The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-29
SUFFERS
GREATEST CATASTROPHE
IN ALL HER HISTORY
COMMUNICATION BEING
SLOWLY RESTORED.
Property Loss Estimated Between
Six Million and Eight Mil
lion Dollars.

NANESN Il-lsE, OHIO, March 2S-
With communication being slowly re-
stored. rumors are rife Of loss of life.
but there are only four known deaths
In this city as result of the food.
However. practically all Of the sew
enth, eighth and ninth wards and A
large portion OF the second and tenth
wards are still uudcr ten TO thirty
| ieet oi water aud few boats have
I dared brave the waters About half
the entire city is still submerged.
Five men, Theodore Cassidy. John
Rail, Ray Beach. Wm. Canning and
Policeman Huey successfully crossed
the Muskingum river to Putnam
thursday afternoon and saved thir-
teen lives. They re-crossed the river
TO GAINESVILLE this morning.
The property loss IN Zanesville il
estimated at between $6oo0.000 and
Se.OOO,OOO Water. completely crvers
the bridge 20 @ dep,h o. fifteen
ieet and IL cannot De told now wheth.
er 1t is still standing The sixth
/ street. third street and "a portion of
/ the Monroe street bridges and two
I railroad bridges IN the city afc washed
/ out aud IL Is said not another bridge
remains standing between this city
and Marietta.
Rufus &. Burton. pres.den 81 the
| chamber OF commerce. has asked COW
| ernor Cox for S5u.coO To he used In al
| ieviatins distress
National guard from New JeNine-
| ton and Lancaster. ou the south. to-
gether with pro, isions from tleso
places. and Cambridge on the east,
have arrived and are now distributed,
| although cold wave and lack OF gas
and coal add TO the discomfort.
Wireless Telegraph
Communication from high points
about the city is being carried on by
wireless telegraph and heiiograph.
= -ThA- -o.ty y-Ass u<en sndaneered by
several fires which died out Of theft
own accord, as no fire fchting appa-
ratus could be gotten near. The worst
OF these fires was when the old Burt
Mule barns. IN which a carload OF car
bloc was stored. burned last night.
Al least 200 homes have fioated
| down the rivers. Among Industrial
! concerns swept away are the Zanes-
vile woolen mills. thc GAINESVILLE Pure
| MILK company plant the Abel box
plant and the Gary furniture concern.
The Hcrdman lumber yards. too. have
| been entirely swt ~ out
With the recedinr of tn waters sew
cral buildings have collapsed. includ-
ing the MUnson Music COMPANY. in
which $50 pianos from the more nood-
cd districts Were stored. the Indian
aPo.is br-winc plant and several
smaller buildings. A number OF holes
HaNc been washed in the streets and
walks and \. r.. starr. q prominent
merchant Of this city. fell into one IN
Whicn the water wa. 90 feet TODAY. but
Nc was rescued hy several policemen.
Comparatively ht,le Ioptiug has been
reported and the city is under s;rf-tcr
martial Jaw tonight than o. any time.
Special Dispatch 90 inc Intel z.u~sr.
GAINESVILLE O.. March IS The
toll or lives and property taken by
the relentless rush Of the waters Of
the Muskingum and Licking rivers
during the last two days appears to-
night 10 have been uudorastimated
GAINESVILLE tonight st0HzC. trat she
has Suffered tho Creates C4tl.Irophe
IN her history. ono nrIEnf -st cf hore
broke through the heavy pal of de-
STAIR which BIAS rIuL over OBJ. c.tv
when thc fires which nave destroyed
several business lors and were on
daucoring tnr r'frr city ere
,h'.k'l this morr.H- T.a situation
..u"Hr. f" I I Hald lt
n..i. however. rr .r.Iu. -.HI. fo dof~r-
m.ra t.r joss o. ... uU.I .1r waters
-e"rdn frr~tnn Bottom cr....r
>t.H bodice r... ben ~
.r"s0-.I '... f.r.t.o ..r-rr.- ~
.ornirH rNst. as fp t.e uHal-r ~
lfos in-t t.t o.ra- declare Ihlt
It '"' h. l.H howe met