Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-27

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the ten. a baby, is the least hurt.
Mrs. Stadler and her daughter heard
the roar and saw the cloud. They went
down into the cellar. The house dis
appeared from over them and neither
was hurt.
when they went into the cellar,
said Mr.. Stadler. my wife wanted TO
get in the southeast corner, but my
daughter said the southwest corner was
the safest The wind blew oren the
cellar window and my daughter tried
to shut it. Noticing that the sticks
were beginning to fly. my wife told her
TO come away They took hold of hands
and got down in the southwest corner,
between a box and the wall. My daugh-
ter became chOked from the dust OF the
cement which fell when the house went.
We raised her head to get air There
had been complete darkness, and now
all was light 1t became calm at once.
She said TO her mother:
Let's get out
she climbed upon box and could
see the cloud going out the road toward
the country. She looked around over
the garden and saw girl sitting on the
ground. Thinking she vas Mrs. Smith S
cook, she called out:
q" Is that you, Ida?'
The girl answered back, No; it's
Mollie'
My daughter couldn't recognize her.
She looked out in the front yard and
there lay a man. The sights were ter
rible. Both the man and the child
were plastered with mud from head TO
feet They looked like negroes. My
daughter could recognize neither. The
girl was Miss Mollie Strong, who had
been blown from the Irvine house when
the storm came up. The man was Bost-
wick, who worked for the Irvine's- He
had piece of glass driven into his hip.
AS soon as she could get out, my wife
went to him and asked him if he was
hurt. He said. Yes: but so TO Mrs.
Irvine first Mrs. Irvine and the chill
dren were found scattered about in the
Mattingly yard Both Miss Strong and
BOStwick we're conscious while sailing
around in the air. and are able to de-
scribe the sensation. Miss Strong came
down in the garden sitting. You can
see the print in the ground where she
landed. She was still sitting there
when my daughter spoke 10 her, and re-
NAMED until helped upon her feet. At
first she didn't seem much hurt, but
now she is SO sore all over she can't be
touched. The Irvines had time to es-
cape, but they didn't know what TO do.
SO they sat there clasping each others
hands. If they had run right out into
the orchard, they would not have been
hurt"
When Mr.. Stadler was seen he was
directing the work of colored man
who was picking up pieces Of boards IN
the race track fields across the street,
west Of where the house stood.
1T will do for klndling wood" said
Mr.. Stadler, philosophically. That IS
about all it is good for. | find that even
the stills on which my house rested are
split and broken. There are bits Of my
house and barn scattered all over this
field. Iryine's house went east, mine
went west
Three days had passed. yet after all
of his searching, Mr.. Sta6ler said:
Il have not been able TO find any
thing of the contents of my house eX-
cent pieces Of the furniture and bed
quilt or two. Mr.. Irvine recently put
in a large tank for bath room purposes.
1t held thirty-fve barrels and was full
of water. There it is out there in that
cat field. a quarter of a mile from the
house. l had just got a similar tank
and was going to have it put in place
on Saturday. My tank Is over yonder
in that other field, about the same dis
lance from where the cyclone found Ii.
Mr.. Stadler pointed to two masses oil
tin. battered out Of all resemblance 10
water tanks.
The fruit trees west Of the Irvine
house" he continued. ARE unharmed.
NV orchare is scattered over the face
of the country. My fence was very
strong. made il Of bois dare posts
and nut them . feet and inches in the
ground The posts are all twisted OIL
There is half an iron axle lying in my
ward. The ether half is out IN the
field
Mr.. Irvine had besides his house, two
barns. other outbuildings, a carriage,
a buggy and a new farm wagon, 500
bushels of corn and 200 bushels of oats.
Buildings. vehicles and grain were car
ried away. Presumably the half OF an
rled away. Presumably the half OF an
iron axle were found in the Stadler
ward is part of one Of Mr.. lrvine's We
hicles. On the edge OF the street is the
red hub with the spokes ground oil
close to the sockets This is all that
can be found of Mr.. Stadler's new
Studebaker.
Bevond the Irvine and Stsdler
Dlaces the city ends and the farms be-
gin. 4 race track is laid off in the first
large field which comes up to the cross
road bounding Fairview. On the edge
Of the field stood a collection OF frame
stables 300 or 400 feet from the High
street corner. When lrvine's buildings
went eastward and were scattered over
Stadler's lot. Stadler's disintegrated
bouse and barn were strewn TO the
westward. among the growing oats on
the race track field, and at the same
time the race track stables were being
distributed in bits of board TO the south
ward on the grounds Of Mr. Irvine. 1t
was a strange mix up, a case of Pussy
wants the corner" with the cyclone
cloud for catcher
What the Irvines might have done a
man named EdmundsOn did do. He
was near the race track stables north
of the Irvine place wherethe cloud came
up. He ran down the cross-road to the
west and escaped easily.
Mr.. Maxey. the owner of the race
track. lives down this cross road, about
coo feet west of High street. His house
faces south and he was at home.
Il heard the roar he said, 1T seemed