The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-31
EAST OF THE CITY.


was A"hh III Tue tIkEC nnt-
n'unities = " heeiins Il Elm Grove
itridEe Washed Out at Lraiheryood,
The storms east OF the city on, the Ma
tonal road were terrific and while the
iowlands had already been damaged TO
such an extent MS to make further de-.
v'astation almost impossible, crops were
destroyed and other damage done that
VIII greatly Interfere with travel along
some OF the roads and cost the county
much money to repair the roadways ana
bridges, N'
This. added to the fact that 4 number
OF farmers and gardeners have lost al
most all their crops from hill washouts
VIII make the damage u Into the thou
sands.
AS far out as Roney's Point the storm
and the streams were swollen into
rivers. Middle Wheeling creek and Pc
ter.s u were %frIShtful to, look at at 6
pollock yesterday morning and an hour
laser they covered an expansa nearly
$40 feet wide. At Elm Grove. where
these two streams and Big Wheeling
creek meet. the result was that the pike
ana bridge were covered and gardens
n farms In that vicinity were covered
with several feet 0f water.
AT l.oTing'S the o was like n river
and the current. which was very swift.
swept brush on the fields and there IL
remains. Along GaShel'S run the storms
seem to have been most severe, for the
washouts along the streams course were
numerous and Of a most damaging ma
ture.
The individual loss In this section was
great, Mr.. Calvett's place was wamp-
ed and over loo tomato vines were de-
stroyed and 300 heads OF cabbage wash
cd away. His potato crop was also ru-
ined and his loss will probably be the
greatest o tlny in the nciEhborhoad, al
though the surrounding lands suffered to
aSconsiderable extent. The garden and
corn field OF John E. Sisson were de-
'stroyed totally. and his loss Will also be
very heavy. Squire TcrrelIS gardens.
are covered with all kinds OF rubbish.
carried there by the flood and IL will re-
quire 4 vast amount of labor and no 1T
tie expense to clear 1t away. Gardener
PrettSman had n large crop OF potatoes
and the Hood has washed 1t completely
away. leaving nothing but 4 barren
field of mud and drift wood.
The Greatest Damage.
Between the city and Elm Grove the
damage was greatest at Leatherwood.
where the Wheeling & Elm Grove bridge
which crosses Woods run was washed
away and the large celery crops OF
Messrs. Conrad and Rciuocker destroy
ed. The loss OF the bridge made IL i'm
possible for the Elm Grow. motors 10 run
tuntli s.bout Ii o'clock. when they began
transferring the n~asselgcts at that
point and In this way the travel was
Kept AIp all day. There being no motor
"A n ! NtIo.nR -. - ~ a.. liz. -. I'll =
be sent out over the Baltimore & Ohio
tracks to Elm Grove before the line be-
yond the break could be operated. Work
OF repairing the bridge was-begun early
and a large force OF men under the eye
of General Manager Weisgerber soon
had the false work up. But at $50
Ep, m. another storm broke with ter
rife force up Woods run and In n short
time the current had become as swift al
most as in the morning and most OF the
false work was carried away. thus de-
laying the rebuilding OF the bridge sew
eral hours. General Manager Weisger-
Der expects to have It ready for ths
trains 10 run owe this morning.
Woodedale park was covered with
muddy water during both the morning
storms and several gardens about Mt. de
hantal were ruined. The creek where
1T makes the turn at ThOmpson's, wash
ed out about fifteen feet of the stone re-
taInInS wall and cut out n section of the
I pike. Boards were put around the hole
by the county commissioners and unless
there are more storms there will be no
danger at this point.
{sgfi suburban Lines.
The trucks nj the new Suburban cleo
trio line did not suffer as much as was
expected. In some places the landslldee
covered the rails. but to no serious ex-
tent and the mud and dirt was soon
cleared away. The lightning. however,
made up for II. and during the 6 o'clock
storm one NJ the armaturcs was burned
out, thus disabling the service through
out the day. The one car STOOD at the
Elm Grove end OF the line until II was
seen that 1t was not likely the creek
would rise to q dangerous point, when
1t was taken to the barn.
The lightning during both storms was
very sharp out In the country and n
number of cases where trees have been
struck and telephones burned out are re-
ported, but fortunately no serious mis-
haps resulted from 1t. The wind was
also very strong and all along the pix.
and back In the country large trees were
blown down.
AT G~reggsYllle the little village WnS
surrounded by water and much damages
was done to fences and crops. John
y Petticord's house was flooded and n
number OF his fences carried on. DIR.
Bates and John Nichols were heavy los
ers from the storms work.
II appears that both storms struck the
country before they reached the city.
and one was about equal to the other
In fury, The first started about ; o'clock
and the second about r O'Clock. There
werertwo wasiouts In Woods and Peters
rune, and had there been 10 back water
In the creeks, the damage would have
been very great; an II was. most OF the
brush and rubbish had already been car
{ricd of by previous storms. and this
flood Ind a%clcar path 10 sweep along.
Wheeling q lake f;ric Resumes.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie railway.
which was damaged for the first time by
L. a.