Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-03-31
THE STORM.
Great Flood in the Delaware
River.

At an early hour, Sunday morning, furious
driving storm of wind and rain SGT in, perfect
gale blowing from the Northeast. The rain fell
In torrents throughout the day, until about dark,
when 1t slackened into the present disagreeable
drizzle.
The wind caused an unusually high tide, which
met the descending torrents of the Delaware and
Chrlstiana, already greatly swollen by the rain,
causing them to break and overflow their banks
and produce an almost unprecedented flood oil
along the marshes, especially along those on the
Delaware.
IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE CITY
The flood is not so great, and the banks appear
to have been adequate to conflne the tawny vel
low flood pouring between them. Further up,
however, beyond the limits the marshes appear
to be flooded
ALONG THE WHARF LINE
Little of any damage seems to have been done.
The Harlan mud Hollingsworth Company's Dry
dock was slightly flooded, caueing some delay and
Inconvenience. Some water also ran into their
yard, but appears to have done no damage.
Chas. Warner d Co.'S old wharf, where their
Wilmington and Philadelphia packets lie, was
overhowed several inches yesterday. but the
goods stored on II were moved back In time 10
prevent them being damaged. The firm Intends
shortly tn raise this wharf to the hight or their
new one. 1t has already been ovcrhowed two
OF three times this winter though 1t had not pre-
viously been oyerfown for years.
Down by the new market wharf, the tide broke
over the low banks, OVERLOOKING all OF o marshy
piece of ground along Front street, and also
flooding the hack yards Of q row Of houses on
Second street, nearly to the top OF their fences.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE
The banks of the Chrietiana are not broken until
we nearly reach tho mouth where the recent
huo
the marshes however Of the Messrs. Townsend
and of the Christiana River improvement 20
arc badly overiiowp being covered nearly TO the
top Of the fences Chilstiana Avenue and Heaid
street, near the south side of Third street BRIDGE
are covered to the depth of several feet and are
impossible. As they form the only entrance to
the bridge the south eide 1t lie ut present OF nc
USE and is barred up at this end. These streets
| have always been too low and badly need grading
| They form the only road to New Castle when
Market street bridge is having one OF Its frequent
break downs.
THE BRANDYwrNE
Ia not much swollen, and has not broken III
banks at all, much 10 the delight OF the property
owners along them.
| ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER
| the food is almost, ii not quite, unprecedented
| Between here and Chester the river has oVernoWi
| the banks In so many places that oil the marshes
| are flooded, and 10 many places the water Is al
| TO the bank of the p, W. and Is. Railroad. LOOK
| ing from the car windows the track appears I,
skirt some immense bay, rather than river. a
Shelpot Greek, at II a O'Clock this morning, Thu
water was over the track to the depth Of lhre'
inches, a thing we believe, never known before
This does not, however, Interfere with the run
| ming Of trains. and the track is not flooded nea
Gray's ferry where so much trouble was caused
last fall Along the city front north OF the Chris
tiana, the marshes are entirely under water, AM
the old lighthouse appears to rise from the YER
,.s.Fn xaf altar AM n
it Is, il we may believe the owners OF the Ian
beneath.