The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-10-02

possible that there ~n b no, O
than 90, DEAD
T1- burgess AID re Rev p ".
% Hrsn $40 bad been pastor o. -.
Augustine Roman Catholic church.
40 Austin. 'or uany years. and Mo
are familiar Uith business conditions
q rsll~> estimate OBJ.
cAmage az about s. nluo
TIE HaJless ccmpars vhlch o~-~d
t-e dam WM los. s. 11 600 rhe glf-
talo aud S-sGuehauna railroad Eva-
geo. and the SOL houses destroyed villa
tae.T contents. q : SAD Will total
$1,000 o10 more
cntidren Amons Oeso Lsad.
one - he striAinE and pathetic
features 20. the das. ACCORDING 90 u-
Thomas 10 4 Stvtges. ch.e3 o. the
safe Lsp-nsar.s usre .h. practical
absence -: ch.ldr~u among fhc sur
yItn- il r bought Tat Vheu DE,
w~r,cAa<e had o. zen cleared away and
the utles % victims rccOver~d-al
'LCGEh many have been entirely de-
sfrut-l-It would De- found that a
large proportion Nsre those @: chill
drru
1ufl iockAarc "a Young blsiatz
man TO- Austin. had a narrow ,scap.
Mt lock lass SAID that hen D. heard
tt- Sr- sven ~ thought some one
vas gl4-'rE q practical Jose and he
Went BOO rt- stree. . watch the PEG
Iic actor He loot.d N the dir
ecuou of ,he GS2 and SAW the ON
com.us flood Was&ut ,4ree bloc,s
away.
10 iookvd lac a waN o. wood
twenty-five feet high. ne No AT
first glance do not see thNV7--T
al all because tho wood al tbeNIlp
m.l Was carried before the WaS
and became a sort o. hatter.nr ram,
that tore away the buildings ~ the
tu~u 2 ran towards she Hill and hy
the greatest effort got above the level
OF the water. while IL was surging
within ten feet 81 me The ground
began 20 give away under me. but /
managed 20 Chamber a few feet further
mp and caught hold of a tree 20 which
1 clunE
Town is Cut or.
ThrouEs o. people came TO the town
today from aI points IN che Slnhcma-
houluE valley below Austin. 10 as
certain the extent of the damage and
,o sees friends and relatives The
rush of che waters had carried away
every means o. wire communication
and !mpedci travel OF amy Siud
= q. Horchard. Who iy"d within
half q mil, OF Costello. said today that
when -he crest OF the flood swept past
ls home. there We're no sicns OF hu-
man beings ~ their houses 10 the
debris
The entire surface OF the flood was
covered with newly sIWn timber ana
pieces 81 lumber. he said ~ was
no., uufii "a laps, ~ ave or SIX minutes
THAT pieces o. house tops. broken fur
riture and other evidences of th, de
strlot!ou o! the town began 10 ~
pear
TI, p,opI, ~ Costello. be- said.
received ample warming from AgsD
That the dam had broken and although
forty or fifty houses were demolished
only three fatalities occurred
Caught In Homes ard Theatres.
The aun.hliat.ou 81 the town OF
Austin cam, so o beautiful autumn
afternoon. Tho fine weather had at
tracied many 90 the younger element
90 "a bail anne IN a nearby town and
luckily they escaped the fate OF their
many friends and relatives Women
. vcr. about the streets Tor their sat
urday afternoon shopping and these
and tho merchants who we're selling
them goods were caught by the on
rushing o: water almost before they
had time 90 think o., escape. There
were small crowds amusing them
selves also ~ moving picture theatres
which were swept away hy the water.
Women rocking their babies ~ home.
and preachers preparing their SUNDAY
sermons. were hurled into enternlty
no on. ana the same time. before
thoir startled senses could realize the
meaning o. o. ALL
WrecNage Catches Fire.
Tho greatest loss of life hy fife oc.
CURED at % sharp turn 81 the valley
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