The daily gazette., 1877-06-22
raUxDER, AnaH n Ns AND RAIN.


A TERRIHLE sroRM LAST EvENITo--A
GREAT FALL OF RA'E-DAhAaED DonH
-sroPPAGR OF TnAiHs.
shortly before O'clock last evening, q
dark b. q " cloud was noticed advancing
vers slo Wy from the west and south.
Al first 1t was thought that the storm
would not reach this point. rs the wind
was blowing with considerable force
from the east by ,southeast. Notwith-
standing this fact, the cloud continued
to SPREAD over the heavens. and steadily
advance against thes wind About ITO
the first warning that the storm w&s
near, was q ven by a vi vid Fash OF hight
ming and sharp peal Of thunder, Short
h ly afterwards few dropsIof rain COM
at a terrible rate, and continued so for
over an hour. e,s sat sau5 A..
The clouds were near the earth, id the
storm accomp mpapisd by the wind wnich
had changed and trouggt it up re- emDl-
ed more of a continual sheet Of water
than a regular rain storm. .'oH
Meanwhile the flashing of the electric
fluid was 80 vivid and fncessant that 1t
was almost binding, and the sharp crack
The great force of the storm was infit-
enced greatly by the tide, which was food
at the time.
THE DAMAGE.
The damage was not so great as was ut
first anticipated. In the country the
corn and wheat crops were considerably
injured IS the great amount ofrain which
fell had the effect of wsshing out large
quantity of corn, and beating down
whole fields of wheat, which will be
nearly total losss.
Along the lines OF the P. W. b B. R.
R., and Delaware r. R., no damage W {
done and all the trains were running on
time. The storm extended as for down
the State - Delmar. On the Delaware
Western r. r., culvert just beyond New
port pike, w. so weakened that it was
unsafe for the trains to cross, and train
was sent out from this city, to bring In
the passengers on the south bound trair
due here at 7.55 arriving here at y O'Clock
The damage will be repaired to-day. The
telegraph wires alorg the line are also
down, rendering teJegraphing impos-
sible. lt.
! THIS CITY. .,
The damage done in this city wa,
mostly along Shipley run, and severa
building along 1t were damaged consid
g, able, The beds of Sixth and FIFTH
stree,s, were so wfshed away that Lrave
over them w"s rendered unsafe, and tn,
Street Commissioner has placed guard
across them.
I just below Sixth street the great bcdy
of water washed away a stone wall in III,
rear of two houses belonging TO q. Kel
1er, on Monroe street above Fifth. TIL,
damage done will amount TO about $7t
At Fourth street the water flled one o
Il Q rooms belonging to John Taylor
Co, Mo- rocco dealers, but did no'co nsider
| lnkl Aav Q n1e taI tv.4 81 l.
Nor 'occo factory of VIM. Beadenkofi
on Third street, between Madison an,
Monroe, damaging about 60 bags o
sumac, and several hundred skins.
A. trout and Adams the great body Q
water flowing down the Lancaster Pike
and empty ing into the run carried With
slch large amount Of stones aud dirt tina
II soon filed up lie juliet, causing the wate
, to fOw aeross the pike and filing sewers
cellars of houses, Rituated in the immediat
vicinity. The Harlan q HollingsWort
yards were also overfioWed.
Most of The lamps throughout the cit
/ were ex.inguished and the streets RENAME
!, IN darkness. Several limb OF trees wer
also blown of aud hurled into the streets.
Along th south race of the b andywin,
the sluices were all choked up, nt eessiLatin
the stoppa1e OF all the lower mills. IN
. Wnboi NJ tuO Cby ma W0Ic lbO SUI
: ped. and all tue pumping for da, or tw
will have to be from tue creeE.
! Tue bridge al Van Burer street wa
. broken IN half by the weight OF the san
and debris deposited upon it by the stoIn
The bridge was very weak, and the al ten
|. tion of the Street Committee of Counc
was called Lo It's condition two weeks az
Nearly all The streets leauing to the BrI,
dywiue were considerably washed.