Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-26
rI035 Ind HREGi
nHE FLOOD : HAkE.
~ r-.a to Railroad and Private
v NAY Reach a Million.
-rn5WNING CASES REPORTED.
~ 2.r5ais Slowly Recovering
From the Disaster.
r 20. MAIN LINE STILL IDLE.
~ Ohio River Got It's First Train
Through Yesterday.

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Town of Auburn, Ritchie
r,-,-r Devastated - Elkins in
~. Midst OF a Lake Roaring
r-,.1as Wide as the Ohio River.
~~,s-ss Destruction Along the
v.usv of the Little Kanawha.
NJ. West Virginia Central Road
s,vv Getting Into Shape.
r~sands of Farmers Have Lost
KIT Only AL Their Crops, But
-4s Very Soil is Gone from Their
Farms - No Fears Of Damage
Hero by Rising River,
Although the fall in the river at 1AiS
which set in Friday evening, was
Yesterday morning, and the rly-
steadily all during the afternoon
reht there need be no appre-
Of damage in this vicinity.
-5. water will scarcely go beyond the
o. .-5- stage. and this viii in no wise
mmode any one in or about Wheel
rs. river is fearfully and wonderfully
~rlv. ana . considerable amount Oh
went dow last night, but the ris-
stream attracted very l-cde attention
.rrz ta- day. the pubic appearing 10
ze chat j1e frssheC would not
smunt too looi and dismissed the SUD-
from their minds.
The creek t-.l rapidly yesterday morn
but was again backed up 10 about
e level reached Friday night by the
sing river. There was no current in
Ire stream. however, and therefore no
.am3ge TO property was TO be feared
aside from the inevitable settling and
sliding Of the made ground along the
banks in The vicinity of Main and Market
streets. al. the dr.E which lodged
against the beu.s of the B q o. rraSJle,
west OF Che Main street bridg, 1Ca,ed
q yesterday morning. anu during the
.y every .h.Dg was clear. Not a stroke
- work was done on the Baltimore and
O-.1 property about the mouth of the
co k during the day, every available
C.-peater and iabOrer i'm the employ OF
tle company beng hurried out the main
line % assist I'm the work of again get
ulg the tracks. embankmeu-s, and
bridges in shape for q resumption OF
uldc. Orders from Baltimore massed
the labOring force of the company
Icen Philadelphia and Pittsburg
oug the line in the mountain counties
Oh. this State, and yet with the utmost
At-.Cns by large force it viii take
several Gays TO Sc, things even in tenn
4ry shape for the running of regular
rams From Jli5 city east. the line
VAS open as far as LiJ-,e-on. and trains
"yre run out and back for tine accom-,
notation of local traffic, but from Lit
teton 90 Cumberland nothing was done
nd the towns between those points are
J- on from the rest Of the world. 50
gar as transportation and the receipt and
1-spI,cn Of mails are concerned. The
ioae mus, have been even more seri-
.ouslS damaged than was indicated bv
lls wy complete special repcrt7 10 the
Register. and Jhe losses To t0js 0Dq (,Oo
win far exceed one hundred tbo1ssnd
dollars. "A report reached the CIV last
n ght that tn bridge at Piedmont had
been carried away. and this Will make
o big repair job of ITSELF. Another re-
.rcr, current here was that the West Vir.
.ylna and P.Jtsburg railroad was undel
"-ssr 40 point Marion, on IA,
onongalia county and Psnnsyl
r-1.a line. and that this hat
oppd traffic between Mcreantown ant
'1.s In Pennsylvania. All trains be-
".on this city and the East went around
way o. PiJts5urg and Cumberland
ai~ay. and viii 60 the same to-day
.7e Ohio River Railroad. under the
lc management Of General Man
George a. Burt and his able SUI
Mates. was able to resume the run
trains yesterday afternoon. much
qualification Of the public. To
1oou, assumption Of traffic IN
a- -me. under the existing con-
was really q wonderful thing.
mcnslrateS beyond q doubt that
I'VE management Of the Ohio river
in the very hes, 0s hands. The
south bound train left on time
3ay Afternoon. the evening train
little la,e. and to-day business
-2 right along as before the flood
il.
ports were brought 10 the cftv
ny ot the volume and force of
-s n the small streams in this
ou. beyond the inevitable dam
crops, the washing away of fen
900, oridg s. etc. the damage imme-
surrounding tbs city VIII be in
4nena1L This = owing entirely TO
-c- that Wheeling appears 70 have
-pon the northern edge Of the
J1se as PaTkersburg was on It's
-.in edge. There was, Of course. q
rainfall Friday at both places.
-o.--us Ike as heavy as az points
way o~-w IN The two cites. The
or The storm appears 90 have
I from ,he interior of Ohio a lit
lln Of GAINESVILLE. cut through Nor
Noble, washington and Monroe
les. IN ol.o. crossing the river into
ant Wc,zel, and so On east
.-l Doddridge, Harrison. Marion.
',' Lewis, Barbour. CVsnur Tuck
t.2ntolph and Grant. where i1s main
appears 20 have been spent. as no
nave come TO hand OF anv pa--
..1r damage i'm Hardy or Pendle-on
-- -le Virginia side OF the mounlirs
''--' s-x Or eight thousand square NIL s