The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-08

Sweeping over the Wheeling dis.
trict from the northwest. a heavy
ram and electrical storm last evening
lett death and destruction in it's path
ana caused loss TO property esi.
mated at $4,000 in the Wheeling dis
trict. With pail OF darkness set
tllng over the city, and the streeta
resembling mill races, business was
practically suspended in the city from
o;l1 until O'Clock. lightning played
havoc with the telephone and tele-
graph wires, and II was impossible to
get in communication with the nearby
towns during the night TO learn the
damage caused there.
While rain was badly needed. the
storm beat down like a cloudburst.
and instead OF being a benefit to the
crops It destroyed hundreds and hun
dreds OF dollars worth in this vicin.
ity. Boats were blown out OF their
courses. and the lightning caused
many fires, while the downpour OF
RAIN claimed three deaths in this
section.
Man Drowned.
While attempting TO rescue two
pigs from a pen that was located in
gully two miles east OF bridgeport.
u i.
caught in the grasp OF a roaring vol.
ume OF water that swept down the
gully from the hillsides. and drowned
His dead body was washed into the
Scott Lumber company's lumber YARD
near bridgeport, where II was found
Hoating by Lyn Donley and George
Hogan. When Young entered the
PIG pen the water was running slow.
~, but without warning IL rushed
down the gully. sweeping everything
before a. Catching the unfortunate
man in its grasp. the water carried
MIN in its whirling grasp. and al.
though he struggled heroically he waa
sucked under and drowned. One of
the hogs was drowned. but the other
was found i'm the back river near the
Crystal Glass plant unhurt. Deceased
for years has been employed at the
Aetna Standard works. He IS sur
vived by his wife and seven children.
Lightning Plays Havoc.
Lightning caused more damage
than did the violent rain storm.
Seven persons were shocked by
lightning in the Wheeling district,
and one horse killed. While operat-
ing a switchboard at the National
telephone Office in this city Miss Ollie
Jevans. Of Lind street. was shocked
and badly injured when a bolt OF
lightning struck the switchboard and
knocked her from her chair. After
medical aid was given she was re-
moved 20 her home While in a very
nervous condition. she is recovering
rapidly.
sitting In their home AZ bridgeport,
reading the evening paper. Mrs. Scott
Gordon and daughter Miss Nellie,
we're badly shocked when a bolt OF
lightning struck their home. Mrs.
Gordon was paralyzed on one side
and her face burned Her daughter
was rendered in an unconscious con-
difion. but both quickly revived.
When q bolt Of lightning struck the
residence of Carl Becker. az Martins
Ferry. Mrs Bcckcr. an aged lady and
other members 81 the family were
shocked. The lightning that struck
the aged woman was 30 strong that II
Knocked n gold filling from her teeth.
The whole family was for a time In
a serious condition.
Lightning also struck n house
owned by Mrs NJ q Mitchell on West
Washington street Martins Ferry
and occupied hy W Faust. IT. The
chimney was knocked from the house
and bass drum rolled about the
room. 40 person was injured
Horse Killed.
While driving his horse across the
bridgeport hridge from tho Island,
toontinusd on Seventh PaSs)