Daily Republican., 1881-06-10
A JUNE STORMS FURY.
THE CITY SWEPT BY WIND AND
RAIN.
A Disastrous FlOOd-Excursi on
ists' Narrow Escape-Trains
Stepped by WashOuts.

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One of the most violent summe
storms Wilmington has ever seen oc
Cured yesterday afternoon and las
night. The rain which fell all forenoon
yesterday, increased toward noon an,
all afternoon fell in torrents, being ac
Companied, after 9 o'clock, by a hipl
wind from the east, which drove til
falling rain with great violence. Thi
increased toward nightfall and al even
ing the streets were almost deSerte,
and the few belated pedestrians to b
seen hurried along in an uncomfortable
state, spending their energies in manag
ing careening umbrella or chasing ;
flying hat up the gutter. The rain tai
about twilight was almost unpreceden
ted in volume and the Brandywine ant
ChriStiaua creeks were mnch swollen
and all the cutters and sewers in til,
city ran full, carrying away considcra
bic property.
PLEASURE SEEKE ERs WOES.
The four excursions which left til,
city yesterday Jared badly. The mum
ber OF eXcursoniSts aggregated about
5000 Mt. Salem Sunday school went
to French Creek Falls on the Whining
ton and Northern railroad. st. Paul's
to Creedmoor Park on the John a. War.
ner Epworth chapel, to Woodland
Beach on the Thomas Clyde. and East
Zion, to Andalus.a on the Samuel NJ
| FELTON,.
1t was a wet day ut all these places
and the eXCursionistS had to keep I'M
der shelter, and could see but little
pleasure. At Woodland Beach, the
situation of the Epworth people was
anything but enviable. The storm here
ragged with great violence. BoreaS was
on a bender of the most pronounced
type and the surf broke high on the
beach, and the rain beat in under the
paviliouS, wetting the crowds huldlctl
there and chilling them to the bone.
When the time came to return all
were glad to leave. The rough surt
made it very difficult for the party to
get on board. Finally they got oft and
| the position was much worse than on
shore. All the discomforts of u voyage
IN the bay in hurricane We're expe-
rienced. The wind blew great guns,
i the seas rolled mountain high and the
gallant steamer rolled and labored in
the trough Of the waves until the pas
sengers could scarcely keep their feet.
The rOughueSs OF the passage resulted
in almost wholesale sea sickness, and
such crowd of nautical invalidsis not
often seen except ut sea in an emigrant
steamer.
The st. Paul's and East Zion folks
did mot fare SO badly as those with
Epworth, and Mt. Salem was luCkiest
Of all.
TRACKS, WASHED AWAY.
That such vast volume OF water
should tall without greatly interfering
with railroad travel was, OF course, i'm
possible. The Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad was the
greatest sufferer. TraiuS stopped run
ming about O'Clock last evening on ac
count of washouts, and travel to-day
between here and points to the South
on the main line is entirely suspended.
The first trouble took place south OF
Havre de Grace on the Hartford county
side, near Aberdeen. Here u waShOut
was found by the train due here from
Baltimore at $50 o'clock. The wash
was very extensive, the culvert having
given away and "Slewed' Il large p0r-
tion of the track from its position, after
which the road bed was badly washed.
The next train running over the road
one Of the south bound night expresses,
encountered a waShOut even more Seri-
GUS than this about two miles south of
North East. The road here was badly
damaged, having been washed out for a
long distance and the track be5ween
that point and Charleston was four feet
under water. The trouble here appears
to have been caused first by the gather
ing Of vast quantity Of water in the
culvert, and second by the rapid rise Of
the North East river. Another very
extensive wash-out was discovered at
Perryville, and the road-bed is damaged
at other points. All this ind Gates that
the storm was of great violence i'll Cecil
and Hartford counties.
Word of these breaks in the tracks
reached this city just after midnight.
Immediately Depot Master Gookin dis
patched two construction trains with
over hundred men to the scene, and
later sent a provision train. The work
Of repairing is progressing rapidly, but
it is likely to cause great delay.
NOTRAINS TODAY.
AS stated, no trains have run on the
p, w. Il B. road since last evening, and
travel all forenoon is suspended. All
the trains bound north from Baltimore
have had to go back and will 90 around
over the Northern Central Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad by way Of York, Pa. The
south bound trains have been ordered
to make the sane circuit.
There is some Likelihood that the
trains will not run regularly until
some time tomorrow.
ON THE OTHER ROADS.
No damage was done on the Delaware
Railroad. The morning train from
Harrington arrived ON time. Passen-
gers report the storm to have been very
heavy.
The trains on the Delaware Western
and Wilmington and Northern Rail
roads are running regularly, and no
damage was done To the road bed of
either.
WASHED AND SEWERS DAM
AGED.
The Street Department this morning,
report that the rain last night did much
lamage to the streets, washing of the
iirt, and causing many gullies to form.
rhe damage to sewers is also consider
to those down Shipley |
Ind Stallcup runs.
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Everything Is Being Done
20 make the Grace church excursion to