The daily gazette., 1878-10-25
Terrible Storm, Down the State
DESTRUCTION BY THE WIND

ACEThUhS StOrmn DOWN tho St0te.
DESTRUCTION BY THE WIND.
Special to the Gazette.
DOVER, Oct. %, 1878.
This part of the State was visited by
| terrible storm of wind and rain last night.
AT about 8 O'Clock the rain began to fall
here, and continued until about half past
twelve, when the wind began to rise, ,and
continued getting higher and higher un-
I'll at about four O'clock this morning, it
blew almost perfect hurricane. The
clatter and banging was almost Internal,
and the shrill pipings of the wind, high
above all, made a perfect pandemonium
which continued until daylight when the
wind lulled slightly and continued to 60
down until noon to-day, when it became
perfectly calm.
Already reports of damages to life and
property begin to come in from all quar-
| tiers. The damages will be particularly
| heavy along the bay shore and marshes,
where an abnormally high tide was super
| added to the terror of the storm. The
| tide rose to a height unprecedented,
| flooding the marshes to depth of eight
or ten feet. 1t is currently reported that
several men lost their lives on the marshes
near Leipsic, where a number of persons
| were cutting salt hay. Several persons
who were known to be on the marshes,
are missing and it is generally supposed
that they are drowned. Several narrow
escapes are reported. One party Of hay
makers were asleep in a shanty, awoke
to find themselves afloat in Leipsic creek
and had to swim for it. One of the
missing men, d. Hancock, was in this
party and it is supposed was drowned.
All the cattle on the marshes, Of which
there were very large number were
drowned, at least the greater part Of them.
A large number of vessels are reported
ashore on the marshes, among them a
large grain schooner, and large number
Of the oyster navy, that took refuge in
Mahon's River, and were forced from
their anchorage. A small oyster pungy
| belonging to Captain Dodd was carried
across the marsh to Sapp's landing in a
northwesterly direction, nearly five miles
to the mainland. All along the marshes
feared in many places loss of life, as a
great many persons were on the marsh,
and the tide Sudden and unexpectedly
high.
At Frederica the steeple of the M. E
Church, was blown off and fell in the
Istreet, several houses in the town and
barns in the country around were iniur'
cd.
At Magnolia, Camden, Wyoming, and
other towns below come reports of small
damages to buildings.
At Little Greek landing, the tide wa.
so high that the town was partially under
water and the streets could be navigated
by boats.
The telegraph wires between Dover
and Wilmington, were down this morn
ing, and the train down, that should have
reached here at lilo, did not get here
until 3.15.
At Dover the principal losses in the
town proper are in the beautiful shade
trees which adorn the streets, large
number of which are torn almost tt
pieces. The public square is almost denu
ded OF the fine trees it has taken so many
wears to raise, and many of the fines
ltrees OH State street are down. Besides
this there is no damage beyond the break
ing Of glass and tearing OH OF lew
shingles and awnings.
| At the Fair grounds, near town, the
damage was very considerable. The
machinery building was picked up ant
thrown down by the wind, smashing i
completely, and the agricultural products
building was torn almost into splinter
bv the wind and scattered all over thu
grounds. The grand stand was LITTLE
Injured, some of the shutters, &c, beins
broken up. The other buildings wer'
uninjured.
In the country around number o
barns were blown down, and cattle ant
horses injured. John Green, about fiv'
miles west of Dover, had four cows kille'
by his stable falling in on them. Th'
Ihotel at Kits Hammock, on the ba,
shore, near Dover, was twisted aroun,
by the wind, and the other build
incs, bar room, ball room, bath houses
&c, were carried off by the tide, and TIN
: family had to leave the house in boats.
: The loss by the storm in this vicinit,
will not be less than one hundred thou
sand dollars, besides large amount
., property which was practically invaluble
Among the incidents of the storm
some one bored hole through the doc
: of the Bayard House, and the wind bleV
1.-TWO bottles of whiskey, two boxes Q
cigars and five dollars in change throug
, the hole, or it got out some other way.