Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-11
MICH DAMAGE DONE
BY THE CLOUD BURST
on wADDLE's RUN IN THIS COUNTY
LATE YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON.
THE RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS
AND STREAMS WE'RE SWOLLEN TO
MANY TIMES THEIR NORMAL
SIZE.
LEATHERWeoD INUNDATED

Houses Were swept on Their Fonn-
dations and Fences and OutbuiId-
inEs Were Carried Away-Reported
Loss of Life which Was Not veri-
aed-A WaddIe's Run Farmer Had
Close CaIl-Several Houses DAM
aged at GreggsviIIe-Sick Woman
Carried Out of Her Home-Damage
to Farmers and Gardeners VIII he
Heavy-ERtire Bottom at Leather
wood Was Covered With Water.
stopping Operation of the w. & e.
G. Cars-The Damage Elsewhere.
A cloudburst, attended with heavy
damages to property, occurred last
night between five and six O'Clock. 1t
was as severe as the memorable cloud
burst out Caldwells run, but did not
entail such fearful loss of life. AL
though no casualties have been re-
ported, the loss to farmers is incalcui-
able.
1t was local storm, and was severe
in Wheeling and vicinity, but along
Waddles Run it appears to have as
sumed the proportions of cloudburst.
The rain fell in sheets, and within an
incredibly short time that modest
stream was transformed into raging
torrent, which carried along logs and
debris, taking bridges, fences and out
buildings, and endangering human life,
UToI OF fe< ,oII e-t1-Ao ~,
emptying into Woods run at Greggs-
vile. 1t is better known as Pole Cat
run. A ridge divides it from Peters
run, which empties into Wheeling
creek at the 81 bridge. The storm
appears to have done practically no
damage along Peters run, although the
heavy fall of rain made that stream
run out very strong.
1t is known that every bridge cross
ing Waddle's run has been swept away,
and it is feared that more serious dam
age has been DONE The district Is so
remote from Wheeling, and so mac
cessible with the roads left in bad con-
dition by the freshet, that the extent
Of the damage will not be definitely
known until to-day. If the storm had
visited this section in the night time
the damage might have been much
more serious.
At GreGgsville
where Woods and Waddle's runs join,
both streams were on a rampage, and
the result was the flooding of the en-
tire bottom. The water came down
Waddle's run with terrific force, carry
ing stumps, logs, fences and other de-
bris with it, and shot across Woods
run. The bridge at that point was
more or less damaged.
A tenement house, owned by john
Mccain, was lifted from its foundation
and twisted about It is now toppled
over on its side, with household goods
scattered about in confusion, but the
occupants were not injured. The water
from Waddles run came with such
force that an iron kettle was carried
all the way down the stream from
Fishers to Greggsville At a house
owned by Wilson Criss, at Altenheim
station, and occupied by family
named Clatterbuck, a log crushed
crushed through the side wall of the
house and almost shook it from its
foundation.
Mrs Crockard, who lives in a one
story frame dwelling on the west side
OF the road at Greggsvflle, was lying
in her bed seriously i'll of typhoid
fever. Members of the family became
alarmed with the rising of the water.
When it came to within six inches OF
the floor of the dwelling, Mr.. John
Cunningham waded through the water
which was several feet deep surround
ing the house, and carried Mrs. Crock
ard out to place of safety.
Several other houses in GreggsyiIle
were more or less injured, fences were
damaged, and score of outhouses were
CARRIED off. When the waters subsidized,
every lantern in the village was press
ed into service, and the male residents
investigated the condition OF affairs
from
GreggsyilIe to Leatherwood.
II was found that the rushing water
and debris had wrought great deal OF
damage. There were very few dry
spots on the Bethany pike between the
two villages. just beyond the first
bridge, known as McCrum's bridge,
there is stone retaining wall and rip
rapping, for the purpose OF holding up
the road. The stone and rip-rapping
were washed out, and the stone in some
places was piled up in heaps.
With the retaining wall gone. the
water began to wash away the road.
with the result that it was impossible
for teams to cross after the waters
had subsidized. In some places the road
is only a few feet in width. and COW
cred with debris McCrum's bridge is
weakened, and shook when people
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