Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20

AS a result OF the continued down
pour of rain, Wheeling creek and its
tributaries are on the rampage. AL
though it is impossible to learn any
thing of the situation beyond Elm
Grove, judging from the condition
there the losses sustained in the creek
bottoms will attain thousands Of dol
lars.
Last night just after midnight the
whole town Of Elm Grove was up. The
people were SO very much excited that
1t is hard to secure information. The
running out of Big Wheeling creek
backed up the middle creek, and at one
o'clock this morning all Of Chambers
bottom was flooded, making a body Of
water fully a mile wide, extending
tracks. Residents at this hour fear 1t
will be a repetition of the "a high
deS ookh ShOChS at Shio hOCl az
rising at the rate of IA inches an
hour, and the rain is pouring down.
The Kimmins wagon factory, at the
bottom of the Stone church hill, is in
danger of eve loss, as are all the
buildings on that side of the. pike. in
Guiding the Triadelphia electric car
barns. There are also a number of
small residences. Further down to-
wards the center of town, the water
surrounds the old Loring homestead
(Monument Place., and is almost lap
ping around the front porch steps.
Although the report could not be
verified at the yard Office in this city.
it is said several B. & o. trains are
held up on either side of the Elm
Grove bridge. The tracks are in prob
ably the highest part Of the lower town
and are not yet submerged.
The condition on the suburban cleo
trio lines was deplorable. The last car
on the Wheeling & Elm Grove was
over two hours forcing its way into
the city. Among numerous other
smaller ones There were big slips at the
Park station, at Thompson's, one mile
east, and at Eise's dairy, between Full
ton and the Baker street switch. At
Woodsdale, Woods run is running out
badly and Is backed up in the Woods
dale park, and over the Wheeling &
Elm Grove tracks at their bridge west
of Leatherwood station.
South of the city, there has been no
cars through on the Benwood &
Moundsville branch of the Wheeling
Traction Company since $40 o'clock
last night. There are two bad slips
on the Narrows, one at the lower end
and the other at the watering trough. e,
The b. & o. and the Ohio River
roads have suffered at this point both
from the same slip. On the Ohio
River road, the Ohio Valley express.
due in the city at 7:35 p. N. from Gin
%cinnati, had not gotten in at 2 o'clock
this morning. There was a bad slip
at st. Marys in the late afternoon.
which held the express up. She ar
rived at Moundsvlle at II o'clock. only
to be held up at the "Narrows." A
train UoO cant ont fro~o at Ill. l.
transfer at that point. On the B. & O.
trains are getting through the slip all
right, but a gang of Iaborers is work
Ing on the ground and keeping the
tracks as clear as possible.
At 2:30 this morning in the vicinity
OF Leatherwood, the water from the
creek had surrounded the houses stu
ated on the west side OF Leatherwood
lam just south of the National road,
and is already about five feet in the
cellars. The houses are owned and
occupied by MIR. Samuel Hazlett. Mr..
Hullihen Quarter, VIM. Conrad and
Mrs. Rowe. All at this time were max
ing preparations to move out. The
water is almost over the lane.
At Elm Grove at $50 O'Clock the
water in middle Wheeling and big
wheeling creeks are still rising, but
not quite so rapidly as at 1 o'clock. 1t
is still raining. Up the middle creek
valley the water is over the road at
Forbes run at the bottom of the stone
meeting house hill. A relief party
headed by Mr.. Michael Madden be-
tween l and 2 o'clock rescued two
families on the north side of the Ma