Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-15

r MBLE-WIHD oLOhM -too,u ~ " eVN" |
on Monday night another one OF those vi.
4 rife storms Of thuntler, lightning, wind, RAIN
aud hail, which have Become 50 irequentof
| late, visited our town The storm lasted about
thirty mlnutss, during which time the noise Of
the rushing Wind the deaienipg roar OF thur
der, vivid llsdhipe sndthe crashing or iaihs
| timber formed ascene fearful to contemplate
/ The streets were flooded with wafer, In some
places, TO the depth OF four and five inches:
| Trees and vines were torn up by Inc roots, anu
| carried considerable distance by Ing sbrcs OF
the wind; and fences and woodpiles were scat
tered like so much chat, and now lie strewn IN |
the fields and along the roads, large willow |
tree in front Of the tailor shop of Mr.. jeremiah
Long, was blown down, and the trunk entire ~ |
stripped of Its bark mulberry tree, IN front OF
tue residence of Mr.. Hosea Dawson, which |
has stood the storms Of forty years, succumbed,
and came out by the roots, bringing even the |
bricks with It,, All over our town scenes like
these were presented. Fine apple trees, heav-
lily laden with budding. fruit; were torn up
stripped Of their leaves and fruit. Grape vines
together with the arb0rs, were blswn entirety
away and torn 10 pieces. The storm seems to
have been far more severe In the northern por-
ton Of our town.. Tile enclosures lave been
swept from around whole fields. small ore
story frame house, occupied by q colored wo-
man named Ruth Oncy was entirely demolish-
ed Ruth was caught between the falling tim
bers, and in this situation she was compelled
went to her assistance and succeeded In eX-
Treating her from her dangerous situation. We
visited her on Tuesday morning in company
} with Dr. d. Fisher, and found her suffering
severely from the injuries she had received. She
, told us she was caught between the tlmbers,
heavy log falling across her breast. Her shonl-
, der, breast and back are much bruised, but the
doctor says no bones are broken. The house
Is complete wreck; some of the timber being
carried many yards. The furniture is broken
and was at the time we visited the place scat
, tered around promiscuously in the field. The
bedstead on which Ruth was sleeping was
broken to pieces, and everything gave evidence
} of the fearful force and'velocity OF The wind
Ex-Governor VIM. II. Ross estimates his loss
5 1--WE are told at S$1 900. His peach pear and
apple orchards suffered terribly, and wagoners
4 were engaged all day Tuesday in hauling away
the trees which had been blown dowh. Ills
blackbeires also received considerable injury.
The peach orchard OF Mr.. W.. W. Dulaney
y escaped, but the strawberry sheds were blown
: down, and about twenty choice apple trees
! torn IN.
Over the river, the lightning struck fence at
u the residence Of Mr.. George Perkenpine and
tore II entirely down. Numerous trees. some
X Of them Of large dimensions We're nprooted Ivy
the wind One immense pine tree We are told
Il was torn up by the wind and struck by light
- ming at the same time.
The most serious damage sustained is that ol
III NV NlOp~s iOIl HAS Sluttcu stNtiFl1t NiNa'
ID has been blown down even with the ground
and many fields will be entirely lost. Timothy
" also is fiat with the ground.
III Al Cannon's Ferry the storm appears 10 have
le been even more severe and destructive than a
of Seaford. All along the entire road from Sea
ford TO Cannon's Ferry scene OF desolaiioi
10 and desiructiyeness presented Itself on ever,
re hand. Fence rails were scattered here and
D. theirs In the fields, immense trees had faei
:; across the road leaving Just space enough Tor
c, carriage to pass through. In some places IN th'
ri woods three and four pine trees could he fonh'
twisted and broken with their branches inter
ST. locked. Al the Chapel Branch the county roa'
st was submerged TO depth Of from II to 10 inch
es of water.
