Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-08-25

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y GREAT SroRM.-The rain storm along the
lile OF the Delaware Raj road, on "Wednesday
IL erD"oh aud evenins, MAS ex remedy se, ere,
ahl dii more aaii.,e - III. IA lroad ID well N.
u the Che a. AXE and Delaware Canal, than
any storm since lho lon,tru, u IN OF ties, wor Q.
| lie loss caused by The rain cannot al this tine
he estimated, bat il will d ,ubtless reach two or
thre hundred thousand dollars. gs;t-. . -
Tn. rain early In the evening fell so fast that
In short time all the small streams between
| khkwood, near the canal, down to below Mid
dletown, were Hooded 10 an unu .ual degree and
much beyond the ciIaclty OF the culvsrts under
the railroad to carry oil; liz nee about O dozen
OF them were swept away, with portions Of the
track in nost cases. Among the most serious
OF these breaks were two near Middletown, one
above Townsend, one ut Cams Crossing Just
south Of the caual, also one at Kirkwood, aud
two near the crossing Of the Pennsylvania and
Delaware Railroad.
At the time Of these ji,isteei there were on
tn, road three peach traias on their way up,
and passenger train which leaves Philadelphia
at 6,l5 p. NJ No daug r was apprehsnded
from the storm until afer the train left New
Y iste, about T.. NJ. The speed was reduced,
anu when caring kirkwood 1: was found that
the track was covered with water, and when
within milo If that plac, it was thought pru-
d n. TO stop the train. Here the whole valley,
over one hundred yards wide, was covered with
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the entiie night, and returned to Wilmington
Oh Thursday.
Work was commenced Immediately to repair
the breaks, MIR. II. F. Kenney, the General
Superintendent, going down the rold to SUPER
,ise the work, but before the track could be re-
paired the great disaster occurred, by the was =
ing away OF tile dauI ut the feeder of the canal.
Thisfeeder covered some three or four hun
dIed acres, and was Still ted west of the railroad
aud on the ortlLside Of the canal The dam
holding tie water back was nearly mile In
length. The canal at the point where the rail-
road crosses 1t, is through deep cut of some
{ rty feet. About two o'clock on Friday morn
ing the dam gave way, in consequence of the
immen Sc body Of water rushing over the dam,
the resel voir having spread out over the a1ja-
cent lands as far as possible. AS the dam We
way, and the food came rushing down with
fearful speed the high embankment on the
} north side was washed away to a distance of
400 feet from the canal and to the depth of
about 40 feet. With the earth went the large
abutment OF the railroad bridge, and so dam
aging the south abutnent as TO render /, dan
} gerous to he used. The draw of the bridge Is
hanging by the pier, and can again be used
, when the new abutment Is erected. The water
as IL poured down throug, the canal caught be-
tween Kilkwood and Delaware City, abouu 100
canal boats, schooner and other vessels, lifted
the III up AS If they bad been toy boats, and cast
them over tine pathway, and in some cases three
hundred yards inland.
! AT ST. Georges, Il few miles below Kirkwood
the scene Is described as being of the most ter
rifle aud alarming character The roaring OF
: the waters, the shrieks and cries of those on
board Of the boats made up scene that cannot
be described. The boats We're thrown upon
} thu shore, some upon their beam ends and 9TH
; ers nearly upside down, and the wonder Is how
any OH board Of them escaped with their lives
During the day the body of one of the boatnet
ftupu and IT. Ia said abnIt txyelva All a,
) ars missing. The damage TO the village is no.
very great, though number of houses near the
9 canal were flooded. All the inhabitants, how
ever, passed most uncomfortable night.
A stable, some distance from the canal, wa.
|, knocked over by runaway vessel and two
valuable horses killed. Thu Presbyterian Churcl
also away from the canal, was somewhat dam
: aged by the bowsprt of the schooner that hat
: been forced from the channel by the flood.
