Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-25
SECOND EDITION.
THE GREAT FLOOD.

and Delaware Canal remains As on Saturday. |
No efforts have yet been made to remove the
stranded vessels from the meadows and the
canal banks, nor indeed. has any we'll defined
plan for their removal been determined upon.
Speculation is rife as to the beat manner n whicn
they NAV be hoated back into the canal, put' OF
course, sll is speculation and nothing definite
will be known until the wreck OF the storm mas
been inspected by an engineer. me damage
will be repaired, but how or IN what lengtn ot
time is mere speculation yet.
REMOVAL OF THE VESSELS.
Two plaps for the floating back of the vessels
which are worth IL in the canal are discussed,
viz. by means Of lateral canals and temporary
locks oias to raise the boats to the upper level,
| and BY means OF flooding the marshes very much
| in the manner in which they we're overruD on the
| NIGHT of the disaster. The three boats below the
breach in the road which crosses the canal will L
| most likely be abandoned, IS they are consider
| ABLY broken and two of them are almost gone 70
/ niaces The most of those on the level are worth
the repairing and it is probable that an enotS VIII
| he made to remove them. The Canal 10, evil
IDENTIFY contemplate their removal Tor a respects
bie force of men ie already at work filling up the |
breaches as il it were the intention to Hood the
meadows again.
DAMAGES TO FARMERS ABOUT DELAwARk CITY.
In the neighborhood Of Delaware City severe
losses have been sustained which have not here
tofore been reported. These losses fall up
on the farmers, and thus beceme direct loss
| unon that community. They aggregate about
| s25 5O0 and are the result not so much OF the
disaster OF last Wednesday night as Of the hrst
| break in the canal which occurred two weeks
| ago By that break the surrounding country,
long level stretch on the South side or the Ca
| nal were flooded to the extent OF several nun
dred acres. and up to Saturday last the waters
had not fully receded. These iosses may 10 s'S-
Wlliam Beck's farm of 961 acres is entirely
| under water, with the exception OF about 5U acres
Twenty-four acres of corn, 75 OF timothy aud
clover. and 15O of herd grass have been flooded
so long that the corn is dead and the roots OF
The grasses have been killed. so that he not on
" loses his pasture for this year but his hay
: crop for next. His farm 10 tins grazing one
: and he keeps about 70 head Of cattle and lO0
. head of sheep. He also loses about 100 tons of
o hay. His loss is estimated at ~, ,OOO
or Arthur Colburn's farm, lSO acres OF corn n.a
and 800 acres of meadow are submerged He
loses 600 tons Of hay, and his loss is estimated
at $40 900.
. T, B Engles loss s estimated at from 81, 600
to a5 600. Nearly 100 acres OF corn are HOODED,
and ali his pasture land he keeps 60 head OF
cattle.
s zenos p. Longand has about 40 acres under
. | water and loses all his corn and hay. His loss
i ia estimated at from $3, 900 to $4,000.
4 George Cleaver will sustain loss OF about
Il is understood that this disaster is attributed
Il to the negligence of the Canal Company. and
l
Q be instituted to recover them
|. THE STORM ABOUT MIDDLErowN.
Communication having been cut off between
= this city and Middletown, we have not been able
o until this morning to ascertain the dSmage to
" that locality. The Transcript seems to furnish
10 II prettv fully 1t says that in the town the
n streets were flooded to the depth OF several feet
IL but in the neighborhood of the National Hote
O. the waters were even higher Finding an en-
$ trance to the cellar they flooded it and damaged
n the liquors stored therein to the extent of $6OI
10 or 500.
!, As was stated in the letter of our Middetowr
I'd correspondent on Thursday, no mills are in op
is GRAFTON around Mddletown, Drummonds dam ii
r' broken, and the estimated damage is $4,000
Az q. 500. T. @. Murphey's dam. at Bohemia mill
,et had been injured badly. two weeks previously
or and now the entire dam is gone, the mill race
lr- torn out and one side Of the foundation wall
Ike the mill was broken down, and great fears weI
r. | entertained lest the entire structure would Ia
Mr. Murphey estimates damages at f30OO Bar
of toms mill az miles from Middetown, also had II
in damburst out. Freeman ns mill on Back Greek, an
ice those of Messrs Kennedy and Drake, on Sassa
icy fras river, are gone aarmans smith were ere ae
Di- sroy ed on Tuesday week and Sllcox last Wnte
IN and has not been repaired
90 AT THE HEAD OF sAssAFRAs,
zen The splendid dam and causeway across the rive
'sNf we're washed out and completely destroyed IN
~ ~ mill dams broken and much injury done to vail
''' able property,
ion VISITORS TO THE SCENES OF THE DISASTER, YE
ate TERDAY
he The visitors to st. Georges and the point
lm- which the Railroad the canal, yesterda
uid exceeded in number those OF any other day sln
der the flood. The number of people ID various
estimated at from 1000 to 3.OOO. Almost I
the livery teams in the city we're engaged 4
ion | the purpose and some OF the hverymen had
a single team left behind. Such al avalanche
people was not expected, and tood even tor u
horses was with difficulty Obtained.
All who went express astonshment at Il
J D. damage which has been wrought. Those WI
- | whom we have converBed with say that tht
az minds were prepared to expect some great cats
H' tronhe by the reports which they had read in Z
NJ COMMERCIAL the only Wilmington paper VIM
,ged has made anything ike full report OF the noe
but they were astonished at the magnltu
-ited OF the disaster, and with one accord pI
her nounce the reports which we have given not
orn- the least exaggerated but il ANYTHING less O
ored than they would admit. This commend
- tion is exceedingly gratifying to us, IN TINS
day of sensationasm, when reporters draw
largely upon their aginatlon, and when NH
- occurrences magnihed into great CALAMITY
We have endeavored to be faithful in our
ports they have met the appreciation OF the
q who have personally seen the consequences
the tood-of those who are interested parties
and we ask no further praise.
o at ESTIMATES OF COUNTRY DAMAGES.
Our readers are already well informed as
the probable amount of damages, on and ale
/, the canal and railroad. The Mdetown Trdnscl
- gives other estimates, as folows;-The cause'
and culyert at St. Anne's on county road, 81
county bridge at Harmans mill, % 600; th
bridges at Sandy Branch, Md. $500. Best
yhtat these there are numerous smaller losses suct
the eauseway and culyert on the road from
usua | detown to Drummond's; the bridge below A
lg ON Crocket's, on tine road to Warwick the bridg
EFT at Froqtown and the Willow bridge. The bridge
VIII the Levels road near Julian Oochrans the bri
In; M near Mr.. b. Gibbs, gate, and multitude OF
IN or losses which will aggregate $4,000 or ",
now THE CANAL WILL BE REPAIRED AND
VESSELS FLoATED OUT.
The Canal Company has matured its plans
the repair and reconstruction of this great W
They will first fill in the breaches between
mpor- Georges and Delaware City, in the lower Ii
and pumping in water from the eastern end
Ia float out the boats lying in the canal east of
~ locke This accomplished, they will then re
dARI all the breaches in the banks OF the upper
or west OF st. Georges, except those which
necessary to form q passage fer the boats
of the the meadows into the canal and finally the
to pay way or dam, which connects the two end
,E. st. Georges will be rebuilt, the water viii
rect. admitted, the meadows will be flooded,
=. boats will be got into the canal. 10
y COI- | throuab and than sent to their destiDAt