Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-02

did great damage as it leaped over the
banks of Big creek are damaged to an
mount figured at 500. 900.
Through Chenille. the overflow was
terribly destructive. Many houses are
swamped. culverts torn out and sew
eral streets turned into seething quag-
mires. The loss in the village is also
estimated at 800, 900.
The street railways will suffer an i'm
mense loss. extending in varying de-
grees over every portion of the city.
The Big Consolidated will have to re-
build their tracks over different parts
Of the inundated East End district and
the loss is placed at $50. 900.
The Superior street trestle of the Lit
tie Consolidated is practically ruined
and this with other serious damage in
the lines of the company extending
way over in the West Side will run
their loss way into the thousands. The
officials of the road we're not ready.
however, TO make any statement Of
their loss tonight more than that it
would be unusually heavy.
The train service on all roads was
blocked from two TO six hours by the
fearful effect OF the storm and flood.
Every road entering the city was terri
bly, handicapped by sand and dirt which
swept owe the tracks. Several wash
outs occurred. the worst being on the
Lake Shore, near Gordon Park, where
the trestle was buffeted about by the
force of the water until rendered al
most worthless.
The damage to the railways, which
will also be great, cannot be even est1-
mated until the large force OF track
hands sent out on emergency calls a
be heard from. The mail service from
the East was completely tied up from
10 o'clock in the morning until 8
O'Clock tonight, when a train got
through on the Lake Shore. But the
vast amount of damage falls upon the
h~ouseholders within the flooded dis
trict.
Inc great std VI water ItdIutu a
depth of one foot on the first floors of
scores of the East End homes, boiling
up from the ewers and pouring in OIL
from ',.e streets, carrying everything
that came in its path along with 1t.
In many cases the fear-stricken resi-
dents battered down cellar walls in Or
der to give the torrent an outlet and
prevent the swapping Of their entire
homes. A remarkable feature of the
storm, which caused such terrific de-
struction. is that up until 6 O'clock this
morning hardly a drop OF rain fell west
Of Wilson avenue. while during the
morning hours the East End was being
fairly swamped in a perfect deluge Of
rain. Another remarkable thing Is that
nc thunder and lightning accompanied
the record-breaking downfall.
While thousands of citizens in the
most aristocratic section Of the city
were aroused, seeing thousands upon
thousands of dollars worth of their
property being crushed and destroyed,
another and greater portion of the city
was wrapped in slumber, totally obliv-
ious to the danger surrounding their
fellow-citizens.
A remarkable thing Is that compare
lively little damage was Done along the
banks of the river outside of the wash
ing away of loose piles of lumber.
The damage to houses and their eff
fects cannot be estimated accurately
perhaps for days, but it will reach close
to the half million mark.
The city will also lose heavily on
damage to streets, culverts, bridges and
yAvrov1antC oyFar thu dtcfriat anunrod hu
the water.
Residents along East Prospect street,
neal Lincoln avenue on Lincoln avenue
and Glen Park Place were aroused be-
tween A and 8 O'Clock in the morning
by the sound of the booming waters.
The water continued to steadily rise
until it was eight feet deep. By 6
o'clock the residents along Lincoln ave-
nue., commenced to o furniture and
%valuables to the second story, as the
cushing torrent reached the level Of
front porches and in a number of
houses swept into the first floors.
The waters rushed back from Lin
coin avenue until the big space Just
east of the avenue and between East
Prospect street and Euclid avenue was
one great mass of angry water from
four to ten feet in depth.
Barns and huge pieces of lumber
were swirled about like light corks and
banged into many Lincoln avenue
homes, threatening their destruction.
The residents along the north side
of East Prospect street from Lincoln
avenue to within a few feet of Billings
avenue were penned in their homes
like stranded islanders. The water
came up to the porch steps and within
a few feet of the porches it was from
four to five feet in depth.
The families of Mrs. V. e. Newton
and F. A. Warren, OF Willamette
Court had a terrible experience with
the food. Mrs. Newton's mother, Mrs.
Caroline Hamm, aged SO years, is IN a
serious condition as a result of the
fright and exposure.
For three hours the women signaDeo
for help from their house which sits
down in a little valley which placed 1t
at the absolute mercy of the rushing
water. The barn and shed were swept
from their foundation and this added
10 the terror of the two ome VINO
were alone in the house. AS the water
reached a depth of six feet n com
menced to pour into the first noor, the
women became almost frantic. NO
boats were at hand and as wading was
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