The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-29
SOUTH SIDE IS
DESOLATE PLACE
SCENES OF HEART RENDERING
NATURE ARE WITNESSED.
Loss to South Side Business Men
Will Be Enormous-Relief
WORK.

Through the assistance of the Relief
Committee and a squad Of the city
police in charge OF Lieutenant Buch-
valid food sufferers on the South
side. where the conditions have been
most p!iiiul for the past three days.
we're housed and fed yesterday. As
the water is receding slowly. II is eva
dent that the sufferers Will not be able
10 provide for themselves for several
DAYS TO come and the work OF the
committee and Police will be con-
tinued until the water has entirely
receded.
The food scenes in this section of
me city are heaTt-rendegiEg and ap-
paliing. The entire South Side. from
the Creek TO Bcnwood and from Jacob
street 10 the river is flooded. water
nearly filling the first floors of Chap
line street residences while IL has
reached the second story OF the major
ity OF houses on Market and Main
sti Gets. the buildings on Water street
being completely inundated. Inhabited
by tho poorer working people Of the
city. the loss 81 property and home. is
'e.t FAR more heavily than in other
sectors. the loss Of property in most
cases meaning the loss OF all as the
homes are usually rented.
Suffering IS evident upon all sides
and the unusual spectacle OF nine
pianos floating in the muddy water
covering Tvcuty-nfth street was seen
yesterday afternoon.
While food In plenty l. being pro-
vided BY the Relief Committee. the
danger OF a water famine is imminent
and much suffering Is being experi-
enced from the cold. as the gas supply
has been shut OF The streets Of this
district are in darkness. and police
are patrolling night and day in boats
70 pro- ant the looting Of the flooded
houses
The Webster school has been
opened 30 the sufferers and was
packed 20 its utmost CAPACITY last
night with women and children and q
few men. the most Of tho men seeking
CHARTERS In other places. as tho school
building can be- heated and gives
greater protection from the cold than
any other public building on the South
Side
Oeplorahle Scenes.
The scenes on the South Side are
the most depiorabie that have over
been seen during Wheeling fond
Every street and alley g. lined with
vehicles OF al descriptions. and many
automobiles have stood iu dcet water
throughout the food Large auto
trucks and moving vans loaded with
furniture ~ ~ kinds extend iu 20 long
line for distance of six blocks along
ICt street. above THIRTEEN. and aro
bcinR guarded night ard day by tho
police patrols
on Twenty second street. between
Market and Cha0lirc. several hundred
bales ~ hay have hcou piled out OF
rho reach or the water zoo many
places throughout tho district horsr4
arc tied 20 wagons fllod with h8y and
sufor the cold weather while rithiire
o. me hay az cvo-v available harm 10
occupied nv mon vho have bc,n ron
dcrcd homeless
Business Houses Submerged.
Tho streets a. tho aertfou uurr
which hur'ne-- house, are located are
covered with water fo "a depth ri from
q fo 11 foot and r.v-e r-rfrf rubbish
and debris 81 a1 kirdr may re econ
floating through fNc streets rr man.
Instance losses have been caused hg
boxes ard iors floating into end break
ine farce riate giar4 wirdowa ON
Twenty fourth street 70 errru ohr-
ftorr residence wac swerf FROM rs
foundations tut vHe rr.rhf and f.
now moored to o. telephone pole.
Yesterday morning two mon were
arrested hv fhe mi 70 o~ 81 rra-re ~
der.lnfIrr .knr.ff-rf prices rrr etIT
hire This prl.tI.. fe r.Hr- rIree.,
watched ht fhe nf1r.ra and aU orrud-
err Will h. tI-Hrn. prosecuted