Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-02-10
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asreas rssulh were equally ND $500
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Va, isvsisd NTH de ground. The ssabse Of W
Z. Jury, in which were sheltsrsd three notass
blown down. and The animals had . b. sus ont
Of the wreck but received no injuries
The roofs Of NE kaaaia ehaAs o. AsMn0
Graham q Hockessin we're HaeksG up ana -
tsred on the track Of the W. ". r the
Exam ran into portion Of them, but was checked
before psoSssding far.
Trassis1s bssa lsvsled In Al dtsstio1a. md
many Of them falling across the Telegraph wires
? aSous d Hsan FepairsA nov, md messages ~
received and sent - usual. - A..
Along the Wilmington 4 Reading r +. the
violence Of the wind was severe. At Pyie,o one
side Of the roof Of the double bridge was blown
Oh, At Seeds the water trough was thrown
down. carrying with it the telegraph wirea. These
were also broken in four other places, but the
damage was repaired. yesterday aftesnoen, And
the line was in working condition ~ full length.
Al CossesYille the wind bodily lifted the watsI
from the dam and dashed 1t upon the W. n
Offices hfty o. sixty fest away. The gasonete
Of the borough was also overturned. and ~
QUESTION in the homes Of the citizens. The ray
OF the moon sufficiently lighted the streets.
At West. Chester, much damage was deni
Fences were prossrated. tzeee were upsoossc
and several chimneys were blown over. IN
roof and rafters Of the rear part OF the NO
building Of johnson Baldwin "a. nfted Up ~
turned over against the main building. 20
ton Of the roof Of tho stables contested WI
the Eagle Hotel was also blown on, and On q
... Chestsr suffered severely. In addition 70
large number Of trees and fences which wel
About 1900 square feet was blown from Pstts
sons Mill, and the roof Of Ledwarfs mill VI
also partially carried away. The roof Of q
picker room Of Crosers mill Vas blown ineo =
was blown oH, and the roofs Of two brick hous<
near Kirkman's mill wero entirely blown ava
house on the farm Of Abram g. Lukens v
blown down, ana two small DulouBs IN Snsss
were lifted about 10 feet.
The Peninsula, while swept by the gale, ssen
not to have suffered much damage in the blown
down Of buildings. We have reports OF pune
Gus trees being uprooted or broken on, but q
only building Of which We have any informaet
OF having suffered was public hall in Mlfol
The roof oflt WAS partially carried away.
Clayton, freight car which had been LETT stan
ing on siding was set in motion, and whom
could be driven no farther the wind gather
under the roof and tore it OF like 10 much q
vas.
Considerable damage was done to chipping
the Breakwater. The following pArticul'
have been telegraphed Schr. Martha L. Con
ton, full OF water, lost bowsprit, jb-boom q
rlddsr schr. Ella Pressey, from New Cast
Del, for Now York with grain schr. Martha
Granger, lost anchors, jbs, main-boom .
wheel schr Custis W. Wright, lost boats, q
abandoned her, got aboard schooner Vicksbu
which also went ashore. Schr. Ralph How
from Belfast, Me-, for Baltimore, IL ashore
the point of Cape Henlopen. They will have
discharge part Of their cargo before being b
on.
At Delaware City, the vessels which were y
on the west side Of the dock broke their mt
ings and were driven over to the other s
where they jostled against one another, but n
were badly damaged, 10 far as learned.