Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-11-23

The Duluth, Mimi, Hraii, Of the i5th
inst, gives these details oil tue fierce ,torm
there:
The wild fury Of the storm monalch ap-
peased, we have an opportunity ~ some
what examine his terrible work hut il Is,
as yet, utterly impossible TO form even an
apprONimating estimate Of the extent of
the injury We have sustained. II can
hardly, however, fill much, if any, shoit
Of ono hundred thousand dollars.
The hreakwatcr appears to have suffered
most seriously, for good portion of quite
a number of the cribs have been torn
away, whilst Others of them me lifted
from their original positions. 1t is a
marvel to all that even a fragment Of the
structure remains, for the force of the
breakers beating against It wac of such
a character as to warrant the assertion
that nothing OF human construction, I'M.
less Of extraordinary resisting power,
could Withstand the shock.
To give those of our readers who had
rot the opportunity Of Witnessing the ter
rife spectacle, some idea of the great
power Of the roaring pillows tina; every
moment dashed against the hrcakwatrr. il
is but necessary to say that the heavy iron
bolts used In the cribs were twisted OIL
and curled up with as much ease lis if
they had been bucket wire, whilst por-
tons Of huge cribs and massive tmbers
were tossed about in the angry surge like
wicker baskets and straws.
Considerable, though not extraordinary
damage has been done to the railroad
tracks ON the dock, and the latter has
been good deal shattered, but these will
be repaired wi hin few days.
The haTbor in frCnt Of the elevator is
! probably pretty well filled with the loose
rock washed from the brcakwaler cribs,
and scow load or Two of stone is sunk IN
/ front of the freight house. These OBJ
sirnctions will have to be removed before
/ vessels eau receive or discharge cargo.
The next important damage done is To
| the cribbing on the south side Of the
canal, three or four hundred feet Of which
has been partially carried away.
IL is the general impression that the
cribs Of the dyke have also suffered to
some extent. They were levclel and sur
faced up but few days since.
| As to vessels which have suffered. Il G.
Tiny schooner, Alice Craig, owned by
Capt. N. Boutin, of Bayfield,. and valued
/ at $4,000, is totally lost. At six o'clork
/ yesterday morning her spiuttred And
mastlcss hull was observed CALAMITY
riding the boisterous surf, close bv I'D
| ioch-Wleckeu schooner Francis Palms
against whose still solid planks it dashed
as the maddened waves forced il shore
ward but, within a lew moments there
alier, II plunged into the sharp rocks al
the base OF Minnesota Point, where the
breakers beat ii to pieces.
The Francis Palms, which ran ON the
toeks near the shore, L a grlevous sight,
her hull being evidently partially broken
amidships, but her upper works bolding
together. Her masls and riprin,rs ,ycre
stlll standing last night, aud the dor-ynne
nutlered high up in the air as gaiiv as Il
the unfortunate vessel was sailing before
a prospecting breeze.
The other schooner, the Sweetheart
lies Embedded In the gravelly beach wbere
she first struck, a few hundred vards
southwest Of the crippled Palms, Sbe ia
thought To be but little injured. 80