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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1912
Page
9
A large flood devastates Cove Valley and Colliers, destroying homes and rail lines. Rescue teams, Brooke county officials, and volunteers aid hundreds of homeless residents as mainline tracks wash away and flood waters recede revealing widespread destruction and trapped families.
A shooting affray occurred in the Wachtar saloon on lower Market Street after midnight Monday. Victim Lenard Wentylan was shot in the forehead near the right eye and taken to hospital. prognosis poor. Gable Weirson and Ivor Syryaniu, both foreigners from Weirton, were arrested and held for the shooting.
The handsome new La Belle View school building, eight rooms, two stories, brick with stone foundations, cost about $30,000, was dedicated Monday afternoon with music by Dever's band and songs by the children. Rev. M A Eakin and Rev. W C Stokes spoke on education, Christianity, and the role of knowledge in society. The Junior Order of United American Mechanics presented a flag to the school.
Desperate measures by a Pennsylvania company blow the Y bridge at New Cumberland Junction to avert complete destruction of the main line as the Harmon's Creek flood rises to 30 feet. Water surge wrecks piers and girders, delaying the line and causing about a thousand dollar loss for the collapsed Y structure, with potential greater damage avoided by the blast.
Mother's swift but tragic efforts to save Rocco Cutri aged 3 ended when he fell into a tub of hot water. He suffered intense burns for hours before dying early this morning. The family, including the mother, was injured by scalding while attempting rescue and cooling the burns. A physician pronounced the child fatally burned after arrival.
Victims named from Holliday's Cove Collliers and Cherry Valley include Mrs Clyde Warwick 25 and infant 18 months, Mrs Albert Thorley 30 and child Mary 8, Carl Ludick and family, Steve Keptic, Mike Kuko, and several Gillespie family members with ages from 1 to 40. Across VelIa and Raccoon Creek rescue efforts mention Crowe children and Clark ties. Wabash wreck fatalities include George Broman 33, Wilson Zollars 18, and Mike Bosnic with others noted.
The storm toll rises to 28 dead including Cherry Valley victims and Wabash wreck victims. Property losses reach about 3.0 million locally and 5.0 million countywide, with rails and bridges damaged or destroyed. Panhandle and C P rail lines repair crews mobilize. New Cumberland Junction bridge wrecked at 100000, streetscars disrupted, culvert destroyed, towns like Hammondsville Salineville Avela Colliers see severe damage and loss. Rescue efforts continue amid widespread devastation and stories of escape emerge from the floodplain communities.
The Paw Trendle railroad management deploys 2100 workers across the river flood zone to restore service. Detours route eastbound trains via C and DP and Pan Handle. westbound trains rerouted through Fort Wayne lines. By Tuesday 3 am partial return of service expected with 1400 laboring at the downstream end and fed in organized car kitchens. Construction crews, linemen, and relay teams across rail, telephone, and telegraph work to reestablish lines and schedules amid widespread disruption.
Teams mobilize along the river to restore infrastructure and safety measures amid widespread disruption. Officials report coordinated efforts by emergency services and public works to clear hazards and reopen affected areas.
The two Wabash Railroad crew members killed when a freight train plunged into Cross Creek washout on Sunday night were found Tuesday in a corn field about a mile away. Fireman George Broman, 33, of Massillon, and front brakeman Wilson Zollars, 18, of Zoar, floated to the field. Both bodies were brought to Mettenberger’s morgue to be prepared for burial.
The Steubenville Ministerial Association and Westminster Church protest disruptive fireworks on Sundays. A committee is directed to enter a strong protest against Sabbath desecration, citing disturbances that interrupted worship in multiple churches and urging city authorities to prevent a recurrence.
A group of Steubenville travelers stranded at Union depot waited twenty four hours as the Ohio river ran high between Pittsburg and Steubenville. The boat named Ohio boat was due to leave Pitt shore at 10 39 last night with uncertain train service. Travelers included Herbert W Nichols and family, Joseph Miller, Carl Gescheider, Misses Mery McHugh and Annie Humes, and others. Among those awaiting the first train were Mr and Mrs Fred Owesney and children en route from Atlantic City and Mr and Mrs Kirk Jones headed east.
A severe storm battered Toronto causing widespread flooding and mud flows. Basements on Fourth Street between Telegraph and Main suffered water damage, with $500 worth of canned goods ruined. A drugstore, sugar, and other supplies were lost totaling about $60,000. Shops in the National Exchange Bank Building were flooded, a florist sustained serious losses, and gas and water damaged buildings. Whole families escaped by wading through water, and many saloons closed as water reached counters. Estimated losses included $6,000 in logs and a house split on Empire, with livestock swept away. Irondale also experienced heavy flooding.
Oliver Bucey 48, former Dillonvale postmaster, of Rayland was struck by a C and PRR work train at Warrenton Monday evening and killed. He had visited Dillonvale earlier, then went to Warrenton for business before heading to Rayland. His body was mangled, with most severe injuries to the head. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs Hiram Bucey of Ragland.
In Cadiz on Sunday Harrison Moss aged eighteen shot and killed Jon Bolden aged twenty three after Bolden refused to give up Moss’s sister Mary. Moss fired five times with a revolver, Bolden dying instantly. Moss fled as a posse with bloodhounds searches for him. Cadiz records its first murder in a century.
The Steubenville and East Liver pool traction line now runs only to Feterville as trestles and small bridges are deemed unsafe. General manager Griffin planned a post noon inspection by special car to assess conditions and needed repairs after flood damage. Water flooding was heavy in cellars due to inadequate sewers. Island Creek carried tor rents from source to mouth. Livestock and poultry drowned and gardens and corn fields wiped out. The defunct Richmond narrow gauge railroad bed, unused as county road, was washed away by floods.
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