Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-10-07
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THE ttooD IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN rHE
observation-disclosures FLOODED IN THE NINTH
AHD-ELEvENfH STREET BRIDGE IN DANGER.
The heavy rain of Sunday last caused a great
Hood in the Erandywiue, which has ovcrnown its
bi'ihs III several places In It's passage through our
ely. Standing on the Market street bridge, the
usually slight stream appears like raging mud
dy torrent, pouring down past the dams, aud Its
surface covered with drift wood, rails and other
debris
In Wilmington, the principal losers are WIN
Lea " Son. AbiuL half way up their race ON
the north side OF the Brandywlnc, there Is a large
break. about forty ieet of the tank having been
washed away. 1t will cost some 5000, and require
about n week or ten days time to repair it, thus
suspeuding Tor that length of time the operation
OF tntlr three large mills On the north side of the
creek. They htd about 20OO barrels of fl ,ur and
meal damaged by the water flooding the first
t'or OF their mills. The flour is only partly
damaged as water will not soak far through IL;
bnt the meal Is all spoiled. Thar total loss from
all causes Will reach about 10 0Q0
The stave inill was not injured any hut the
water was 81 high they had to stop operations
In Jcssup Il Moore's warehouse the water rose
about two iett, and was four feet above the outer
rsgc of the wharf Luckily nothing was in the
Warehouse but quantity oi rags, which will
have to be used immediately to keep from spoil
ing.
coal barge lying at this wharf was driven by
the violence OF the water upon the end of the
wharf. and when the water began to fall could
not be pushed of, and Is now lying partly on the
wharf and partly in the water, a total wreck. She
belonged 10 Philadelphia, mid was owned by the
captain Augustus Baum, and the Schuylkill Navi
CATION Company. The captain will loose all his
Interest Cs13UU) but the s N Gu. were insured for
tue amount Of their loss. About sixty tons OF
coal ARE still I'm board, and will be taken out with
the aid OF scuws.
A good deal Of the banh of the marsh in the
lower part Of the Ninth Ward was washed away,
and viii cost considerable 10 repair it.
The houses flooded on Head aud other streets
Just east Of The BraudywiDc, near Eleventh street
bridge, are now clear uf water, but the ground
nrouGd them Is Inundated to within four leet of
the houses. the banks being washed and the
ground below tue present hight Of the stream.
The head gates OF the race, on the south side
Of the stream, at the third dam, were torn away.
but this viii not interfere with the supply Of
water Tor the city reservoirs. nor with the run
Mug Of The mills, on the south side of the
Brandywinc.
James Il. Plice s. Co., on this side, lose con-
siderable About 500 barrels of d tur will be
damaged somewhat, involving u loss of several
hundrtd dollars About fifty cords of wood,
belonging To this firm. was carried away. The
total l,ss ei the firm will amount to about $1,000
Price " Phillips luckily had little Hour IN their
lower story, and hlsted it all up before the
water touched it. They will lose nothing except
what Is lost in not being able to run the mil
yesterday.
About ten tn,s of coal lying on Pnscy Bros.
wharf, belonging to Jas. +. Bcggs was washed
oif. II was valued al about $40.
The Hood madesid havsc in jackson II Sharph
ward, washing away al,nut ten tons oil coal and
carrying away pin, lumber. We suppose their
loss will be ab 1ut 5000
Meudinhall. Worlell & Co. Office was sur
rounded by water and Ind to be reached 10 boats
Their Waterman and family who liv, d next door
were compelled TO move thrirg onds to the second
story and live there about thirty hoars.
" THE BRANDYwiNg.
We have not learned anything about the dam
age done up the Brandywinr, except that the gas
works NJ Jcssup IL Moore's paper mill were wash
I'd away. large iron tank, coming from these
works was caught in this city yesterday. and is
now ut JessupN Moore's warehouse, in the Ninth
Ward.
IN THE CHRIsTiANA
There was not much of food, and its tributaries,
Red Clay, White Clay, and Mill Creeks, were moi
swollen 50 us to do any damage.