IN Arriving at Bounds Mills we found trees
At boards, fence rails, &c, piled in every conceva
10 bic shape, and the fields of young corn am
oil wheat considerably injured. One field of whea
is worthy of notice. While the outside whea
NJ had escaped in the centre Of the field 4 com
plete circle, about six feet in diameter was ol
he | served, the grain being twisted together ali
blown 10 the ground. Several houses her
lis were minus the Misunderstanding and shingle
he from the roof After leaving this place, III
10 debris grew greater, and when we reached Gan
mons Ferry, the road In some places was rel
~, dered impossible by the falling trees, and water
The first house that met our view had lai {
on hole in the roof, caused by tree falling upo
1t. stable belonging to Mr.. l.. W. Muse, {
10 time were two hsrses, three calves, and a Il
le of cattle, ali which escaped except horse be
he longing to My. William CARPENTER, WHICH y;
3D. recently PAID a $50 for HIM. Boats twenty fee
long were high and dry up in the streets, havin
been Lifted out of the water, and carried theI
AZ by the fearful velocity of the wind. Senes WEI
he unreeled, and fioated of into the river. Tree
which have Stood for years along the river irol
Ib were torn up by the roots and hurled over int
T. | the wafer The Daapb nd mil hay
at sustained severe damage. We counted some
Inv thing over eighty-one trees In peach orchari
,ed which were laying On the ground, nearly all {
- which were well laden with fruit. We lear
lie That one gentleman over the River from Cal
mons Ferry lost over one hundred pear tree
in, and that another, who lost q large number
peach trees, estimates his loss at about $500.
hs We asked an old fisherman from which dire
IL. 'lon the storm approached. From all dire
~, tons, sir, everywhere; nothing like II was eve
AZ" experienced IN this section of country, befol
w. w. slr, was his answer. The position of the iae
-, trees, and the appearance OF corn and whe;
az would indicate that IL came from the noitl
10 While about mile below the "Ferry" the win
seems to have changed its course and blew frol
va the northeast.-SegjGrd Citizen.
oI The STORM of last Monday evening was OH
oI- OF great severity II did not rain longer tina
.sl 40 minutes, yet an inch OF water fell duriu
,o tile time. The farm of VIM. NJ, Shakespear,
,sr near town, occupied by Edward Haman, wa
considerably damaged. Apple and peach Tree
~, were uprooted, willow tree standing in IN
as yard was blown down, and u large cherry tire
twisted on just above the ground; large la
m 0arack was also blown over, and the founda
,ho iloh oil one OF the chimneYs giving way th
10, / lower part fell into the cellar with tcrrbl
IL, crash in the nidst of the storm. Such storI
,aa In this locality Is seldom witnessed. De,d,par,
ses Sentinel. -'-
on As Johannes fierre and a woman w.,
getting on a railroad train ut Jefferson On,
M, Mo-, on "Wednesday morning, they were fil
md ed at by Leopold Hoelderie, and the woma
er mas dangerously wounded, Iloelderie the
'er shot himself, inaietihg wounds from whic
!er he died 10 couple of hours jealousy wa
III, the cause.
mr. Having leased plantation last Autumn
MS We covered ii .O0o acres with hat and ca
~, seed. Now it, you would see what has bee
harvested this present warm wheather frol
non the above tract, just step into ii. x
ms hat and cap store, No, PIG Market Stree
ny and 1t will make you feel happy.
u" Edward Lpcas, alias Scott, colorcd ma
=, arrested for completely ina murder, was tai
ne en- from the officers near Shreveport. La, o
at Thursday, by mob, and hanged II
Iay makes the third man lynched for allege
ret completely in the same murder.
az Edwin Bushong, near Lincoln Universil
&c Lower Oxford township, Chester county shea
rec ed two " his Cotswold sheep last week, III
m fleece of which were Of extra weight Or
ac- weighed fourteen pounds and the other sever
es- teen pounds. The latter was OH eve wit
vas two lambs.