: The canal at and in the vicinity of the rail
!; road bridge, is filled TO great depth with tn
: dirt from the high banks on either side, an,
: will require, judging from the present aspect o
:. affairs, several weeks , remove.
l. Breaks are also reported at Chesapeake City
l. and also between St. Georges and Dtldwar
). City.
The storm at Middlelown Was also the sever
~ est experienced for many years, nearly all tn
Il houses in town having their cellars filled, an
n the railroad was covered TO the depth Of frUT
10 four to five feet. The mill dams in the neigl
Il borhooi that escaped the previous storms wer
washed away and growing crops beat down @
washed out of the earth,
l. The great sufferers by the disaster win h
f. peach growers, The season being at its height
AZ On tlE same day Of the damage about $50 Ca
10 loads OF peaches passed over the road. Thes
IA OF coulse, will be entirely lost, as there is II
~ way Of getting them to market. In the love
section al the State the peach trees are lDlle
down with fruit, and most VI it ripnning fast
10 | The picking aust be done daily, and the iiu
r shipped AT once 10 each market IN Il saleab
p SHAPE, therefore one or two days delay VIII ia
Is LcLvIly upon growers who have from one
r. | thee hundred acres Of land in peach trees.
W some cases the grower has sold the fruit at
=. cetaln price at the stations nearest the urchar
NJ but the purchaser ill not oa likely TO recei,
b. them unless there is some way of getting theI
10 market.
Is Postponed-The sale ofthe household goo,
se of John Griner was postponed ON the 10Th inst
d and the Sheriff now al ertises to sell them G
" the 4th of September at the residence corn,
4, Of Twelfth and King streets.
n Bakery ana confectionery. Taylor
~ -, doing good business in bread cakes and cor
:" fec,loncry at the old stand, com r of Filth al
Ta,nall streets. His wagons visit all parts of OF
county. a. d his goods stand well in the cstm
7. lion Of the pubic. TaylUr's crackers have II
n reputation which nsures them a large sale.
10 b ;S.r and conf;cio or, at the c,rn,r of Ski
IN and Tanall streets, | as greatly reduced IL
he price Of bread and is now prepared to supp
Nv his customers on us liberal rates us any " no 1
YER business as agent, or under a friends name.-
rst He is running two wagons aud serves storeKee
In els and families at any hour.
Sacrifced,-The stock of cigars and tobac,
ell with the fixtures in the mandatory of Il.
at Hayes, corner of Second and French stree.
ce in this city, sold at very low rates ;
elk the sale by the Sheriff, last week. II is sing
CT / lar that those in the trade would permit the
III to go so low. We advise country dealers to a
- tend such sales hereafter BY doing so the
be NAV save money in purchasing. There Is trut
or In the old axiom, "An article well bought
ce more than half sold.
DROWN D.-The body of an Unknown whit
ia man, who is su posed TO have been drowned
iii the Delaware river, was found floating in tt
ia water near Pennsgrove, New Jersey, one da
IN last week. 1t was buried In the public buryiI
Dr. ground, about two miles from Pennsgrove. tt
zee drowned man is supposed to have been sailo
IN about 81 years of age. He was five feet and
nd 4 half In height, and weighed about $50 pound
ie- had black hair, sandy whiskers, aud is suppo
u.s. ed to have been blind in the right eye. I'll
,ur body had apparently bean in the water abol
a week. There was leather strap around u
, body with sheath knife, and it was dressed
ne plaid slirt, dark pants and socks, and boo
we That were considerably worn. No papers, lie
II tiers OF money were ionnd on the body.
I'D a Snak Encircies a Baby.-A few days a.
cd Mis-. Clement Care, living In Warwic
To-. township, Chester county near IIopewell Flu
ia nance, after putting her bale (four months oil,
ba to sleep, laid it in the Grady and went abo,
III. tie iouse attending to other duties, and after
ar. little while she looked At the babe to see III,
,a AL was right, and noticed how very pale II loo
and gtam In rpat In lao.