Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
THE SOUTH SIDE.
Condition After the Flood-Some OF the
Losses Incurred by the High Nater-tot-
teries and Other Losses.

Condition After the Flood-some or the
Losses Incurred by the High Water-Pot-
teries and Other Losses.
Although most of the water had lett
the South Side by yesterday afternoon,
vet 1t had gone away slower than eX-
pected. There was still a depth OF
few feet at Twenty seventh street,
sufficient to prevent the street cars
from running down town by TINS route.
The cars used the single track Tor TINS
reason, and transferred at twenty
seventh street, going south as lar as
Thirty-ninth street. The water at 3
o'clock last evening was still on JACOB
street. as far up as Forty-fourth street.
In the upper part of the Eighth ward,
some houses on Water street, from
Thirty-ffth to Thirty were
still under water.
After the water went down yester-
dav. some instances of damage done
TO property was reported. The War
wick pottery had large quantity of
clay in their slip house damaged, and
this will have to be put through the
sitter again. At the Belmont, large
quantity of nails were said to have
been damaged by getting wet. The
Wheeling pottery also suffered loss ny
clay being damaged by the water.
The turn-table of the Ohio River
railroad at the round-house in the
Eighth ward, was carried away by the
water.
The Freedom Oil Company, which
has a plant near the river in the
Eighth ward, were heavy losers by the
food. Their tanks were bursted and
a large quantity of oil leaked out and
went into nearly every house in the
neighborhood. The same company
had a. large number of oil barrels, both
full and empty, carried away. 1t is
stated that 100 barrels were lost in
this way. Their loss will amount to
several hundred dollars. The only
case of household goods being dam
aged is said to have happened in up
per Benwood, at the residence of Robt.
Plues. The family is said to have LEI,
everything on the first floor as they
were and went away. The water came
in five feet deep and ruined everything.
Besides these instances, many fences
or parts of fences, steps, walks, out
houses. etc. were carried away by the
water. The water left deep layer
of mud everywhere in its wake, some
places being piled up several feet
deep, and yesterday the members of
every family in the flooded districts of
the South Side were hard at work
cleaning away the mud and debris.
The Niagara engine and the hook
and ladder companies moved back yes
terday morning to their respective
houses. The back wall Of the Niagara
house, which bulged out foot or
more previously, is believed to have
been additionally weakened by the
last water. The street in the vicinity
of the Niagara house was pretty wen
cleaned up in the afternoon by the
use of the large hose from the engine
house. A large force of men at the
Belmont were engaged in cleaning out
the mud and getting the plant in readi-
ness to be started soon. Manager Refs
ter stated that it had been five years
previous to this flood since the blast
furnace had been lighted, although it
mad been temporarily banked for a
short time within that period The
mill and furnace will be in operation