Daily Republican., 1878-10-25
LETTER Fa0M NEW CASTLE.
The Great Storm - Damage Done
10 Property-The Destruction OF
the Mil.

The Great storm Damage Don,
to Property-The Destruction o
the Mill. .-..
Special Correspondence Of the Republican.
New CASTLE, Oct. "a, 1878.
lowing to the detention of the mail
the following letter did not reach III
until 1t was too late for even our lat,
edition.]
Yesterdays storm caused the creates
destruction and alarm, that have evel
been experienced. Houses were blown
down, and unroofed, trees hurled to
the ground, shutters and windows
blown of, chimneys, awnings and signs
mutilated.
| The brick stable at Shaw's mills was
blown of at the Second story; Mr.. Gala.
hans new brick stable was blow n dow n
and many more OF which we have re-
ceived no definite information. Four
Of the houses on the upper part Of Mar
ket street, were carried:fully mile
and half in land by the sudden rise
Of the river.
The banks we're broken all along the
river front, and the whole country for
miles around was inundated. Tasker's 5
Bank suffered the severest Of all.
the water driving the employees from
their avocations.
The worst part Of the storm was be-
tween s and 8 A. NJ, when the Woolen
Mill caught fire, and in one hour was
one mass of ruins.
The Mill had just started up few
minutes before the fire was discovered,
and the greatest excitement prevailed
among the girls employed there. Sever
al of them jumped through the End
story windows, and sustained very
serious injuries. Three girls fell out
ofa window about 8 feet from the
ground and were severely cut. The
fire rapidly gained headway, as the
water from the hose was not played on
the fire, and tie only thing that could
be done was to save the surrounding
property.
The next place our attention was
turned, was the sudden overflow of
Water street. Nearly all the residents
along this street, had their cellars and
back yards filed with lumber.
The tug boat Jas. McFadden, was
sunk early in the morning at the R. R.
wharf.
The propeller Clio, from Odessa, ran
aground on the beach at the Battery
and stove her gunwala in. 1t will re
quire several hundred dollars to Sc
her afioat again.
The number of small boats that were
mashed up is almost impossible to tell.
A coal barge unloading at Jeferson's
Wharf, was shattered into atoms.
Several more were in the same plight
some being washed high and dry in the
back ards of residents on Water street.
Towards noon the storm began to
abate, and then began the work Of
clearing up the debris and pumping
out cellars. This work will continue
or some days to come.
Every Que remarked that no such ex-
element prevailed for one day in New
Castle before.
In the evening We came very near
having another fire caused by the care
lessness of little boy by the name of
Lynch; he was in Lechler's after oil
and held the lamp too near the can,
when the oil exploded and in an ir-
slant young Lynch was one sheet of
flames; he rushed across the street to
his home and his mother threw two
shawls around him and smothered the
fire, the back of his neck and ears were
burned to crisp.
The fire company run the hose car
riage out supposing the building was
on fire, but the fire happened to confne
itself only to the porch, and was very
soon put out.
FROM RANGE R LIGHTHOUSE.
October 23rd, lS7S.-Six vessels on
shore in the fields, one large sloop
lays in the county road at Mrs. Cooks
bridge. Schooner Corrv, Captain Ray,
was dragged from Salem creek loaded
with hay, lays in the bushes Just in
front Of the light house. The schooner
Chambers sailed across the bank into
the road and up in Mr.. Nivin's field;
they tied it to tree for two or three
hoars, hosting sail they sailed back
across Mr.. Ayers wheat field and cross
ed the road the second time, and took
upon the bank where she now lays; the
tide in the meantime had fallen "a or 3
feet. The destruction above New Cas-
tie hear is very great. Big boats,
little boats and steam tugs, hear are
ashore and boat seems to be sunk out
in the river, can't tell her name. Some
Of the boats have gone to pieces on Fort
Delaware.
Mr.. Nivins' barn and Mr.. Ayers car
riage house about 7 a. In. were blown
down.
The New Castle dam and the bridge
across the county road between the
light house and New Castle is gone,