The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-07

IL well for them they were, for had Il
not been for tho fact tlnt tho families
| III the lnwlnndg rCtrCatcd 10 the hill
Sides md took shelter under friendly
truC8 out Of reach OF the flood or with
more fortunately situated nGlghbOrB,
more lives would hive been lost. AS Il
was not Il human life was lost on WcgeG
aud only two were lost on Pipe creek,
| the next hollow south Of WegCC. a
| great deal NJ stock was carried AWAY,
but some 0f llt1 cows, hogs and horses
swept away with tho stables and car
rlcd with the DRIFT until It lodged some
| where below scrambled 10 the hill
| Sides Other stock was carried u tho
very mouth OF the creek and waa saved
| after tho storm hnd spent Its fury. The
| narrow escape Of some families was
| thrilling IN tho extreme, 40 quickly DID
| the Hood come. md the ruined pathway
| Of tho rush Of water was II difficult ono
to trnvcl, but an lntellIEGnccr reporter
made HIS way over u portion Of 1t ycB-
| tCrday and found for two miles or moro
| OF TINT valley the crops almost entirely
washed out or ruined.
The lirllalrc. XnneSVllle & Cincinnati
| railroad together with all the bridges
nlOng TINT creek except one were swept
| AWAY. for nearly three miles, The road
bed and bridges went out into III" Ohio
| river and the track and ties are scat
tered over the fields. The dwelling
| houses Of Nicholas TruuX and Samuel
| Heath were swept away with the great
or part Of the contents aud landed lu
! the river or the pile Of drift at the mouth
OF the creek. The barn and stable Of
McMillCn lirOF, to gCth"r with al their
harness. wagons. farming implements
aud 1900 fruit cans for the canning
factory We're swept away. The families
deserted the houses und went 10 places
OF safety on the hill-sIdcs. The McAiill-
ems got part OF their horses out and 10
safety but before they could return all
else was gone. Their house was threat
rncd but did not 50. The Presbyterian
church was swept from its foundation,
but was left practical wreck just OFF
the foundation. The water was eight
cen inches In the home of Henry Fish
when the storm lEId spent Its fury and
began TO TGccdc. BycrS l!ricc had some
Of Ills cattle swept away and his crops
destroyed. but his home remains intact
and he recovered all the cattle except
one COW. Charles Butler had one COW
swept with the drift 10 the mouth OF
the creek, where she was recovered UNI
harmed. Other cattle and hogs and
two or three horses were swept down TO
that point from up the creek, but all
were gotten out alive except one.
The county bridge near the mouth Of
this creek was swept out entirely and
the one just, north on FutheyS run IL
wrecked. but stlll holding. 1t will have
10 BE- rebuilt. The devastation In TWO
or three miles along WcEcr creek Is in
cstlmable. Corn fields are Hat. with
timber. brush, mud and stones piled In
confusion all over them. So are the
oats fields, the potato patches. Some
Of the wheat was gathered. but that
left out on the bottom was swept away.
The potatoes were washed out and
away In large stretches and this Is true
OF the corn, while the crops left In the
large area OF the territory along the
creek will be valucless.
One Of the horses carried away with
McMillen Bros. stable was swept out In
to the Ohio river and when the stable
went to pieces the horse swan to the
IVES; Virginia shore and was found
yesterday with only few bruises. q
Futhry's Run.
Futhcy's came out with such force
AZ 10 damage all the fields on either
side OF 1t. but no houses were swept
away. George Workey and family
We're driven out OF their house and
spent the time under 4 walnut tree In
the drenching rain, but their house did
not 90, though IL had four feet OF water
In It at the edge Of that run and the
county bridge Just below them was torn
up and rendered useless.
Pinch run came out with less fury
than WeSec creek. being In the north
edge Of the storm, but that run was
Swelled TO 4 dangerous height, and II
swept along with such fury as 10 carry
away the pilins Of the Ohio Valley and
III" Bellaire, GAINESVILLE & Cincinnati
railroads At the mouth. rendering both
roads useless until repairs can be made.
All along both lines from the southern
limits OF the city the torrents OF water
from the hlllsidcS swept away the
road bed and made the tracks danger
Gus.
Along Pipe Creek
the scene was not very different from
that along Wegce. This creek heads
near the head OF WcGec and the storm
seems 10 have burst upon both with
equal fury. More houses were swept
away by this creek than on WeGcc. but
there owere more houses on II TO be
caught. II was impossible TO get along
On account OF the bridges swept away
and tn. roads being impassable. but
II Is known that ut least six houses
were swept away and ruined and 9TH
crs damaged. With one OF them Mrs.
James Berry and her babe went down
TO their death. This house was located
near the mouth OF the creek and when
the family was first aroused by the
storm MIR. Berry carried his little boy
10 cave on the side OF the hill, near
the house. for safety. and returned for
his wife and babe. They lad Just got
to the door when 4 heavy pile OF drift
swept against the house and tore II
from the foundation. The mother was
thrown down, but the husband chung 10
her until Il mighty swirl carried all into
the raging flood. Another toss OF the
house and wife and child were torn
away and the husband pInioncd to the
bank. badly bruised from the crush, but
landed where he saved his life. The
bodies Of the wife and babe were found
yesterday morning In the debris short
distance below where they were swept
away. James Berry IL 4 son OF cN-Coun-
ty commissioner W. ]. Berry.
The names Of the owners OF other
houses swept ont IN this creek could
not be obtained yesterday, and there
was considerable stock lost there. The
damage 10 the Ohio Valley railroad
will probably all he repaired by this
evening. 80 that trains can be run. To
Powhatan. but thu Hcllaire. GAINESVILLE
& Cincinnati road slistains such dam
age along WcgcC creek and other points
from there tn l'"llairc that II will be
some time before II * open FOR business.
In the crippled condition Of that rond
the management will be confronted
with very serious problem.
The WcGcc pix. and the Brooks Run
pike running out Of licllalrr. were al
most swept AWAY IN some places. One
huge retaining wall on Brooks Run
was washed out. and south Of that city
Il portion Of the pike was planted on the