Daily Republican., 1881-09-05

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second story, but against the north wal
of the end house the ground had beer
newly filed in, and being soft and get
ting wet 1T pressed with such tremen
dous force against tue wall that it fel
with a loud crash breaking the window
and door frames that were in the wall.
The destruction of the wall is attributed
to the fact that the city did not set the
curb high enough to carry of the water.
There were eighteen houses in the row,
most of which were finished but only
the end one was damaged. Mr.. Bing-
ham estimates his loss at $3.50 and in
tends to ask the city to pay it Oh account
of insufficient curbing.
The next point where disastrous dam
ages resulted to new houses was on
Adams street near Tenth, where the
north wall OF a house halt finished was
pushed down by the newly-dunped
clay getting wet and forcing it's whole
weight against the wall. The houses
belong to Joun Hare and s. Il. Marshal,
A. Nj. Strickland contractor, and kybt.
Pyle mason and bricklayer. The loss
at this place is also about $3.50 but the
accident was caused by the water set
ting at the middle and forcing against
the wall.
The roof of Stewards foundry on
Front street, between Madison and
Monroe, was blown OIL and rolled
against the smoke stack.
At the Puscy Il Jones Company's
'Works some IRON blowing from ott the
root OF some buildings created the i'm
preston that the whole root had blown
away, but such Tears were groundless.
A fence on Front street near Tatnall
was washed out into the street.
"A large poplar tree, but very much
decayed at The heart, was blown across
seventh street near Tatnal.
The ventllator on the boiler shop of
the Hilles Il Jones works, fifty feet
high and with quite ID number Of glass
windows i'll it, Was blown down also
an iron smoke stack on another build
ing, belonging to the same firm, sue
cumbe.i to the fury Of the storm.
One Of the sides OF the large canning
factory II Moir, Clark Il Co., under
course of erection was blown down.
The lightning was very severe, and
there were several very narrow escapes.
a large tree on Eighth street near Van
Buren, that the boys have been trying
for some time past to burn down had
the whole top Knocked Off by thunder
bolt.
The burglar alarm leading into the
tailoring establishment of Ferd Carson,
became surchargtd with the electric
fluid, and discharging in the store with
a loud report stunned Mr.. Charles W.
Schurz. a Also three young men in the
employee of Crosby & Hill were stunned
by the lightning. James & Bros. hard
ware store on Market street above Sec
ont, was struck and hole was made
through the roof, it was made large
enough to admit a grown person. The
block signal at Bellvue station on the
Z. w. Il &. Il. r., was struck and slight
ly damaged, but the telegraph operator
escaped injury.
A bolt Of l.ghtning struck an un.
finished building over Eleventh street
bridge, the fluid passing from the roof
to the sills shattering the woodwork in
its descent.
The track of the Front and Union
street railway at the junction Front
and Union streets, was washed SO that
workmen were engaged Gu Sunday i'll
filling up the cavity with stones and
dirt.
AT Brandywine Springs several large
trees were blown down and the hail
fell as large as walnuts.
The storm seems to have been local as
there was scarcely any rain south of
Clayton, and but little at West Chester.
Milk men from the country around
Wilmington within three or four miles,
report heavy hail and strong wind with
but little damage.