The daily gazette., 1879-08-19
wInD AND RAIN.

| HURhICAHB ON THn kIvhR mo BAY =
sTsAMERs rOUNDEHfNe AND A0ROt M,
sCHooNEks cAPsIxED, AND NOT HALF
| TOLD. 81 = re- eA-
The storm, that after con',n ling from
Saturday pigtt came TO termination
last evening, was accompanied by one
| of the heaviesI rainfall. that has visited
tins section for long time. and closed
with q violent gale Of wiud on the Della
ware Bay that was destructive to human
life and property. In the city there was
| ry little damage done BY the rain.
Tue streets wers constantly flooded and
In sOme places the Innings OF the cutters
damage to property In also slight, except
Ing the temporary prostrating Of the corn
aud the washing away OF fences along
water courses.
| THE STORM ON THE RIVER.
On the river and Bay the wind which
blew IN the afternoon was Of viOlsnce
unprecedented except by that OF last Oc-
tOher. IL appeared TO rise in violence
| about 1880 and continued until evening
with terrific s'fen g.. srhis made 1t very
dangerous for the boats caught out In the
storm, and the danger WAS hightened ny
tine driving rain AMI spray, which made
| IL diff cult to zoe over the water more
IAN a rod or two. Small crafts suffered
about the rigging and several b'ats cap
sized or run ashore and 1t la feared that
a number Of lives were lost.
THE TRIP OF THE "REPUBLIC."
The excursion steam.r Republic
lad an unusual rough time OF 1t On her
trip to a, d from Cape May. She left
Philadelphia at tie usual hour with
about fifty passengers on board, and at
Chester took on about sixty more, who
came over the Baltimore Central Il. H.,
from Kennett Square and other points
on one of Col. John Wainright's excur-
sions. Eight or ten Wilmington people
lot on when the "McCall" made con-
IectiOns with the steamer between lie G
aud PennsgOve.
All the way down the river the rain
fell in torrents, but the wind was not
high until considerable distance down
t',e bay. Ship John Light was reached
about II O'Clock, aud by that time the
wind had sprurg up and was blowing
with great velocity. From that point
TO Cape May the gale blew great guns
and the driving rain made II difficult + r
the pilot to guide the steamer. The eat
channel " as taken, and while the worst
OF the gale was escaped, the seas were
very rough. Cape May was reached
|
The seas were running so high that the
Republic was unable TO effect landing.
Seeing no chance of the storm abating,
Captan Lackey put about and s'ared
on the trip up the bay about l:3O o'clock.
All this time the wind had increased in
r violence aid some times heavy sea
would strike the boat amidships aud
cause her to tremble from stern to stern.
l si,l. - IL, G.. Ia 1u fha
were much frightened. espe tally the
ladies and children, and were tossed
about quite roughly. The glass in near
ly all the doors was br ken, furniture
was blown overheard, and the stained
glass In the upper part was shattered
completely.
THE "EUTAw's" DISTRESS.
A few miles above Cape May the steam
tug Eutdw was observed not far away III
N disabled condition, and displaying sig
nails of distress. The Republic took hel
in tow and brought her up above ShiT
John Light, out Of danger. The Eutdu
lad suffered much from the storm aud
had been swept from stern to stern fol
hours by the heavy billows. She wa'
, nearly full of water her crew was mucf
, exhausted, and had the rescue not occur
red when it did she would have gone II
! the bottom with all on board. She los
her compass and charts in the early par
of the storm, and was almost at th'
mercy of the waves.
SERIOUS COLLISION.
n During the day, and about noon, II al
reports be correct, quite serious, II no
fatal collision occurred in the Delawar
river below New Castle, and just of tn
wharf of the Take Iron company. 4
large three mast schooner was struck b.
q an ocean steamer and almost Instantly
p sunk. The names OF neitler OF th
), boa s could be learned, but the schoone
r. hailed from somewhere in New jersey
~ The crew of the -Four Brothers,
y n sloop from Murderkill creek which cam
Il TO this port last evening, saw the accl
a dent and give the following account:
q was about noon, and the -Four Brother
: coming up the river had just met an
passed the ill-fated schooner, which wa
e going down.
!. A large ocean steamer was coming u
l. the river bound for Philadelphia, an
J. struck the schooner opposite the hous
N from the effects of which 1t sunk In lou
d or five minutes. The steamer stoppe
l. | ana appeared 10 TeSCuo thc SioW, W
a whether all were picked up, could not b
70 seen, a, the heavy rain obscured the vie'
70 and the Four Brothers was about 4O
ar yards dis, ant. The crew Of the Fou
q Brothers seem TO think the accident wa
a. the result of carelessness on part OF th
D steamer, as the schooner luffed to set OF
AZ of the way, bu, the strong wind ma
a have prevented tile steamer from chang
10 ing her course and the rain kept her froI
70 seeing the schooner in time to avoid rllr
a ming into her.
Iv The schooner this morning, lies in tn
n channel with hull completely suDmerge
I'd aud with n asts two-thitds ont OF the wi
Mt ter and all sails set.
AT THE BREAKWATER.
As will be seen by reference to Il
dispatches elsewhere in the GAZETTl
y, the storm was unusually violent aroui
ID the Delaware Breakwater. Capt. Lu
ng ker's wrecking schooner, Ed,ofn Pd
went ashore and another vessel wei
Ia. aground near Rrhoboth. Shippil
around the Breakwater Was badly use