Smyrna times., 1876-09-20

a mass in front of the church door, causing
no injury at all.
About 4.30 part of the shingle roof on No.
5schoolhouse (the brick) was ripped off and
an old house in "Irishtown," occupied by |
colored woman, "Neel" Demby, was |
nearly uncovered on the windy side. At |
times tho rain would almost cease, and |
then come down in drcnching torrents.
The TINES Office and the Johnson shoe |
store farod badly. The roof was off the
building for the purpose of putting on
another story. True, the garret floor and
plastercd ceiling shut in our office
from the elements, and temporary spread
of canvass was over all this, but it proved
little better than seive in shielding us
from the drenching torrents. The water
came through in streams to the Office floor
and thence to the shoe store below, and
the office Of the Mcssrs. Stockly, the grain
merchants. The building, from garrct to
cellar, was n mere sluiccway. TO add to
tho misfortune, n new brick wall, that had
| Just been finished the day before, on the
front, was all the time liable to give way
and como crashing into the printing Office
| for all we know, and inasmuch as we had
to be present to prevent our printing mate
rial from being flooded, the feeling of sccu-
rity was anything but consoling. Only the
upper tiers of bricks were blown in, how
ever, owing to secure bracing, though the
wall was so "dishcd" that it had to be
taken down on Monday. The damage to
our office was not very great, but tho Mes
Sis. johnson had a number of their hats
and shoes ruined by the water that trickled
through our Office floor. 1t is not often
the TINES Office has such a largo Sunday
contract to fill-and not often il wants it,
The greatest loss TO the citizens of our
town, however, was caused by the wreck of
the steamer FGL0n, at the mouth of Smyrna
Creek, about o'clock Sunday afternoon.
She was due at Rothwcll's at ) that morn
ing, but owing to the darkness and wind
on Saturday night she put into the Chris
tiana. About o'clock the next morning
she steamed down the Bay, on the Jersey
, side, whore she was protected from tho
wind and had 4 comparatively smooth pas
, sage She left the Jersey side, to como
across, about 1870, and by tho time she
had made twOthirds the distance the gale
struck her, whilo she was broadsidc to the
wind, which rendered her entirely unman
ageable. At once her situation was criti
cal. The sea was washing over her at
;. every swell, and such q sea was never wit
! messed before. Thc-water was laShed into
! a white foam and made the Bay look moro
like banks of snow drift than the angry
element it really was The steamer wa
: loaded down almost to her very guard
S with ono of tho heaviest freghts she eve
S carried, and her passenger list numbered
s | twCnty-SiX souls, many OF them wOmcr
G and children OF this town who had made
e up an excursion party and taken this rOut
is to the Centennial. Finally the boat strucl
If tho flats off the mouth Of the Creek and a
she did so the sea broke through her mid
i. dlo deck, carrying boxes, barrels and pack
- ages with the rcsistless current. In
II moment, almost, her freight was swept Of
:. and she lighted up, when she drittcd to tn
= shore on the New Castle side of the Creek
= During all this terrible period, tho passel
u gers, though uneasy, showed no signs {
y panic. They were all in the upper cabr
II above the deck where the sea was crcatin
IL such a havoc with the freight In tn
meantime the flag of distress was run NJ
k and Immediately tho crews of the oyste
lie vessels lying in the mouth of the Cree
as put out to the relief of the foundcrin
rs craft IL was a brave thing. They SUI
es ceedcd IN reaching the sinking steamC
ct and first rescued the women and children
as whom they brought safely to land. Tn
In was about 3 i'll the afternoon. The passel
ly gers, for the most part, owe their lives
+, these daring men. Soon after this tn
ks steamer was blown over to tho New Cast
I'd shore, as above stated, where she is now
ne stranded wreck. But nOt life was los
to Her freight, said to he worth from 81 on
to $1,000 was washed ashore all along II
marsh from tho Creek to Collins Beac
no three miles. 4 number of our citZcl
he have lost heavily. The heaviest losers n
pit S. H. Kahn, clothing, j. f. Tygert & c.
vn phosphate material, ). j. Tolson and f.
he Beck, dry goods, j. 2. IIoilecker, drug
nk Nathaniel Severson, household goods, &
he Mr.. Kahn's loss is estimated at s., 800. II
he entire stock of Fall clothing was on Il
I'm boat. The boxes containing it were bun
th- open by the force of the waves and Goa
lso pants and vests noated all along tho shOl
or, Large quantities of goods were stolen, it
Tas said, and gOOdly number here, yesterdi
ne censured Capt. Hallenger, of the Falcon,
he leaving the exposed goods on Mond
ery morning TO the mercy of the pirates, VIII
he he came to this town to sue out prot
ing against being held for damages. There
of also q disposition to fault him for under
lev king the trip, under tho circumstanc
1t is reported that the passengers romC
strated, but several Of them tell us II
no such was not the case; that there was no
asst ing to excite alarm until the wind stru
Law her broadsides. Then it was too late to
mt monstrate. The women and children W
ON taken TO Mr.. Benson's (the lighthOuse) a
rter Mr.. Logan's, where they were cared
md until Monday morning. They were tn
of sughly drenched by the sea and rs
i've Tygert & Co. will lose, they think, abb
ylv. $l,7OO. Many goods have been saw
ON | some of them in fair condition and so
we'd badly damaged. 1t is impossible to @
,on. mate the loss, in many cases.