Today in Wheeling History: May 11—Wheeling Nailers play first home Game 7 in team history; 4-3 overtime victory vs. Reading Royals (2016) (https://rb.gy/xt73q)
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Today in Wheeling History: May 9—Wheeling Nailers scores most goals in a playoff game in team history; Wins 8-3 against Reading Royals (2016). (https://rb.gy/bsd4e)
Yacht Gertrude capsized at Wheeling Wharf with 16 people. Notable Wheeling Architect E.W. Wells drowned (1890). The reason behind the accident was the entanglement of a woman's dress with the pulley of the tiller rope. This caused the rope to become stuck, which in turn made it impossible for the tillerman to maneuver the rudder. Consequently, the yacht collided with a barge a quartering blow, causing it to capsize completely. (https://rb.gy/omdk7)
Today in Wheeling History: May 5—Wheeling Nailers plays longest game in team history (104:22); 2-1 win at Reading Royals (2016). (https://rb.gy/qpmqb)
Today in Wheeling History: May 2--Hempfield Railroad re-organized into the Wheeling, Pittsburgh & Baltimore Railroad (1871). (https://rb.gy/tlirs)(https://rb.gy/rvrfj)(https://rb.gy/29185)
Today in Wheeling History: May 1--The Bellaire packet Princess, with around forty passengers on board, was seriously damaged when it was hit by the towboat Beaver on the Ohio River near the Princess' destination of Wheeling's LaBelle Mill landing (1887). Although the collision appears to have been the fault of the Beaver, local inspectors Ritz and Thomas will investigate. The Princess was then converted into a towboat. She operated on the Muskingum River until she sank in 1901. Captain T.J. Garlick purchased the wreck of the Princess and dismantled it. (https://rb.gy/cok0w) (https://rb.gy/50n2i)
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Mike MinderMike Minder was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia. He is the author of Wheeling's Gambling History to 1976. Archives
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