The daily gazette., 1877-10-05
FIRST u 4 EDITION! / 10
DAMAGE BY THE STORM,
Destruction Of Property in and
about the City.
Sewers Torn out and Pavements
Demolished. ''an7


"a HouSe Onrooted IN South Wilmington
Trees Uprooted and Stripped of Limbs
The Stiptey Run Seloers Damaqed Sc
rio'tsly-Lots Flooded, etc.
% The storm which commenced Yesterday
morning, gradually increased in violence
until night, when it eliminated In rea j.
ly terrific storm Of wind and rain. which
prevailed, with occasional lulls, until af-
ter midnight. W -" T77'-
Between and O'Clock in the after-
noon the rain fell In torrents, and caused
considerable damage in and around this
city, which was increased to a great ex-
tent by the high wind. and rain which
followed during the night. In various
parts OF the city trees were uprooted and
stripped of their branches while all arti-
cles Of frail structure or insecurely loca-
ted suffered promiscuous loss or damage.
The chief incidents of destruction will
be found recorded below
In South Wilmington, the roof Of the
grocery store owned by Amos Eastburn
d Bro, corner of Lobdell and Heald ST..
was blown off and the building consid-
erably damaged by the rain.
On Third street, between Walnut and
Poplar, about 25 feet of the Asbury
Church fence was blown down.
A large tree in front of the house No,
S3S Market street was blown over on the
pavement and torn up by the roots.
Along Mill Lane, in the Ninth ward,
the earth over the stone covering of the
sewer was washed away for 80 or 60 feet,
and the road along the sewer was so
filled up with earth and sand that it was
rendered impossible. .g
On PennsVlvania avenue, above
Franklin street, the pavement in front
OF Mr.. Harry Grants residence was
washed entirely away, and the bricks
and sand washed along the avenue.
In the Presby yterian grave yard, Tenth
and King streets, large willow tree was
stripped of its main branch, and the 9th ,
er trees lost numerous branches.
The little hamlet known as "Ander-
sonville," beyond Broome street, below
Fourth, suffered much from the food,
the water rising above the first floors of
the houses.
The house of s. ID. Duncan, No. 508
West Third street, was undergoing re-
pairs, and the storm beat in through a
place where portion of the wall had
been torn out, TO the great damage of
the interior of the building.
A double coal barge at the Walnut st.
wharf, in the Brandywine, was broken
in half and one section was carried down
to the Eleventh street bridge, whore it
lodged until morning when it was se'
cured and taken back to the wharf.
Along the lower Brandywine race the
bank was broken in several places, but
not seriously.
At the Cool Spring reservoir tho pud>
ding sustained no injury, the only dam
ege being slight washing Of gravel from
the banks.
at the Harlan & HollinRsworth Co.'S
the loss will amount to several hundred
dollars. The machine shops in the lower
yard we're entirely flooded, and it was
to run any of the machinery
tbs morning. thereby throwing large
of men out of employment, but
1t is thought work will be resumed to-
The food was occasioned by
the breaking of the banks Of what is
known as Glider gut" The lumber in
the lumber yard of the same company
was considerably damaged.
The storm was certainly terrific, and
it is an impossibility to enumerate the
extent of the damage. One OF the men :
Ders OF Une ClUy Nouucu sta1eu lhsG eVen~
ing in the Council Chamber, that he was
on board of the Sis p. m. out of Phlla~
and when between Claymont
and Quarryville the wind and rain was
so terrific, and that the water came into
the car in such a volume that the passen-
gers were obliged to hoist their umbrel-
las to protect themselves. Along Poplar
street, between Secohd and Third st. the
volume of water was so great that the
cellar kitchens of the houses situated on
the west side of the street were flooded
to the depth of about six inches.
All along the streets torn awnings and
limbs of trees were so numerous, that it
is impossible to chronicle them.
THE RAILROAD LINES.
The damage along the different rail-
road lines was not so large as was antici-