-
nance OF the "M!kado" by the Lyric
!. opera company. the electric lights went
out ind the performances was given by
e gas light. The light was furnished by
the Suburban electric light plant, which
was In trouble on account OF the storm.
Woods run, n tributary OF Wheeling
creek. came out strong about s o'clock
last night and soon overlooked It's
= banks. Tho water entered the depot OF
the Wheeling II Elm Grove road al
Leatherwood, but did not cause much
loss,
It was reported last night that n
cloudburst with loss of life had occurred
at Steubcnvillc late in the afternoon.
Efforts to reach Stcubenville by tcle-
= phone and telegraph failed. and 1t APP
peared as though there was truth In the
( report, but on the arrival OF the late
Cleveland & Pitsburg train. shortly be-
fore midnight, II was learned that
though there had been n Very heavy
storm al and near Steubenvile. there
was no cloudhurst and no great dam
Z age. The Cleveland & Pittsburgh train
was delayed below Brilliant by wash
( out and reached Martins Ferry ninety
minutes lGte.
AT Mozart park. the Liberty Bells
were dancing when the storm came up
and the dance had TO be postponed until
& next Monday night.
East OF the city the storm was very
severe. both in the interior OF Ohio
county and across the state line in
& Washington county, Pennsylvania. Par
ticulars, however. were difficult 10 OBJ
tain. and practically nothing can. be
4 learned until to-day, when telephone
communication Is restored The Balti-
more & OhiGtraIn on the Pittsburgh d!-
vision, from Pittsburgh and Little
WASHINGTON, due here at II 30 p. m. was
4 reported four hours late. on account Of
: trouble along the line. The trouble was
n swashout Mt n point between Washing
4 ton and Finleyvile. Pa.