Daily Republican., 1878-10-25
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The Wilmington Northern Railroad
was considerably damaged by the late
storm, and suffers quite . loss. Th.
trestls work above Du Points station,
which Is $40 feet In length and fifty
feet high, WAS blown down and the thu.
Der badly broken. Men have been set
TO work to clear away the debris. Sew
eral days however will elapss before
repairs can b. made. The trains arr
running, and the passengers were car
risd around the wreck in carriages.
The Roundhouse at Birdsboro, wa,
also blown down and man had his leg
broken. Beyond this the road sus-
tained but little damage. beyond thu
blowing down Of telegraph poles.
The water subsidiug Al the Shellpot
bridge, workmen were enabled u re.
pair the track, and this morning trains
are running a. usual.
A portion Of the roof was reported Ia
have blown of Of the barn OF Samuel
Gamble, near Ashland, Christians
Hundred.
The shedding At the spring house oI
John Crabbs, on the Simmons farm,
near Greenville, was blown down, and
. part Of the roof was carried of the
smith shop at Bartram's shops.
II Is reported the Forrest Pres byterian
church at Middletown was nearly de.
stroyed by the storm yesterday morn.
ing.
Al Salisbury the chimneys were all
blown of the new court house, and q
number Of other buildings were unroof
cd.
The storm In the vicinity OF Odessa |.
said TO have been terrific, several YES.
sells were driven ashore, amongst which
was the tug William q. Bolton Of Phila
delphia. The Captain and a boy wer.
drowned, having been washed over
board with the pilot house. The body
Of the captain, whose name was Georg.
Fowler, was found, but that Of the boy
named Mack, Is yet missing. A nun
Der Of cattle have been killed by fall
ing buildings and others have beer
drowned.
A new house belonging to Richard T,
Cam near Kirkwood in course OF con
struction Is said to have blown down
John C. Clark's outbuildings near tn,
same place are much damaged, some o
them being blown down.
PROM NEWPORT.
Correspondence Of the Republican.
NEWPORT, Oct. 23rd.--ln the towI
fences were blown down about the NJ
X. Church lot, chimney and bacl
building Of the Thompson property
''held by the Newport Bank" wa,
blown down, a part Of Mr.. Joseph Nil
iers front fence and shed attached Il
Mr.. John CARROTS stabling was injured
by the storm. Esq. Killgore and DR.
Irons share in the effects Of tn. storm
by the loss of fencing blown down. DR.,
Lukens' house was partially unroofed
Mr.. Geo. w. Grubb los. consid-rabl,
shedding about his farm, killing one
COW. The Marsh (known as Newpor
Marsh) is inundated by the water @
the "hristiana overfowing the banks
The storm ragged with such violenc'
this morning that the smaller children
could not attend public school and i
they could have attended they woult
have been treated to bituminons odol
not to their advantage. The schoo
house at this place is built with chin
ney at the east end starting just be
low the secoud floor with the pipe hol'
at the bottom of the fue; by this mean
all the condensed vapor and the rair
coming down the chimney collects ii
the stove pipe (some 20 feet long, Civ
ing cut a stream this morning about
half inch in diameter OF an inky ap
pearance and Of an offensive odor. Thi
difficulty can only be obviated by
dilferent arrangement Of the flue. B.