The daily gazette., 1876-09-18
FIRST EDITION
WIND AND WATER.
A TERRIFIC SUNDAY STORM.
BUILDINGS UNROOFED AND
TREES BLOWN DOWN.
The southside Flooded with Water

A VESSEL SUNK IN THE BAY AND A MAN
DRowNED-A HEAVY TIDE IN THE
CHRlsTIANA-THE CREEK BANKS BRO.
KEN AND THE soUTHsiDE FLOODED
-TELEGRAPH WIRES BRoKEN-oTHER
DAMAGE.
The rain storm which began Satur-
day afternoon, and continued all of
yesterday, eliminated. last evening in
a terrific and destructive wind storm,
which swept over the city and caused
a great destruction of property.
Buildings were unroofed shutters
blown off, awning posts broken and
bent, and awnings split into ribbons.
Trees innumerable were blown down,
and limbs and branches were scattered
along every street in the city. Pedess
trianism was attended with great
danger, but SO far as heard from no
personal injury or loss of life was eau
sed in this city.
The storm reached its greatest fury
about four O'Clock, ,and it was between
that hour and six o'clockthat the great.
est portion of the damage was sus.-
tanned.
THE MOST SERIOUS DAMAGE.
to any single property was probably
sustained by the Masonic Temple.
Here the wind tore the tin roof from
the rear portion of the building, strip
ping it from each side of the apex and
casting it into the yards OF the houses
on both sides. Fortunately but little
rnsv fol aff rIo ond TIM raodfn1
lodge, chapter and banqueting rooms,
and the parlor, which are Immediately
under the roof, sustained very little
damage. None of the furniture was
injured and only the parlor capet re-
ceiveG any water at all. The sky
light over the wardrobe was blown
completely off, and large window in
the Rugby Academy, second story
front, was blown out. The dimensions
of the roof blown off were 85x103 feet.
The roof on the front part OF the Tenn
pie was also started, but was at once
tightly secured.
The Directors of the Masonic Hall
Company will proceed Immediately to
have the damage repaired.
In front of Institute Hall the iron
awning posts and frames were bent
and twisted, ,and in front of Almonds IS
store, on the corner below, one was
broken off.
On King street, above Fifth, the
clayton House awning posts were
bent and twisted, and two of the cross
pieces were broken of.
MARROW ESCAPES,
At the SaVille building s. E corner
Sixth and Market streets, one of the
chimnies was blown off. Four mer
were passing along Sixth street at the
time, and the falling bricks clattered
at their feet frightening them terribly
Fortunately, however, none of them
were struck; Another narrow escape
occurred at Fifth and King streets
when a shingle from Trinity Churct
roof came crashing down through the
trees and struck young man on the
end of his boot, crushing the edge Of
the sole out flat.
OTHER BUILDINGS UNRooFED.
At the Mccullough Iron Company
! works. foot of Seventh street, thu
sheet iron roof began to tear off be
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wind tore it off in large sections ant
blew it over on the railroad tracks
where a force of laborers was sool
employed to keep the track clear.
Two frame houses on Townsend ant
Heald streets, Southside were com
pletely unroofed.
At Hilles & Jones machine shop
Ninth and Church streets about 1000
feet of the tin roof were torn off.
The roof of Public School No. 12 ,ol
Twenty first street, near Market, wa
also considerably damaged, a larg,
portion of it blown off.
The sheds at McDowell's stave mill
in the Ninth Ward, about 100 fee,
long, and several sheds on the farm O
John A. Price, near the city limits
were completely demolished.
At the Harlan & Hollingswortf
Company's works, the roofs.of severa
buildings were only saved by the me-
securing them down by pieces of pi
iron and other heavy weights.
Several houses which Messrs. Nc
Cluskey s. McMenamin are erectin
on Pine street, between Seventh an
Eighth were considerably damaged, tn
roofs being partially blown off.
A portion of the roof of Tatnall I
Richardson's flour store, N. E. corne
Front akd Orange streets, was PARTIAL
blown off.
TREES BLOWN DOWN AND UPRooTEI
Trees were blown down and strippe
J of their branches all over town and i
some instances they caused consider
able damage.
On Seventh street between Tatna
and West large maple was blow
down and tore up several feet of pave
ment in its fall.
On Sixth street, between Market an
King, a large willow tree was blowl
down, and fell across the wall aroun
the yard of the Delaware bank.
Two trees at Front and Van Bure
= streets two in front of st. Pauls Catho
lie church and two large willows i
front of the Wilmington & Brandy
a wine Cemetery gates, were blow