The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-14

It's II u E4s<@ 1AhS NaNs @GA N!N4EAAe Ndr
vis!;e4 hy cue Ok tse heAvies: and most
persistent tawnpcurs ~ raIa that has
ben Sseu here Eos years. 1t catsici
dsl;A ard destruction wish L. uad ~
result six lives were sacrificed, and thou
slris o. dollars worth 0; psppcTty laid
waste.
Tae dead are: Mrs. Susan Aud. widow.
S=ei a.: Ms. Eilea Popleton. widow.
pr25 -: Mrs FluTeace Robinson. her
isusatsr, aeei 81; Martin Cochran. tn
tlai; OTllsi SchansE, 70 years: unknown
man
prscs1ed by dark ard threatening
clCuts. which ObscuTed the sun and Gu
ysloSsJ the city !n aa 1inQs; Egyptian
darkness. As the gloom began to diSTCl,
tn rain came In torrents. and foT an
h'urShs downpou7 was terrific. Il then
L: Up SliEl:ly, buS for thTer hours longer
1; raia@l without ceas.uS. Up TO noon
..i Inches lad fallen. lSO o. this being
p-sc!pltated during the first hour.
IN the immediate city little damage
was done. but the suburbs and small
toxins IparbY suffered severely
IL Haven, u small oil town on the
Pittsburgh & Western railroad. about
ten miles from here. had to hear the
FTNLk Nk Xxx hLG4 III 49, sAA4sl - ~ a.
tAzre most os the lives were lost. The
t;rls Town Of six hundred inhabitants IS
situated In i valley just AZ the Junction
" Two creeks and every heavy storm
ills Ihsse creeks and foods portions OF
TIE place The ichabltantS have be-
cocic accustomed 20 such trcpbIes and
nav but little attention to them This
ov-r-contidennS probably HEs the c3use
Of tie loss of life this morning. When
tA+ storm hurs; thH house Of James
RobiGsoc was made the place OF refuge
Sy ten people OF this ruEeer Ihree
women were drowned the storm par
;e2s OF Tie nature OF a cIoudburst. and
:ilsd the stream To oTerfioTing with
wcndeTtul rAp!tity
Swept Away by the Flood.
4 torrent OF eighteen feet came rush
!rs down and struck the Robinson res
.acnce w:ta terrible force. carrying /,
feor1 Its foundation ard toal!rS it over
iato the STiriing food Ths house. col
lapstrE as Il was carried along, was
lodged against some Willows along the
hank, and the occupants, who had clunS
with desperation 10 the ruins we're ena-
bi=d BIZ supeEhunan efforts TO make
their escape TO land. all except tie three
women, who were drowned and IheIr
bpdfcs washed dow. the stream Their
battered co-psel were found after the
aood subsidized, one in a com tleid, an
other lodged II Q t-s ard The third tE
West Etha
I.t:tle Martin Cochran was - bsd
sick wi:h scarlet fever. The food en-
tered his fathers house and c-epI
around his bed before he could be re-
moved. The shock aad exposure
6roush: his lie to an end within ar
huu= or tYo.
Orni4i SchaEe- was standing on tire
Pittsburgh & Western bridge at
SharpsbuEg, with thousands o; others,
watching the high waters. He attempt
cd 20 catch pSacs OF dTItiwood, lo5s
his balance and Eas caught by the tor
rent Rad Thi.led into eternity Ia an In
siant, while the oalookers were power
less 10 help. His body has not been
recovered as yet The other victim was
an unknown man, whose body was
seen floating down Goar Head creek
pazS De Haven. His body has not Yet
been recovered.
Pine creek. from Its mouth at Sha-ps-
burg 10 De Haven. !s q sorry looking
spectacle. Every foot OF level ground
was uadec water for several hours and
miles OF gardens and little truck farms
were washed OUT
The vest end OF Sharpsburg end
Et1a were flooded and the water was
four feet deep In Spang 6 CEalIant's
mill, putting out the fires, and compe!l-
ing the workUen 60 abandon che build
ing. some having almost to swim out
The firms loss will b,. about $4,000 and
new furnaces will have 10 be built.
The Pittsburgh & Western railroad
mas been blockRded practically all day
and considerable loss will result.
Many Towns Inundated.
Towns along the Pittsburgh & West
ern road wers completely inundated.
Portions OF the hills on either side oi
the tracks were washed down. and de-
posts Of stone and earth covered the
railroad tracks. Lightning struck sew
eral trees, which made matters worse.
Houses occupied by miners along tine
hillside moved from th=!7 foundations
and those in the valley were complete
iy washed out The loss at Etna Will
amount to between $7J,Op0 and 100000
divided principally between Spsng,
Chaisaat & Company. Allegheny Salt
Works, Pittsburgh &c Western railroad
and the residents Of Main and DrdSe
streets
At Rowerstown, the greater portion
Of the town was under water. The
heaviest ldg5 ID 10 tfra farmers. Live
stock was drowned and crops were
ruined. A small shlnty along the creek
bank was washed OUT and tn. OcCu-
pants barely escaped with their lYes.
Evergreen people Jared badly. Trees
were blown down, stables wrecked and
small uutbuild!ags torn from their
foundations.
The huge volumes OF water rushing
Gown the roads resembled rivers.
Foundations Of houses being built were
Weakened.
Al Irwin. thriving town on tho
Pennsylvania, about twenty miles east
Of here also suffered much property
damage, but no lives were lost.
AZ r06n word was received that the
Fort Pit dam ut JaHnnrttc. had burst
and the water was rushing toward lr-
win.
Warming was Immediately given pco-
pie living In the luwlanls on the vest
ade " the railroad. but before thr,y
could get away the flood calnc rushing
Go%n Brush creek carrying railroad
t,"s. telegraph poles and debris nf all
kinds.
Dt'truciiun or Property
The car shops Of the wrstmorolnnI
coal company was tine first to suffer.
the employees being compelled u ice
f1r their llvtF, many having TO wads
through water 10 their shoulders The
women and children living In the
aluscs near the chops were forged 10
the upper stories and roofs HcEcung
pnrt!es were formed and the impcriIlcd
ones wer" taken down In heats and
where the water Was loser on the
backs Of mon. When the walters Of
ErGtb creek had reached rs height, the
Penn Plate GLASS; COmpanyS dam,
which bad been unriinllY rnnnlrnh Rlncc