Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-11

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One NJ tbs hesvisst storms Of the ses.
son rAid 4 ps'sirg visit to .his vic uity
cu sAsudsy eveling aud r.ged uuul
b tween . aud 10 O'Clock. The wind
heTlsi aad whistled msdly aud blew
spiemsdloAily with erest velocity and
force, tearing everything moveable, aad
and scattering numerous signs
and ripping several awnings which
were not very strongly secured Several
limbs from trees we're twisted and broken
of, aud at Fifth and Tatnsll streets a
tree was uprooted into the street. In the
cemetery Of Asbury NJ. e. Church
ano her tree was blown over, aud still
another tres was torn up on Walnut
street, between Second and Third.
During the early evening the rain fell
In torrents, and the streets OF the oiiy
were almost submerged. The water In
the creeks rose rapidly creeping over the
banks, and rushing madly down the
waters natural course. At RieinR Sun
the Brandywins spread soToss the
read q considerable distance, block
aiding the thoroughtsrs to travel.
The water spread through the.
woods Roms distance at Baneroft's,
banks and the mill dam at that point In :
the creek was transformed into q minia-
ture Niagara, the water leapiDg over the
breast works with dash and q roar
sending q cloud OF spray into the air.
No damage ID reported along the stream
other than the carrying away Of fences.
The ChristiAnA and White Clay creeks
also rose above their banks. A part Of n
B. & p. railroad bridge spanning the.
latter was carried of by the flood. The
damsge was not serious and work was
begun Sunday TO repair 1t.
A small embAnkmsnt csved IN on the
P, W. & B. railroad near Newark, but
no serious Inconvenience or damage vas
ocoasioned.
The fury OF the storm Was felt through
out the Peninsula, but no serious damage
or loss Is reported from that section.
AT MIDDLKTowN.
Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journals
M1DDLsrowE, Dec. 8.-The damage
done in town by the storm was slight, but
heavier in the country. The roof Of q
frame house on Charles Derrickson's
farm was blown of and torn to pieces. 3.
A. Cochran, Jr., will lose several fine
cattle by large shed being blown down
on them. He alse loses heavily by his
fodder being blown over the fields.
DOVER GLASS WORKS DAMAGED.
special Correspondence oi Gazette and Journal.
DOVER, Dec. 8,-The storm here last
Dight was unusually severe blowing mn
numerous trees and damaging roofs and
barns.
The wsreroom Of the Dover glass works,
which was In course Of erection, was
blown down, causing . loss estimated at
from $500 TO 81, 900.
A SCHOONER DRIVEN ASHORE.
CHNoorEAGUB, VA, Dec. 7.-The
three-masted schooner Margaret A. May.
L. Jarvis, master, bound to Baltimore
from the south with q cargo of lumber,
came ashore three miles north Of North
Beach life saving station, Maryland, at 10
O'Clock last night. The crew Of eight
men were saved by the life saving crew,
The schooner is owned by Jonathan Nay
& Sons, Philadelphia.
THE STORM ELSEWHERE.
CHESTER, Dec. THE most terrific
storm that has visited Chester for long
time swept over the city Saturday even-
ing. The wind blew frightiul gale and
torrents Of rain descended. The storm
continued all the evening, but It was
most severe about 80 O'Clock, when Q
cyclone Of considerable magnitude swept
over the lower part Of the city. The
cyclone could be beard for two or three
minutes. Its course was from southwest
to northeast and 1t destroyed considerable
property. Twenty TO Is houses in the
South ward were unroofed and the walls
OF three OF them were blown In. A man
named thinner occupied one Of them, and
he and his wife and baby were in bed.
They were covered with bricks and
mortar, and their escape from serious
Injury is marvellous.
The Church Of the immaculate Heart
lost four small spires and hnd a number
OF costly windows broken. A frame
shoddy mill owned by Mr.. shepperd was
blown entirely down and is o total loss,
together with the machinery. At Roaoh's
ship yard the loss is slight, only the end
being blown ont Of the blacksmith shop.
The Alpha boat house was blown down
and all their boSts sent adrift. At
Morton * Blacks lumber yard piles Of
boards were picked up bodily and
carried some distance. The sugar re-
fnery suffered considerably, the root
being carried sway and other damage
done. Kestner's ice house was blown
down. Awning posts were twisted and
oAVhoh AAAo plpo bLou1o1 Dhy WluuOWH
were blown out, shutters were wrenched
from their hinges and carried long dis
tanoes mp the streets and the scene was
frightful one,
Fortunately few people were upon the
streets or the loss OF life would have been
considerable. Trees were torn from the
ground, sign boards and boxes and
barrels were picked up and carried In the
air. The loss at this time cannot be esti-
mated. At least $50 buildings have
either been wholly or partly unroofed or
dSmARed in some way by the storm.
DAMAGE AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec last nights
storm flooded cellars and did much
damage to buildings aud trees. Two
stone towers, IL feet square and 80 feet
high, oi the Presby tsriAn Church at
Sixty third and Vine streets, were blown
down, carrying with them the walls and
soaf0lding and doing several Thousand
dollars worth OF damsge, The windows
OF the jswelry store OF Robert Milling, No.
4009 Lancaster avenue were blown out.
Loss 5000. One of the corner
pinnacles Of the spire Of the
Fifth Baptist Church, Eighteenth and
Spring Garden streets, was loosensd from
Its fasterings, and hung In what seemed
to be an extremely dangerous position all
day. A large number Of loose chimneys
were demolished, several buildings un-
rooted and telegraph and telephone lines
suffered considerably. Inquiry at the
Signal Service office revealed the fact that
the storm was q general one, moving
from the southwest and touching the
Tennessee and Ohio valleys, middle,
south Atlantic and New England States
and the lake region. II passed to the
northwGrd.
THREE PERSONS FATALLY INJURED.
PittsburR was visited by q violent gust
about 8 O'Clock, which unroofed and
otherwise damaged buildings, and fatally /.
injured three persons.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
that the most violent storm ever expert
enced began there on Saturday night and
continued yesterday. Passengers on the
ferry boats were made sea.siok. Several
vessels broke from their moorings and
were washed ashore. Two sections Of
the sea wall were crushed In and the
breakwater at the foot Of Green street
was completely washed away. Signs
were blown down and windows broken.
| ON THE RsoLIsH COAST.
LONDON, Dec. s.-Terriho weather has
prevailed on the coast and reports Of
marine disasters are coming in.