The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-28
Wind Unroofs House.;
Windows Are Shattered
TREES AND WIRES
SUFFER IN STORM
SWEEPING VALLEY
City and Community in Dark
ness AS Gale Looses
Its Fury.


uproo,ed telephone and electric hSh'
line. we're town down. and Wheeling
and the surrounding towns were
thrown into darkness dozen times by
severe windstorm and electrical
storm which struck the city about
T:t5 o'clock last evening. Telephone
reports indicate that the storm swept
. the Ohio Valley from several miles
below Moundsvile 70 several miles
north oc wellsburg.
The storm clouds hung over Wheel
ing for approximately a half hour be-
fore II loosed its fury. Then thers
were several sharp flashes OF lightning
each one putting out The lights "hl'e
Wheeling was erhroudcd in inky olacA-
ness. the windstorm struck. For TWO
or three minutes great clouds or DUST
were swept into the air by the vino.
Then th. douwnpour o. rain SET IN.
lasting for half hour. The storm
aoatcd as quickly as X hroke.
other Towns Htt
Ea,c-,s from weusburE St Glars
vile Martins Ferry. Bclaire and
N,u,dsviIle Al. showed thn storm
struck about the same time. St
N'ltlTSNl'lN Vas W. hS' > 49,
struck nv the wind. ono hous" being
u,roored while trees were blown down
and across highways. cutting or irat-
nc into end out Of the town
Tn. rain itself did but l;ttls damas"
,hrourhou, III. district. the winds and
lightning most, The lightning struck
,bn ,e,e,horc. telegraph and electrical
Ugh, lines throwing them out OF COM
mission repeatedly.
An oil switch IN sub-stnf'"" ~
,re,Isburs was blown b. lightning
s+~iLIn= a line. and the Brooke county
80, Was N complete darkness for over
an hour. The wind Was not so strong
,hore ,s hut little damage was done.
In Martins Ferry. several windows
rnr. broken by the strength or the
Wind Will. the city fire alarm system
was disabled Ford automobile own
al nv MAYOR Howard Dun OF Martins
Esrrv which had been left parked IN
front Of the city building was blown \
distance Of fifty feet with the "ind \
pole CARRYING electric light and te.e-
phone lines was blown down. but the
service vas not disturbed :,
IN the out-the-ptke section. tn" N'nd
urrootcd several large trees "SNHc'"''F
along I'll" detour between Elm Grove
and West Alexander.
rror. Elmer u lloei&l" wa7 dr'''nE
o,ar m. de,our ~ tho TN" and
branches Of trees. blown loose. struck
his machine several times
Poles Blown Dowr
In woodsdale, Telephone p"'e was
blown down across the National ROAD
from the Ambrose garage. In tuitPn
several windows were broken and large
branches blown from trees. Elm Grove
wa, likewise hard hit by t"c winds.
Waryood also suffered from the Wind.
a section OF one roof in cent'r war
wood being blown loose Trees were
bent almost 10 the ground ny '"S
velocity OF the wind.
Between NarwcOd and Wc,lShurE. TO
ports we're that crops IN the tields, cSpe-
r;slly along the river front were badly
damaged b. the winds. being loaded to
the ground.
Campers To shelter.
Campers between these Two points
we're sent scurryjns TO hotter shelter
than tants ami several tents were re-
ported T. have been blown doWn. Ihis
could not he verified howCNcT
Wheeling its>!f was struck hard. \
ro1iceman's traffic box at Twelfth and
VI
first hard sus, OF wind. Windows in
tha stanley stor. at 1915 Main street
were broken when tho large AWNING iu
front Of the place blew down
Windows Broken
At the Ross z. Chew st"r" on Main
street. the awuiuG Was torn Loose from
tic building. breaking large pate
glass window and tearing som" OF the
woodwork out
In from, ~ the I W. {. \. a. EieV-
cath and Charlne street. = large Uee
was uprooted by the Wind. "h'I" several
trees we're reported blown down al
Twenty-ninth street.
Trolley lines Of the City Railway Com
paYy were blown down - The trc"E
bridge on Market street t%i"E up S'N'"
cars for over half hour
Crooks Run Heavy
Wheeling crock and Woods Fun Il
, c,lI as a number OF the other Sma 'lH'
streams enptyinS into the rrerN were
swollen ny the heaN% rainfall ""f"ra
o. the smaller ones leaving their o@nE>
beautiful lawns i~ Hcathrrwood were
covered with from several inch"s 10 so
oral foe, Of water when Woods Run l"tl
it's banks.
nffriale 90 tho Chc>apca%" & Foto'
mac Tclc,hrna Company last nigh
after the storm declared number "i
lines were out aS IN" result OF m
storm. but that few had SccN h!N"r
do,rn. The Western Union and f"S'a
telegram lines were aleo ahsctci ~
the Storm. but not long.
Estimates Of tho damage done c"n''
not ba made late last night as tn" r"
o. suIt ~ telephone communication hc'ns
rr,nolcd but Il Will run into s"vcr&