The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-22

occupy two-story houses moved TO the
second noor. Goosetown. IN East
wheeling. will be hard hit.
Industrial Section.
Thousands OF working people will
be thrown out OF employment by the
Mood In the Wheeling district Many
Of the large plants are In the mood
district. The expected stage will food
the FIRE pits OF the Riverside depart.
ment OF the National Tube company
and the Wheeling Steel 4 Iron com
pany at Benwood. Both plants will
be forced TO suspend many OF their
departments until the water recedes.
The Wheeling Corrugating plant
will also be partly under water. as
will several other plants along the
creek district.
The Belmont mill, the Wheeling
Stamping company and other plants
on the South Side will be partly sus-
pended.
Wholesale District
The wholesale district on s......
street will be handicapped by the
water. Last evening all the mer.
chants In this section had the goods
moved from the cellars. Dancer 4
Burgess. Cumberland County Shoe
company, Clark Paper company. Baer
Grocery company. Spidel Grocery
company and many other Wholesale
houses had men working during the
evening removing goods from the Gel
lars and first floors OF their store
rooms
6enwood.
Benwood will not be hit hard by the
Hood unless a 40-foot rise natures.
Then the food gates will have to be
raised and all the property on Main,
McMechen and Water streets will be
flooded.
The residents in Boggs run move
out or their homes last evening. The
mill town is one of the lowest In this
vicinity and all streets except Mar.
shall will be under water.
Only a few houses in south Nc.
Mechen. will be under water
MoundsVille.
Moundsville and New Martinsville.
are two cities that will be the most
enected in this section. The crest Of
the rise will food the railroad switch
es 10 the Fostoria Glass company.
: United States Stamping company and
other industries.
several hundred homes on Western
avenue and along the river will be nm.
der water Practically all OF New
Martinsviile. will be under water.
Out the Pike.
Forty four feet puts II on the Nat.
ional road at Dimmeys and cuts of
lhe tranic in the out the pike dis
trict both by rail and vehicle. and
puts IT in the cellars and some of the
houses on Leatherwood Lane. the low.
est laying district out the pike. IL aIso
puts the houses in the low lands ~
Fulton under water as MANY of them
are only one story the residents. will
be forced TO vacate
Lightning Plays Havoc.
reports coming in from the country
districts are that the electrical storm
that visited this section "Wednesday
evening did great deal OF damage in
the rural districts. The large new
residence OF Mrs. John Linton. on.
mile east OF Triadelphia. on the Chan
pei Hill road. was struck By lightning
ana caught fire. but the fire was ev.
tinguished before any great cnma-.
was done. The lightning followed inc
telephone line out of the house. ana
the copper wire was melted bv tba
heavy charge. Several OF the occr.
pants OF the house were badly shocked
ana II IL had been later in the nieht
The house would have been totally de.
strSyed.
The home OF Charles Simpson. situ.
ated two miles fa-; her out on the sano
ridge. was also hit ~ lightning. IL
( followed -" chimney INTO -. house
setting fire 10 the ace curtains on the
windows In the -ront ~ the house
, and burning 4 Ec'e In The floor where
II went throug1 49, TIA, COUNT. n
was also extingTishad ~ members OF
me family be Gre any crcat damage
was done TO IN. hjusa Man. trees
were struck. PId all OF tho telephones
I were put out o. COMMISSION IN that
district. II seems a. y the storm cen.
| tered over t." distric- betW cen IRA
! delphia and Wes' Alexlnde. NO aam
age was repor.ed frlr1 any othe- dis
irict The storm was said - have
been one Of he Hcsi severe ever en-
opuntered 70. rirny ~ea-s IN that dis
;rict