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


The t;red, Food The damage d. ne by the
greet flood Oh. Me Delaware Railroad and on
The Ghesaptakt and Delaware Canal, has been
fsSe Theme OF general interest the past week
Between Kirkwood and Townsend some ten
culverts were washed out but the most serious
damage 10 the railroad was at the canal. Net
only the embankment which was twenty five
or thirty feet high was washed away, but
yawning chasm not less than fifteen feet deep
was left under It, Ofthls embankment 400 feet
were removed. All between the brow of the
hill which overlooked the canal ON
the North side, and the railroad bridge. This
structure Is still standing upon Its two central
massive stone piers and south abutment,but the
moth abutment was overturned by the force n
the current which swept through the chasm -
The bridge Is intact, although to the width of
the draw IL projects over the chasm; but this
projection Is the draw itself, and Is balanced
upon the draw pier.
Tle culvarts on both sides ofthe canal betwet n
u Ear Station and Townsend are badly washed.
In most of them the masonry Is LETT standing,
and the filling in over them swept out. Al
those north OF the canal are temporarily rebuilt
and construction trains pass them with safety,
conveying lumber, &c., to the canal, which lum-
Der is loaded in this citv and Port Deposit. The
b eacht In the entertainments below the canal
| are SOME OF them very serious. The worst,
probably, Is At Willow Bridge, where 90 feet are
| said to be washed out. This bridge Is about
1-2 miles nc rth of Middletown. AT Beaston's
| also this size Of Middletown, an embanknent
10 or II feet high is broken from 20 to % feet.
The culvert 1T "Frogpond," near the old Forest
Presbyterian burying ground just this side OF
Middle,own was broken. Below Middetowr,
the 81. Ann's q Divert Is gone. This however,
| Is not the enc which has already been swel t
| out several times BEFORE this year but is just
| this Sue of that one and vents the same stream.
A large force of men was Immediately en-
| ployed to make repairs and by the erection Of
trcstle work, trains will soon be able to make
| their usual trips.
The damage to the Canal Mt the deep cut
near Summit Bridge, at the Railroad aud st.
Georges seems almost irre2arlble.
AT st. Georges the damage was very great. A
| large numbef of vessels collected Mt this point
were swept through the banks of the clual and
thirty or mora Of them in such positions as tc
prove total loss. The stable Of DR.. Vallan-
| digham was swep; away, aad two horses killed.
Several MN are supposed. 10 have been drown
| cd but only two b dirs have been recovered.
Every bridge hrlwc"n Delaware City and
Chesapeake City VI IS destroyed, and days must
| eiapse before communication can he fully re.
stored. 1t is said The Canal Company have Il
reserve fund of 5000 200, and immediate steps
| will be taken to make repairs. II is not proba.
| BILE however, that it will be in nayigable order
| the present season.
i Thursday Afternoon, an accommodation train
l on the Marietta aud Cincinnati railroad, came il
to collision with freight train, near Montgon.
| cry ONO. Both engines and baggage cars were
| wrecked. James Parwng, brakeman, Mr. How.
ard, baggage master and Charles Kalther fireman
were killed. Three of the Train hands were bad
Is scalied, but only one of the passengers was
| injured, and lie slightly. The track was obstruc
tod for several hours. The Superintendent Of
the road tele2raphed TO Cincinnati that the col
lison was caused by the watch of the conductor
hntt, -.
lie stated thai the conductor and engineer O
the freight train ran away when the ctllision oc
CURED, but the conductor was soon afi erward
arrestd,ahd 4 war; ant was Issued for the ares
As the New y FORK express train on the Grea
Western Railroad was approaching the Wellan,
Canal 'drawbridge, at Thorald, Canada, oil
Tuesday morning, the water gauge glass II
front OF the fire box of tho engine burst, lettiu
out steam and water. This so alarmed the
engineer that he jumped of without bripginl
his engine to stlsd at the bridge. The draw
being open, the engine and ba .gage car tum
bed into tho canal. No one was injured, TN
locomotive and baggage car filling up the chasn
i, so as to leave NO room for ary of the passenge
coaches to fall into It, The road was Cbstruc
ed for two hours.
