The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-22
Thousands of Dollars Loss to
Crops, Roads and Property
Wire and Rail Communi-
cations Suffer Three and
One-half Inches Rain Fall.

n n ID n
oQe-ndll inches l\dlll l oil.
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U-t,A ,sarir ,A-en a,1 o-A-ha'S inches
~ rstr.a,I rr>a-lN., hy .ho rrtc:al Coy
amman, raa,hnr ohse-ra,'or station on
INA TsIs,I nYn-a.st ~ Ms, ". Y For
svthe. md W.T., TO rocks and brooks
I. Wheeling MI ,..c.,i'v running 70
,bs ,o,s ~ ,Ne.- hanks and IN many
placss oyA-n>wl-E. mo urrer Onto val
lev ra-. a,.-,-S emerged from III"
..nrrns trq,, havs beam swor9lng this
dix.-,,, fo- mo last .yn iars suffering
,Ncpsar., 81 dollars ;, loss 20 property
ard -ro,s
,''"'S '"-' ~ 49, =,
T"SS'0,E 'nH Yea '"NL r,,,, 49,.
IN" ing ".s'I' l. -, rrc
SE".n 'e'"S '"s 800 $500. nos &C..
a. ''-"',' -, ,,I ,,,.r,r,rg and
,t''.,r, ~ $3.50
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.. -, .,o.s -, n1,o yaItov
o., 49,, r,L ,,3 30 vca. T,crv-
$3.50 .-o,,,. VS.. -, o.: heir VISITS.
.,r,. ,b-ors, ,bn -r-ar districts.
49, 49, ,,se,s v.~s he heaviest.
Uhn-r-. nronn- 90 wei, A. the sur
~o,,.l,,s ,,urs sara,eI r,,icr darraSe
49, So, =. s.ras. ny and railroad
- 49,, a. , N'-s Interruption being tn"
$50. so,-,s - ,n.,rvrn.ence in the
rt,,.e
-h> ,>orr.-x Storm which began
,hnur $50 = ~ Wednesday. was the
hortrs. a,.r- lrnwn by old residents IN
Wh..s.ng Frr TWO hours and a half
ira dnwnoour continued Streets ran
eush VIII ,v,.ar yht. IN many places
.hn vat.- ucr, over c,irhs and entered
b,sana,ts and collars
~. da,v., s,,,,sa .rc-rv hefnrs
a,vhreak ard "a the hrs, gray streaxs
o, dawn appeared IN the cas-, the city
.howc4 IL had gone through the hardest
ra!ns,orrn IN many years
Eyerywhe-e from tho north end Of
UhsrI,,r % 40 south side. and through
all ma suburbs. streets were covered
With mud ard d. hr!a ,et. by the rushing
no,srs car-,ed from higher levels and
,cy, near seve-s and drains Many
stra.ts were covered 40 heavily tina; tae
uotcr vos M. carried AWAY. and re-
,,,I,,d .,orst,- y,- s.ve-al hours until
80, go So,. r,.,-ed away Nh, rubbish
,ho, c'og~ni sew,r nre,,uys
IT, -str.,,, ,-o,, " ,.,ln,k Tuesday
.,,.-ror ,,,.ir 6 o'clock Yesterday
=. as ,,.h.s nv
morH'rk W 'A>'' az
,,.s,-,oo,, s.eo-r.
~ o,,.--,,, &C.,, hrnks botween
TX 20 o',,o,k Dr-,rg ,ha fore
moo, ,rNrs had been a.ya-a, light show
-. 49,, ,o,, 30 s,,cur,aL n ANY,
ing hu, ma o<t,r,No, storm proper
rolcased ero,bAr 1e,uRe Wheeling
$50 5000 ,.,,. ,o,hirp ,,nrs than
i,ra dou',corr but tbo rural dis
els Ne, and y,cs- suffered more
.s,s-.,y rror, .bs da,re. wind. and
Ga. S-o,,, .-,SLs nd -uns
street "a and -,;lroad traffic was
da,sysd nv ho,b storms. Will. telephone
ard .4legranh companies suffered W
ur., hstnS thrown out o. commission.
Tho street lighting system was also
affected by The r1orn.ns storm.
Tho business district experienced! but
u,tlc heavy Wind N either town tn"
North Ind and the South Side. as wei
as .re 1u,-,he-Ptl,e districts and War
wood ware struck hard BY winds tha,
a. ,,,,os ressmhled gales driving tho
heavy -alrsali IN sheets until II nearly
resemb.ed snow nj times
Rural Sections Suffer,
Nourdav!ue suffered FROM Lea"y
~, AND terrific winds:crrrs both Morn
Irr and evening". Tho storms that
MISSED over che Mound City Swep; On
sas, through ;ne rural districts strik-
~. VIII, DaIlas sand MI and Majors
III. ,,i,h ,s-r!a,. force. At several %
,,es, o'a-ss ,hs fail OF rain c,osc,y re-
s.,,h,s. ,,nrItu-srs.
RA,wnod was liLNwise visited heavily.
-. ,,o-,, passing up Bosgs Run. lcav-
w.. LaH!nd Il losses 20 crops many be-
ivy aid low White others that nad been
,.,i, 20 he stored away were swept away
Nv ,Aa rushing waters.
RocCs Run ran fun 20 the top OF rs
banks an! IN he afternoon. when the
second S;or1, had progressed aooQ: ~
rL1,.tS ic', ,:S hanks * the Subway
IN North Brnwoo4. covering tie street
al stree. ~: ;ruGAS with oYer two feet
Of water.
E%o;u tho OHIO 4lGA. stories came to
Tho civ from all The towns telling Of
-, ,.'st.S % no a-O-us All tnrou ,sll