The daily gazette., 1875-02-04
FIRST EDITION
Flood and F1'esHet.

The ice from the upper end of the
stream commenced to move about
noon, and by three o'clock had acquir-
ed considerable velocity and force.
A part of the trussel works ap-
preaching the bridge Of the Baltimore
Central Railroad was carried away by
the flood Of water and ice, on Wed
nesday evening, about $50 O'Clock.
When the train from Philadelphia
reached that place the conductor OBJ
served that the track was not secure
The passengers were directed to get
out and urged TO cross over Brandy
wine on foot, There was about 15U
on hoard. The last of them had bare
ly got over the bridge when the tressel
work in front of where the train
stopped gave way and went down the
stream. The bridge proper, however,
still remained. Some of the passen-
gers who desired TO reach West Ches-
Ter came to this city and took the $3.50
train for Philadelphia.
THE FLOOD AT WILMINGTON.
About three o'clock, yesterday after
noon. the tG:' frum the three lower d0ms
brok5 aid came down below Market st.
bridge where 1t Jammed Ger several min
utes, aAd then broke again with IL loud
cr,.sh. ~. i1g rapidiy down the stream
The scU"pntr AtGska, which was lying ut
anchor cPlv.lte the City Mill, was swept
away. tn1 anc.ior chains being snapped
ike pieces ol twine. Tho vessel was car
ried By an eddy into /. little cove back of
one oi the mills, where it WIS landed on
the shore, high and dry" At the next
curve below tuU ice again became Jam
med, which caused the wLter to back up
to the mills [" sufficient height to float
tie schooner, She was then hauled out,
and safely noored to the wharf, without
sustaining the slightest damage. Capt
Townsend and two sailors were on board
all this time.
THE FLOOD Al THE suLLs.
Al all the mills due preparation was
made for the Hood, and all escaped with
ont any damage. The lower floor Of VIM
Lea y sons mills was flooded slightly,
but Us all the -four and grain had been
removed no damage was occasion1d. The
other mills were not flooded. The water,
ut this point, during portions OF the flood
was twelve feet deep or six feet above
high writer mark.
THE ICE IN THE RACES.
The great volume Of ice which cane
rushing down about Ii q clock last night,
comnipletely filled the two races on the
Brandywine side OF the creek, from the
bridge to the third dam. The lower OF
these races suffered severe damage, as
the banks We're broken and washed away
in several places. The race on the Will
mingtou side of the creek was packed
with ice from the third dam TO Barley
mill. This morning Wm. Lea d Sons
put Il force OF men to work clearing out
the ice from Gll the races.
ELEVENTH STREET BRIDGE INJURED.
AS was expected and feared the bridge
over the Brandy wine ut Eleventh street
was unable to wholly Withstand the
great pressure which was brought to bear
upon it. The pier at the north end OF
The draw WIS crushed III on one side,a
the interior completely filed with large
cakes of ice, some Of them fourteen inches
thick, piled up to height of two or
three feet. With this exception, the
bridge, 1T present, is perfectly safe and
sound. The damage can DC repaired for
about $3.50.
ESCAPED INJURY.
The bridges on the Wilmington &
Reading ana F., W. & B. Railroads, SO
far as heard from, are all safe, and travel
ripted to the slightest extent.
DETENTION ON THE W. d w. r. Il.
On the Wilmington & Western Rail
road, the two bridges between Faux land
ilnd Ashland became SO weak ened that it
was deemed unsafe for the passenger and
freight trains coming east to pass over
An engine was procured from the Read
ing road and u train taken to the bridges,
where an exchange of passengers was eff
fected. The n@Gssary repairs were at
once made, and to-day trains are running
on timu.
LENT. The season of Lent is rapid
ly approaching. 1t will begin this
year on the 10th of February, much
earlier than il has done since 1863.
This will bring the high festival of
Easter this year on the 28th of March,
which is within six days of the earliest
period upon which it can ever possibly
occur. On some years Easter falls as
late as the 25th of April Some years
there are as many as nine Sundays be-
tween Epiphany and Ash "Wednesday,
but this year there will onlybe five'Sun-
days intervening between the jubilee
of Epiphany and the solemn season of
Lent.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-The Oxford Press
report the following: The farm of the
late Thomas Passmore, in Londongrove
township, 155 acres, was ,old ON Monday
by the executors, to Henry Cope, Of
Lower Oxford township, for Sll $50.
Andrew Mercer has sold his house and
lot in West Grove, to Joseph Pyle, from
whom he purchased it four OF five years
ago.
E. Pierce Mcclellan has sold at public
sale the property known rs the Barefoot
farm, in Londonderry township, contain
ing so acres, to DR.. r. Il. Mcclellan, Mt
S42.20 per acre.
Peruvian Syrup.-This valuable
medicine has been silently making it's
way into public favor by the numerous
remarkable cures it has performed. It's
singular efficacy is owing to the protoride
of iron which in this preparation remains
unchanged, and is the only form in which
this vital element Of healthy blood can
be supplied.
LEFT FOR EuRoPE.-Mr. William A.