An APPEAL FOR THE MoDocs. Wasbin,
! ineton, August ia number of letters hay
, been received here from Quakers and otbe
lriehds OF the Indian Peace policy throughou
, the country. asking Executive ccinency in bt
nan OF the Mod0cs lately on trial for the mui
der OF General Candy. Most of the letter
raise the question that the trial of the offender
= was Illegal und der The decision of the Supren
T. Court in the Millignn case, that the civil court
:, being open, the military tribunal had no iuri
o diclion. Another question raised is that CAM
T. | was acting as peace coInmissi onrr, and not ;
4 an officer of the army in war.
TERRIFIC Or. EXPLOSION AN
I gust 2O.-Ah explosion cccu re about nine o
q clock, this morning, in n still of the Con
i mriclal Oil X 'iinely. The burning oil scatter,
~ !" all d rnciinns, II ing into The lie rolitc G
II works OF Warmly, Nicer " Co. adjoining, an
ing lire TO the cooper and paint shop there an
/, spreading from these to the bleaching hou,
e ami tanks -Four men wolkin! in the cor
n SHOP Al the time. hrec escaped bat the fourt
named James Melta,was burned To death. Til
IA cooper shop, paint and two tanks of the petr(
lite works,anda 600 barrel tank of the rciuer
n were consumed The total losss Is ST., 900.
- No insurance.
An observing Long Branch correspondent
l. says thnt al one OF the principal hotels lady
% so careful of her complexion which is said
A nc remarkable In many respects that she new
caves her room during the day, and has all he
IA meals brought to her. She remains in n da,
=, room all day long, gloomy and ,lcsoate, fearjn
mat the sun shining through may freck!e h,
lace, or turn 1t 10 n healthy brown. Every nicl
& she comes out radiautly beautiful the easliel
II giving soft glow 10 her fair cheek and n spa
&c kle to her eve. She has spent time at her TO
y lat'e, and She moves grandly about among tn
70 crowds in The Corridors In the ptrlors, and o
the piazza for hal an hour, and then She zoo
J. 10 her room and stays another twenty-fo,
hours.
o Battling resorts in Peru have peculiar uttra
e tiohs as the following extract from a letter v
v | SNOW "ln certain months of the year SEQ
u pions lie around among the stones, whose bite
l. death. But more frightened creature than
n scorpion, aS well as II more ugly one, / nevt
saw. Alarm ed at the footballs Of any one oy,
v their hldlAg places a. one The rocks, they n,
n m''ch more frightened tia N the person himsel
IS anu NJ once beat precipatc and hasiy retrea
Wien they are generally beaten and stoned Il
; ueatn. l once got one in my shoe and
u friend bathng had one run up the loose sleey
0 OF her bathing jacket, aud as suddenly run on
v again. But when they are cornered beyond a
& nope oil escape, they will bite YOU"
FATAL AFFRAY NEAR NEW ORLEANS =
:, new Orleans, August 20.--On Monday NOR
ll'g last, Dreux Guideray and Felix Poiou,
3 who had quanelled at a ball, met in Old Gran
$ Prairie, ST. Landry parish, to settle the dfiicul
y " by fist i5ht, to witness which about hun
u dred persons assembled. After the fist fight
y hsht with pistols, growing out of an old fen
between Guideray and others present, resulte
. In The killing of three men and the mort,
woundlng of a fourth. The conclusion arrive
AZ oy the 'roners jury was that August
% Gidelay killed Carroll Blackman, DIelx Gu
4 der'y killed Alexander Devine, and Aristidt
r ortega Killed Dreux Guideray. After bein
y sh,t down, Blackman fired three shots Mt Ana
ustih Gnlieray, who Is between 05 and 10 veal
Old mort lily woundlng him. Several of the pal
t'c'panta / the fight have been arrested.
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