The daily gazette., 1878-10-23
WIND AND WATER.
DEsTRUCTIvE STORM
HIGHEST TIDE EVER KNOWN IN
\ aai THE CHRISTIANA. =
SOUTH WILMING TON com
f III PLETEL y FLOODED.
NUMBERS OF HOUSES UNRoorED
DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION IN
80 tn ALL DIRECTIONS.
Ieie0rapA Wires Doms, Fences Broken
Trees Uprooted and Houses Demoi-
ished--Scenes and Incidents

4,sff 7fsa 1r.N 80 &HSs"eWo.
People were aroused from their matt,
sinmoers, tais morning, by the roar n,
OF the wind, which blew ia heavy fifth
gusts, principally from the northeas
any rattied every movable or inse cur
| v.yecy WITHIN its reach. At first n,
.nought OF ofserious damage entered, tn,
MINUS ...a, OF the people, but before q grea
\ while III was learned that the storm haf
caused an immense amount Of dan,are
ana that its ravages were constantly In
cfeasing. The exact extent of the de
strucuon IT Is impossible to state, but tb,
Iolowing facts gathered by the GAzRTTl
reporters will g ve an idea of the devas
talng effects Of the storm.
From the north end of Third street
p,iuge, the appearance of the Iiauall,
pae Cirisl lana WIS Inost AZ d ling
SQ Tar Had ths food extended ysr Soutl
wilmington that the creek appeared q,
De fully two miles wide, while this broad
expanse OF water was chopped into heavy
way oy ties r1ng Winds. The tide ran
up the channel like a race horse. and beat
the waves against. the timbers OF the
ondge with force that every minute
threatened its destruction Here and
there the water was cotted with half ann.
merged houses, showing clearly that tie
residents must have been In an uncom-
l9rfable, not to say dangerous condition,
The dras Of Third street bridge wa,,
raised Of the pivot, and all travel over ID
WAS suspended from au early hour this
morning, on accotint of the grave fears
enIertai ned for It's safety. KIN M,l,,.1',,le IN :
u ~ ALONG THE CHRIsrIANA.
The principal place Of, interest wa.
along the shores of the Chrisl lana, wh.re
great damage was cansed by the uopre.
cedented high tide which was occas. oned
by the wind. The souh banks aud the
wharves on the north side, were com
pleteiy overfiowed by nine O'clock, with
the tide stlll swiftly ruuning up, and the
time for high water two hours off. On
Market street bridge large crowd of
spectators constantly assem- bled to watcA
the mad waters as they surged along, and
to speculate upon tue probable effects of
the food. The river was filed with
driftwood OF all descriptions, and dozens
of men were engaged in frantic efforts
TO supply themselves with fire wood by
fishing 1t out.
SOUTH WILMINGTON FLOODED.
Az III ual in cases of high floods South
Wilmington ~ the principle sufferer
The whole OF the country l,ing Letw cen
the Delaware Western Railroad bridge
on the west and the Delaware river on
the east was completely covered with
water, extending to the south in some
cases over mile. On the New Castle
the water was from two to six
feet deep, and before ton o'clock travel
was completely suspended. The travel
to this city is by the way of New Castle.
In South Wilmington many of the
houses were submerged az high az the
second floor but the exact condition OF
the people in this locality was matter
of mere conjecture, as it WAS impossible
to reach any Of them ON foot, and the
high wind ard Toughness of the water
forbade any attempt to cross the MARSHES
In boat.
An idea of the height of the tids may
be obtained when It Is stated that the
water was within foot of the lower sur
fice of the bridge. .+.e.1l
BUSINESS INTERPRETED WITH.
On account of the high tide, all the
business establishments along the creek
were considerably flooded, causing seri-
Gus inconvenience to business. ConrOw
IL Sons ice houses and coal yard, in
South Wilmington, were completely sur
rounded by water, and two Of their horses
were caught in deep water and had a
serious struggle before they could reach
a patch of high ground close to the side
Of the ice house. ,fIl
At the Diamond State rolling mill and
Lobdell's lower mill work was partially
suspended, and all of Pusey, Jones Il
Co.'S shops were shut down Oh account of
the food and the wind, which for while
seriously threatened the safety Of some
OF the buildings pa : oa 5tt :.
ui Work at the Harlsn s. Hollingsworth
Company's ship yards was stopped on &C.
count of the food and the steamer G. s,gs
Ledry was fioated over the wharf BY The
high tide. The steamer was hoated into
d. ep water again, without serious DAM
age.
3 Co. up the Christiana, were also con-
siderai,ly flooded. 10 ..a aul 4fs a
! The freight store bouss and wharf of
M essrs. Charles Warner b Co., at the
foot Of Market street, having been re-
Gently raised about three feet, escaped
any serious damage, Is the water did not
risa high enough to come over. But the
freight house of Mtssrs. Geo. w. Bnsh
g. Spn Jared rather badly. ..-1 ltI
The water poured in a flood over the
wharf aud ran all IL upon the first floor
of the house, damaging quite large guam
tity of freight before it could be removed
to a place of safety. Among the freight
thus / jured were several barrels of -four,
which were damaged by the water. il,
1.-The water also flooded the low ground
around the P. W. & B. r. r., round house
and nearly every street leading to the
Christiana was flooded nearly 10 the
Christiana. Front street between, wal
nut aud Poplar; Was also covered Win
water, while Third street was Hooded
from the bridge half way 10 the railroad.
Fs TWO BARGEs LOST.
Last evening two freight barges, owned
r, spectively by Mes 5. Warner and Bush,
made the usual trip to Philadelphia. and
took Oh the cargoes for the return rip.
They started down again, in the tow OF
tug, when they arrived near Quarryvil e
the wind was so strong that The captain
of the tug made an attempt to turn T. the
vindward. In the attempt the haWser
broke, and the ba ges go! adrift: They
floated off with the wind and tide into
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