Daily Republican., 1882-09-25
THE GREAT STORM.
lads DAMAGED, BElDsES
|IIROAn n%n away, GREEKS
WASSTERFLOWED. &O.

.t and most 6A6olSLNo A"'l
known 10 MON IN Us sSiI IN ali its fury On
I, OursI snS AGO continued, with very lit
sdl! suH ,sion, until about 9 o'clock
lterI91i, s,Y night. On Friday night
lEuFaSSS lSsy morning it appeared that
saturday Sa yere e open and the rain
isaTsns I'M IN torrents. The streets
. deS% Sst asserted 81 on Friday night
! apSssI % 9sose a'SS who we're compelled to
glly ..vsd .IVSdI the fury of the storm on
Y p Dt''ITIb Tie total amount Of rain.
PIs.y' FItsSs tho tU time stated varied from
Vw invu''' extended mainly over
ns IUl~ Pennsylvania, New York
'SsSy, Si.a,are and the Eastern Shore
."S, but strange as it may
nIot tIS the Eastern shores of the
and the banks of the Della
IN the direct track of the
U,Itimore and Washington es'
.rost entirely. sr ,.s -.
Y, city the deiuge fell with Its
sC,,c " AVA, on Friday night and
s.on % on Saturday. Umbrellas
n i"M In. little protection, while
" 'i,Ss Ss' streets we're like rivers;
y l,.5Sd .n down the CUTTERS in per-
.l.,H,., Ia,T,D hundreds of cellars were
aI''p.st \ ,,,ssts badly damaged, cess
s'Is, ETC., filled to overtlowing,
vii iii make work for the City
n % and Board of Health.
Y .spage ma in this city and vicinity
!, % ryeat as frs; supposed, the
~ Ssmage being the filling of
a,S tbe washing out of about
l. sst d the new abutment wall
E.I,St entrance to the new mill of
Ttihm % Lea & Sous Company,
an with a crash on Saturday
y, |' The fence by which 1t was
HT1 Ha,T1SIremairs suspended in t he
IITtlIsnty feet above the fallen
nader that our readers may
,rsrsl idea to what extent cell
~ oyeraOwed, 1t may be men
ISathe engine Of the Washing
Nam Fire Eogine Company was
s,luous service from 8 O'clcck on
"A, evening until O'Clock yes
rlhsmOOn pumping water out of
Nm MablOn M. Child. Twenty
a,Ius we're pumped dry and this
small comparison to the mum
h With water,
resteSt damage was done on the
aa trd at some points was very
fM Through trains were seri-
itsyed aud it was with great
IN that accommodation trains
ur At Gray's Ferry, on the line
hP, W. & B. railroad, the track
considerable distance was covered
water and sand, caused by a land
Hthst point, while the tracks
Sv inundated and Workmen were
budly at work all through the
Oh Saturday, bracing the track
/, order that trains could pass The
i ibis side of the bridge which
n; Chester creek was weakened con-
badly and vOrkmen were engaged
terdsy 10 strengthening the same.
M tstyhur yesterday morning
lJ.L Smith, master bridge builder
be MrlHdDivision of the Penn
IIlh RiIOad, left this city with a
g dntn for various points down
peninsula where washOuts had been
rd
1uWt serious washout occurred
ta Delaware and Chesapeake
n lbOut a quarter Of a mile south
Scarborough Station, where about
7Et on esCh side of the trestle
fAad been washed away. Another
tnS discovered about a quarter
Ets north of Hillsboro' Station,
ttEenty feet Of the bridge work
HN swept away. A third wash .
IEbund about half a mile north
lgAy, where a trunk, which con-
ihe water from one side of the
RtAe other had been washed out,
EaWide gap ten feet deep.
anlar waShOut was found on the
Anne's and Kent road, north of
HiVlIC, which left q gap twenty
we, The whole country in this
a@' flooded with water, and in
hfs the water lay a foot deep
INe line Of the railroads. The
sldents in these parts say that
afeGOlleCtiOn the flood has never
Hualed.
NaTare railroad, which has
lon suffered seriously during a
W'u, stood this deluge nobly
val as heard from but little
las been done. A small
W Y below Dover and a slight dam
t''ue Of New Castle were the
lsas worthy Of note.
ls NeW York branch OF the
yNanla railroad, the damage
.os severe and all traffic was,
y % almost a sudden stand still
.gE 0oUrs and the mails were
ueIayed. AT q late hour last
saVefal Of the delayed trains
NJ. saiC,ngh this city, some of them
aan Z hours late.
gopS throughout the entire
" 'ae storm were seriously
~ while the balance of the
aoP was about ruined.
sUelaWare river the storm has
%ulsy manifested. The whole
,Tst SSl. was covered yesterday with
sTB, debris, etc, while it was
%Soly sWoolen, but as yet no re.
TiSSSels wrecked have been re.
yl The south side of Market
%uSe' S' in the vicinity OF the old
SS"ulEs, the fields surrounding
appearance Of a vast river and
VGUiulng G is completely snb.
\, o'oSe to the same is the dead
h VIA COW which do doubt had
rno "leu' In the buildisg was a
NJ: 1.s Cn board suspended above
sa y" apparently lifeless, but al
MY Tu set near him it is not known
\, ue Is dead or not. How he
~ VINO he is or where he came
aD,S, mystery, but it is thought be
N.Y. N ~, there by the storm and was
an anE STORM ELSEWHERE.
M \ Pa', Sep. 23.-The rain
AS, ,ae W heaviest known in thi.
Osd Nh years; but, rs IL was not ac
SSoy heavy winds it did not
Spf5a.ta The SChuylkill river
N r[uersoIy, and many cellars in
S,o,5 o,T1 Hooded. Some of the
ll' S,Sare Sn impassable, owing tc
b.s,' "Oine ! live stock are reportc.
b Stu St,.u drowned l,l in the rapidly
S,D, ,,eSms, cams, and many haystacks
AT,siI',P AS' Pa', Sep. 90 Owing to
NJ nS' sv.n Newtowncreek is higher