The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-01

mir 4la StogRed In every Dire Ton,
The court house, n y Wllicll " Ghlet y ilig4
tice Dale was hold dlpg court Res Sasen
of rs foundation and tho bulleln
nearly crliShad. PRR2lng on into the
Fesldence dl1trict, the WIND demon
ing into the 0psR country, finally SPENT
Itself.
Wreck ana RHip. s-tc n
( The tran TO the left was one Of wreck.
ana ruin almost complete. House,
Fested on their tops. streets were made
rprecogntEabia by having been Piled
high with debris soop dre followed
the cyclones work and here and there
bright 1ames lated mp into the sly.
Overturned stoVet had caught and. un-
hampered, the Ore BEGAN tts part q the
work pt ds6trpetion In q short time q
heavy rain storm came up, AS night
wore on, It developed into Q deluge, and
while Il succeeded ID completing the
dismal Scene, probably proved the saw
for of the town, Tor IN many Spots y
quegehea the hres and gtsFppea the
CONFEDERATION that Chandler citizens
could never have hoped 70 stay.
- F4FafN
dlcamett over, the unln1pred and able
bodied found themselves from fright
eHed confusion wen nigh a. helpless 20
render aid as their more unfortunate
neighbour. Finally, when an EFFORT was
made to send for outside aid, It was
found that all communication With the
outside world had been cut on
The telephone exchange was among
those buildings destroyed. Il was gey-
eral hours before communities ton with
Guthrie was secured, O mile and o haff
nature oe the devastation wrought, to-.
getheF With an ppeal for aid, had been
sent the, peighbOring cities when the
wire snapped and Chandler was again
shut on. In the meantime, however, q
train bearing physicians and others
left for the scene. THE wire came up
later aud other appeals for aid met q
prompt response and additional FeHCu$
ing pGsties were sent out 0S the extent
OF the damage became known,
BY midnight some show Of Systematic
rescue hRa been perfected and the dead
and dying were being released from the
grimy prisons into which their own
homes had been transformed. Impro.
vised hospitals were erected and the
unfortunate were cared for Rs best p0sS
sible. Eager hands piled here and
there among piles Of wet or charre1
tlmbetS, probably In search Of moth
er, child, or wife, Quietly they
worked, on, fearful at each step that
they would come upon some loved one.
Lanters daFted IN and out N response
70 cries Of the injured who pleaded for
help.
had been taken from the ruins while
dozens more or less badly injured had
been removed to places Of safety, In
addition It was known that othera
whom It had been impossible 20 reach
or who perhaps had been incineeated
before the deluge came to Quepeh the
flre in their homes, would swell the list
Of fatalltieS.
Partial List oEVtettms.
Theilst OF dead and injured as far ~
ascertained at daylight this morning
follows:
The dead:
John Dawson, OF Lincoln, Neb., q
lawyer, burned to death.
James W0odyard and wife, Of EldoFa-
DO, KRqIas, visiting In Ghandler, IN
8tantly killed. ~ p
Mrs. Henry Miteheu.
1lFs. Tom Smith;
r, DRmoR.
Tsy6y1o T1rnREInrsSF
= 1-4i-1s'I y I6b,3HS,s' Sy,S wife
Mrs.. Philip Johnson and child.
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Tt-s TtraSttG,JL S,TItrST,n MS,,'I1i5 ch,idren
AIrs. Dernment
Nm. =. q. johnson, babe and little
poE.
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