Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-09-18
SECOND EDITION.
The storm.

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]LD BoREAs LET TLoosE-BUILDINGs UNRooFED
TREES BLOWN DowN-AwNINGs RIBBoNED
VESSELS WRECKED AND MANUFACTURERS
FLOODED.
The storm which set in on Saturday even
ing and continued until near the middle of
last night was the most severe known for
years. Though the rain fell in torrents at
during Saturday night and during
the greater part of yesterday,it was not un-
til about o'clock in the afternoon that the
wind put forth its power, and filed the city
with the noise of crashing trees, unhinged
shutters, huttering awnings, falling chimneys
torn tin roofs, and flying slate and shingles.
The tide setting in at an unusually early
hour aided by the strong northeast wind,
overflowed all the low grounds, even
this morning stopping some of the large
manufactures along the Christiana. The
following are details of the damage collec-
ted by the COMMERCIAL reporters
The Masonic Temple has met with the
toughest usage. Both sides of the roof
over the auditorium ON King street rolled
up against the main building. The loss is
supposed to be $1,000 No serious damage
was done to the interior of the building.
A part of the roof on No. IL school house,
in the Ninth Ward, was carried off.
A frame stable in the 9th Ward was
blown down, and some of the shingles were
loosened and carried away from the Bran
dywine Bridge at Market Street
A chimney Of the Saville Building at
Sixth and Market streets, was blown down,
the bricks flying in all directions.
The sunbeam sign of the photograph es-
tablishment of NJ. g. W. Garrett was lifted
from the top of the building and brought
crashing to the pavement.
The scuttle on top of the Custom House
was carried off, and the flag which was left
hoisted this morning had diminutiye ap-
pearance.
The tin roof on the large stone building
at the junction of New Castle Avenue and
Heald streets is completely doubled up, and
the window shutters were carried off from
the second story of $50 West Sixth street.
Scarcely an awning in the city, especially
those on the west side of the streets run
ming north and south, is left whole. In
many instances the whole awning has been
carried away aud those left are so tattered
and torn as to be useless. Not only is the
Clayton House awning on King street COM
pletely blown away, but the iron posts and
bars are wrenched out of shape and cannot
be used again without extensive repairs.
LII ObhCl tAoOObg oWAAh6 EOoeI WNAO 5AAoBHSSt
off like pipe stems and thrown ruined
mass into the streets.
Shade trees have suffered terribly, some
Of them being almost stripped of their fo-
liage. The two large willows standing on
either side of the entrance to the Whining
ton and Brandywine Cemetery we're uproot-
ed, completely blockading Delaware Ave-
nue.. Mr.. McCloskey, Street Commissioner,
and Mr.. Underwood, chairman Of the Street
Committee, soon had a force of men at
work with axes and saws removing the
trees and cleaning the Avenue for travel.
A city lamp was demolished in the descent
of one of the trees. Two maple trees were
blown across the Avenue in front Of Mr..
Torbert's residence, between West and
Washington Sts., and large willow in Job
H. Jackson's yard was split in two, the fall.
ing part blockading Washington street.
Two shade trees are blown across Washing
ton above Seventh street, and one across
Seventh at Aaron Conrad's residence A
large elm four feet in diameter on the Bran
DIVINE west of Market street succumbed
to the fury of the storm, and large tree
on the green at Fifteenth and Market was
blown down. A tree at Thirteenth and
King was blown against dwelling. house
and was pulled away by the members Of
the Phoenix Fire Company.
A shade tree at Ninth and King and one
in McLear and Ken1all's yard were blown
| down.
At the jackson, & Sharp Co.'S works the
storm was severe, more damage being done
there by flood than by wind. The large
sign was blown down as was
also the fence. The lower
part Of their works we're completely under
water, the banks Of the creek being bro
ken. The lumber yard suffered greatly, the
piles .of lumber being lifted from their
! foundations and tilted over, break
J ing some pieces. and all becoming COM
pletely saturated, and floating about in all
directions. They estimate their loss at
about $4,000.
On the South Side, over Third street
Bridge. while the damage by the wind is
rather light, only two houses, one on Heald
and the other on Townsend street, being
unroofed, that of the water is of a rather
serious nature. At o'clock last evening,
the tide in the Chrstiana had risen to q
height unprecedented in the past The
water poured over the banks and in short
time large portion of the built up district
OF the town was submerged to the depth OF
from two to three feet. In the vicinity of
Conrow's ice houses, the water was about
seven or eight feet deep, while the borses
IN the stable were compelled to remain in
water nearly four feet in depth. A small
frame dwelling. occupied by colored man.
and situated little way off in one OF the
marshes, is yet entirely surrounded, and
this morning its occupants we're wadipg OUT
for the main land. All the low ground
from the river on into South Wilmington
and up 10 TIE Christiana Bridge, is one
sheet of water. The loss cannot readily be
computed, but it is not as heavy as would
at first be supposed. So far as can be as
certained there has been but little swept
away by the tides. One gentleman, how
ever, named Mr.. Cook residing on 7Jh ST..
near Poplar, had the misfortune to lose
thirty tons OF hay, and upwards Of nifty tons
of oats, which he had stacked on Seventh
street marsh, near the Brandywine. AT
Weldn's coal yard, foot of Market street.
the water overfowed the wharves and
washed out considerable earth, but carried
no property away. At Tatnall u Co s
wharves the water also flooded the place to
the depth Of about four feet, but owing to
the exertions of the owners, nothing wss
lost, and witch the falling of the tide the
water subsided, so that this morning there
was no obstruction to work. At the Harlan
& Hollingsworth Co.. Is works the water
seems to have been unusually high, and
this morning, all over the yards, in the ma
chine and car shops, was standing to the
depth of from two to three feet Except
the delay of work. no damage was done.
and as soon as the water can be drawn off