The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-07
BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY
And Three Lives Lost by a West
Virginia Waterspout.
IMMENSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
Farm Houses Washed from Their FOunda-
tions, Stock Drowned and Growing Crops
Destroyed-A Heavy Rain In Pcnnsyl-
vania Floods Several Towns.

DOoSroycu-h HeaSy main III Hcunbyt-
vania Floods Several Towns.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 7.-Another
waterspout in the interior Of Ohio and
Marshall counties caused great loss to
property and suspension Of railroad
traffic out Of Wheeling on two railroads
Sunday night the rainfall in the interior
was very heavy, and about 2 o'clock yes
terday morning there was So much rain
that it approached cloudburst in vol.
ume. The various creeks, including Big
and Little Wheeling creeks, Little Grave
creek, Jim's run, on the West Virginia
side of the river, and Wheeling creek and
other tributaries on the Ohio side, sent
out an immense amount of water The
water was speedily out of banks. Farm
houses were washed from foundations,
stock drowned, growing crops destroyed,
and there were many narrow escapes from
death in the raging waters.
Wheeling creek put out into the Ohio SO
furiously that up bound towboats were
unable to stem the tide, and had to tie up
below the city The Baltimore and Ohio
depot extends over the mouth of the creek,
and was soon seen to be In danger, as tho
wator was carrying away the foundations
of the pier at the north side. All cars and
property Of value were taken away and
the people warned Of the danger AT. II 30
a. m. the east span went down, and car
ried with it the railroad bridge to the
west. Further up the creek the trestle
work of the Wheeling Terminal road was
carried away, and J. H. Rosenberg, an
fflr Nt,np ptftp i.,I i,
the wreck. He was rescued by spectators.
Twelve miles below this city, at Mounds
vile, the damage was quite severe. The
steel bridges Of the Ohio river and Balti-
more and Ohio roads were carried away,
the current being SO swift that the Ohio
river bridge was sent to the middle Of the
Ohio river. Up Little Grave creek, hotel
In the oil field was carried off Its founda-
tions, but no lives were lost. The Ohio
river road Is now using u steamboat be-
tween Wheeling and Moundsville for haul
ing passengers, trains for the south start
ing at the latter point. The Baltimore and
Ohio is blocked from Wheeling to Grafton,
and its east bound passenger trains are
going by way Of Pittsburg. The loss to the
two railroads named is about $4,000.
ou iB0tltCh, III oHto, bppoSitt
vile, two persons lost their lives The
home of John Perry was washed down
the creek into the river and Mrs Perry and
her mother we're drowned. Mr.. Perry had
narrow escape.
Information was received this morning
of another fatality. The S-year-old daugh-
ter of Peter Richie, living on Turkey run,
was drowned early yesterday morning.
The house was swept away, and the child
was caught in the wreckage and killed
PENNSYLVANIA STORM DAMAGES.
In Mannheim Boys Were Swimming in the
streots-Telegraph Wires Down.
LANCASTER, Pa, July IA rain storm
of great violence, accompanied by light
ming, swept over the northern section Of this
county last night doing heavy damage.
Telegraphic communication was seriously
interfered with. Tho wires on the line Ct
the Reading and Columbia railroad are
down. and the only Information which has
yet been received in this city comes from
passengers on the Lebanon train, which
arrived here several hours late, and by
telephone messages from Lititz, nine
miles north Of here From the latter place
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