I have the "special" put out by the Wheeling News-Register on March 19, 1936. This newspaper was put out "with the water 3 feet from the second floor." The following are included as deaths; Mrs Benjamin Little and her grandchild, killed in explosion and fire at S. Wheeling Mrs. Virginia Hackathorn and her 4 children 2 men drowned when their skiff capsized on Wheeling Island colored man named Baily drowned on Market street near 24th, when the bottom fell out of his boat Mrs Jennie Shahan died from exposure after being carried from sick bed on Island Mrs WF Reed, Bellaire, dropped dead fleeing flood Elmer Leonard attempting to rescue Huck Geneine from burning home in Wellsburg; boat capsized, both drowned. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Miller" <sweet_pea_200295@yahoo.com> To: <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: [OHJEFFER] Flood of 1936 > I am trying to find the names of the people who died in the flood of 1936 in Jefferson County. Does anyone know where I might find them? > Thanks, > Linda > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >