The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-09

Seventeenth and E":f streets. II S'r..''i.
PLYING . rourh the four inrh"~ o: water
1T, ,pt'',& M@rkc' s'r"' 80 "'"ril"W-
tag IT,. r,!~, and - ~ standing
from; If -" L. =. .':l'.!,Irn- -'"r" 81"
rn,r- 'han e." h"'.r "h e. 'h. ,u'm''n
waited Tor IA. Wn'"r. =" Vt sI'l' ''n"u:h
- TX t.' ~r":n" ''"Wt'..
stunned by Lightning.
H"rnr.u l:r.,.. ..r.N'r "f Il :. mali
wagon or "a, ,"".r r'".,' .fna". safi"r"d
d MID >h",h J"r:'r2 n" Sound storm.
when h.. ATTEMPTED t. r-S.st mis- h"r~'
to- it, l.'t after = had h""n kn""k"d
down bH {; hn,i az hGhtnIrc. The sho'k
Was nn'y slight and he was unlnjur'd
Tn" horse was taken 10 n" Burns IN!
church :iahl"s.
hurlu.; tho heavy storm. E"nct ted
h. hur'.. +" n" IRON railing TN III"
west side of thr building. He stepped
MT" tn" I"~:ufiIs,. hu!.Grrg AMI WAS
standing there. when $h""k from
i"I, - lightning hn",.A"d las horse
frr,. n. fcrt l. vas tied with Il rope
tia Wr- w. and he large that sw"il
.i.u.,.. 80, r,i,r". m' 10 animal Brock
::,.n,.t ,., Iut" ~" rn:r. and Touched
IN .,rlm.II WnI"h was lying IN the
ground '-nd L.. too. was s''""k".i Ito
staggered back. stunned. bur r"""y"r"i
nan ed ,:"iv ana assisted IA" hnJ-" 10
it, frr' l. vs. united and trh"n TO
tilr S'a.l.".
Wharfboat Blown Away.
The NIarrhu.l Of tho Liberty Transit
.rfrrIuy was torn !uusr from it's moor
.u.;., soon after the storm hrnh". ~
lower cah'. ami chain l"'tinE r". TIC
boat SWING INTO tn" sLr"rm. h"iEg cal
md lnuE by III" heavy wind. Th"
packet Ilel"n T.. mnUrcd % the Liberty
r,"hrt company boat wns called into
s."rvlr" and WaS attached TO the mon
st"r wharfb"at. 1t slowly pulled IN"
larger boat back into rlrC". and before
TN Storm wns fully SunsIdcd. y va"
again Fastened - it's mo"ringS.
800 Teleohones Ont
II l. Anderson "f Ws.udSiai". head
WIT" chief "f the rh"srr"a;" n P"io-
ma, Tc,rph"n" COMPANY. ~ 10 O'clock
las, ui!,ht stated that 'u"rr than ,hu
telephones in tho Wheeling dIStrir; were
pat out of commission, bat all are eN-
pectcd 10 lie working agaln by noon to-
day.
In Wheeling proper. about $50 phones
were knocked cut. In Martins Ferry,
$50 put idle while about :" were thrown
ou, ot operation in bridgeport, About
80 wore disabled In Wo"dsdale ana
Elm Grove. most ur them through tho
rural district. nA!y u few w"-, lis
ah."d in Tho rural district" east - Ben
wood. nh"-. ~" storm hit with all It's
fury.
Lose Lines East.
Wire chiefs - n" Western In."n
and the rosta! Telegraph companies re-
ported but iilrlr truuh'r with Ines. the
Western Union suffering III" more" al
ines east toward Washington. u. G. BE-
ing ou' for several hours. bur were
;lra'ly restored 20 service. Tn" Postal
has only or" direct set 0f lines ~
PITTSBURGH. wh,r" messages ar" rclaycd
cas-, and west. and these were unaf-
rcC;cI by ~" storm.
Railroad Wires Escape.
Officers of the Pennsylvania railroad
and the T. 4 q stated shrir lines had
no, suffered from the storm. All
hr. Irrs n.y." staining satisfactorily,
wI.." tn" rams w'r" al running on
good time. IT," t,.rsraph and t"."-
rhnn, lir"~ al escaped.
Tt" u < q. l,r.dE" - Elm Grov"
wa "NI"r'rI f. prev" dangerous. one
surpor, Ms slightly "ut "f place and
trains Irrcr"d"d slowly over Il, but
ih"r" vs. T." danger Of It's co!lapslng.
Big Stack Blows over.
\ tai Sm"h" stack "r ~" l-aB"ile
Eu> ,'"mpun! plant. in South Martins
I"lry wI~ hl"wu .""$' during the
storm. Il f".I. going 'hr"ugh the roof
Of -" luildinr. causing slight damage
t. tn" interior II ~" building. II is
D~,iu.'"! the loss viii hr several hun
hr..i d"i,trs.
IN. Roof &C rev building az the
Toy MI p'an' 81 III" Wheeling Steel
ani lraa Company waS badly twisted by
~" N.id and partially :"ru II. II will
It., .rrc4Sary - tear IN" roof OF COM
: ,'r,s and rebuild il.
ST. Clnirsvtlle in Dark.
- 'ChirSNill" Wa In n" dark al II
,,'rI"ck Yet last cv"ning. thc heavy high
'.r,irr nr.S from ia" Nr'"rican Gas
AID Electric Company pant a. Beech
o.