The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-16
LEFT HERE ON STEAMBOAT FOE
BRIDAL TRIP, FORTY THREE
YEARS AGO AND RETURNED
IN SAME MANNER

YEARS AGO AND RETURNED
IN SAME MANNER
After an absence Of - years, l'r. t.
| = Wundcrlich. now Il prominent physr
Clan practicing in Louisville. ny. is
| visiting the scenes of his youth IN
! Wheeling. as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
! John plnT"r. of ih!s city. relatives.
pr Wunderllch left her" for LOUIS
! willie nearly hall century ag" win ms
wife on a steamboat and has r'lurn"d
On AN anniversary Of has wedding lFir,
! nearly golden wedding annlv"rSarE ny
| tn" sam" method Of TRANSPORTATION, nay
ing journ,ycd all Of the way !To""
Louisville on The river.
Forty four years aEo L. J. Wundcr-
Itch WAS a reporter on the W h""iinS an
Office of the newspaper was nj -Four
tccnth and Market streets. Arch'S
/ Campbell was the chief in rharS" anu
Andy lIalStcad WAS u" local reporter
Case OF Hustle
"Nt that time, said Or. Wund"rIiCh.
there were no telephones and II was
cas- Of hustle when "" went after
news item I had "A h"rS" and huSEE
and frequently rod" on h"rN"na'k ~
going my rounds Every inch OF ~"
paper was hand set. he printers WORK.
ing standing W at their cases or seated
on high stools.
Dr. Wundcrllch was horn nj uana'
Dover. Ohio. his father being Il MCth'
odist minister Rev. Everhardt Nun,
drrlich. originally. the father settled
in Wheeling, a. pastor of n" Hrrnlnn
MethodIst church on thMrlinr vi n
10Th and @1S, street. When hC Game
to this country from SaNony, K"N. Nun-
dcrlich brought with him ~ people
from his native country. HaHInE '"ri'
passage and they All came dLr'Ct "
Wheeling and settled here. Many OF
,hcir descendants are now residents Of
Young Wundcrlich attended college
and medical school NJ pctrIit. Mon; ana no.
came back to Wheeling when about :"
years Of age and hung out his sign rs
n praCticinE physician at Fourteenth
Old Time Scenes
Tamllton's opera house was nj 'nc
Same corner as was Christian Schn"pi
drug store, which may b. remembered
by cd time Whccl:nEltcs.
In speaking Of his boyhood days IN
Wheeling. pr. Wundvrlich stated mat
y w,s his fathers greatest dcslr" that
n% E%SSm' T T" Sns end When ne ss
about years OF az" his rar"ntS '"mN
HIM 10 the German Lutheran school '!1,
uatcd on Market street on the corner OF
nm alley between Goth and list streets
During the summer Of l>6%. about ~
pupils were, seated IN tn" S'h"GI r"n,n
when A terrific thunder and wind storm
rarnc uT Th" sky became $" overcast
that thu pupils could Scarcely s." "a'h
Other in thu school room.
august Mann IN" teacher wen; OUT
into the yard 20 see II some Young
trees he had planted mad "cC"'"' "P
rooted.
Young Wund"rIicn was seated under
n par, o. balcony upon which an organ
had been placed. suddenly thcr| W ,f;'
SHOOK Wundcrlirh feared the organ
vas failing through and rushed Z" the
door. leading 10 the yard. II WAS JAM
Hc shouted for tn" larger boys and
win their united efforts. they showed
thu door outward. Again, they io"nd
their way barred. The roof hRd h,H"h
from the building. inc "oyS '','H"'!
over and around the obstacle and just
AS they were IN ,hc clear IN" who'll"
rear end Of the building fell IN.
in a minute rh,r" w"r" hundreds "t
men on the scene. WUndcrl"hH father
""'o'9 All Feared the Worst
where ar The children" screamed
members or tn" crowd.
! IN Tho runs" shouted tn" distract
cd August Mann. the teacher,
Tho SKY was sun bclChinE down t"r-
rents OF rain and IN" lightning was
sending whip like darts from m" heaN,
ems, but the men went to work; h'"u,u
hy Rev. FNerhardt Wundcrlich. who
thought his sons body WAS in the
Soon. A dead boys crushed body was
taken out and . i"w minutes Ia''r 49,,
other boy was found. on" Of his INNS
crushed under heavy timber. II was
necessary for a surgeon to ampulale
tho lads leg 20 e\tricate MN IRON w"
ruins and tn" surgeon and ms ne
worked under an ovcrhanGtnS section
Of tho roof that threatened to lhll every
instant and did FALL shortly after tho
boy was taken OUT.
saved Their Lives so,.,
81 do not remember ihoS" hoy
NunigrllCn.
was killed and on" lost a leg hui we
whole city gave ME credit Tor leading
the IRISH TO safety. as tho building "hsh
, !, fcll down. would Doubtless nave XII
led many and injured all
II stood in tho immense crowd watch
ing my father working like n mailman.
and did not dream h" thouGhi my oouE
was IN the ruins. / StaTtcd up on'on .,SI
me; nv mother. who had been told OF
the terrible accident and who had fear
Then some one told my father that
was safe and had gone home re
rushed home but my mother ana naI
NOT returned His fear returned ana
he started back and met US.
IT shall never forget the sight o,
that old father Of miH" kn'tlimF , ~ nt
wcltering rain and pouring out tna"hS
10 the Almighty that ! was saved.
During Civil War
IT was a boy IN wheeling "uF!hE lm
CiyII War and remembered N" soldiers
well. The big camp was lPcni"d on
Tho island and Carta:n VIII Wtnch"r.
father OF Edward Nlnchcr Of "h'c'-
ing. was commandment. with Cihrr nov:
used to slip away ana sp'ha INC ms .Iit
with the soldiers on tn" island. Ih"N
used 70 let mo beat rcv"Ill" on IN" nruin
and 70 make things even my father h'At
another kind Of iun" on my pants
when l returned home for running
"Tboro was a hard-tack factory on