Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-01-25

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following Interesting particulars of the
late storm in that county;
About one O'Clock on Thursday night,
the roaring of the water warned the family |
of John p. Sagtr, at Sager's Mil, Birm- |
ingham, that the Brandy wine was rapidly |
rising. Going out of doors, Mr.. Sager |
found that the creek was far up over It's |
banks. standing two feet deep on the floor |
of his mill, and filling the cellars and |
standipg upon the first floors of the houses |
bv the tail race. The water was rapidly
invading the barn, and they hurried out
TO loose the stock. One fat porker de-
clined peremptOrily TO move. Time was
pressing, as the water was rising higher
and higher eYeryl minute, chunks Of ice
began to sail by, TO the detriment OF every
thing they struck. Finally the pig was
got into u box and moved oil. The bridge
stood far out IN the middle of the stream,
a rushing torrent about $50 yards wide.
fllleG with ice aud floating stuff, flowing
round the eastern side. The crossing was
impossible all day Friday, Mr.. Strong, the
stage driver from West Chester to sager's
Station, not daring to venture over in the
afternoon to the station. By Saturday
morning, however, the stream had sub
sided though running bank full, and the
stage made its usual connections.
AZ Hugh Il. Sieele's mill at Laurel on
the Drandywine, the sheetlng on the dam
was washed away. The bridge over the
creek to the railroad station was washed
away. There was three feet of water in
the new mill Mr.. Steele Is building and a
corner of the building was washed out
| A dump cart frozen in the ground out on
the fats had been all under water and GU
Friday morning stood filled with Ice ready
] la. iaa "a flr4l
the trees along the creek as memorandums
of its height. These marks show that the
water was six or eight feet over the banks.
The road along the Brandywine, be-
tween the State road and Bowers Paper
Mill, was covered with water in some
places to the depth Of several ieet-above
The mill the road was also covered. The
funeral of a son of G. Marshall Ingram,
Newlin township, took place on Friday
morning, the day alter the heavy RAIN and
the friends and relatives in attendance had
great difficulty in crossing the streams on
their way to the burial. The Brandywine
could moi be crossed at Sager's nor at any
place up the stream nearer than Cope sand
there the water was up into the road. ID
some places along this stream the watel
was so deep that many persons on lhell
way 10 the funeral were AFRAID to ventura
through, apd drove around by way OF Mar
q shnllton.
The ice was pretty well broken up pre-
yious to Thursday night ON the east bfanfl
of the BrandyYine, and tloated down Will
, the rushing water, but on the West Branel
!, of the stream il did not break up until tn
:. waters were rising rapidly when 1t wen
d. off with IL rush-crushil and toaiinl
5 ,yerything with which II came in contact
4 In some places the ice was carriel ou
y upon the meadow lands over a hundre
- wards from the natural course Of th
a stream. The young and tende. willo'
:, trees along the creek, We're badly bake
= and broken by the large body of ice crush
:, ing against them. On the State road ives
"a Of Jeiieris' bridge, between the bridge an
a the farm house on the property of Dayl
~ Meconkey, decd, the Ice was piled up
"A such an extent that vehicles could not pas
n on Saturday without great danger OF vi
is setting.
"A was entirely swept away. At the rollin
- ! mill of c. f. Pennock & Co., the wat
~ backed into the mill to such an extent thi
- a cessation of work was necessary. II
sa ~ water lies on the top Of the Ice on the da
and as soon as 1t runs of cutting Will
resumed by Pusey " Rice Of Wilmingto
10 Part of the Rip Raps erected at this da
O. last summer were swept away and qui
.ir a hole made. All the mills about Coate
ne willie were Obliged to cease work.
n At Modesville, on the Braudywine, tV
10 miles south Of Coatesvllle, the ice chok
n, up and backed the water into the Pap
an Mill of the Meesrs. Modes, and stopp
a portion of their machinery. The wat
es oyerhowed the road at this point so that
on was impossible to cross until Friday att
a9 noon.
White Clay Creek rose higher than ey
M before remembered. Above the old tio
as bridge at Avondale 1t was far over I
"a banks running between the wheelrlg
70 shop and millinery shop carrying aS
IN several panels of fence. II was new
yea known to run there before. The Baltimt
lal Central Railroad crosses the creek on
icy short trestle work. The ice and wa
VII damaged this 90 that the morning trai
ust could not pass, but the energetic Preside
'ne of the road, Henry Wood, Esq, had
as axed up for the trains to run over by no'
Dc The Brandywine at Chadd's Ford Is 81
II to have been higher than at any time siI
'est 1906. The trestle work of the Bait. Ce
r. R., leading to the bridge across
lot- creek was severely tried. Seventeen Of
18th upright posts supporting the trestle W
washed out or knocked out by the
ays Trains could not pass over 1t, but the ira
and ran up to each side and transferred Il
To- passengers, who walked across.
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