Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-03
THE ELEMENTS RUN WILD
THE WIND aUsEs CONSLDERABLE
DEsTRUOrIUN.
Many Trees UprOoted and the wheat
Crop DnrnRged-vessels Aground
sew Castle HHarbor Ftiiea with
Wreckage ~

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From Thursday's Every Evening.
A violent wind storm. approaohipe a
hurricane in Violence. aooompspied by 4
hard dashipe rain, surpAssing in point
Of severity any preyious demonstrstion
Of the elemental In this vicinity for
aeveral yeara. dId oepsidsrable DAMAGE
last night.
Yeaterdsv the atmoaphere Uas heavv
and sultry and The heat stifiiuq, In the
Afternoon heavy banks OF olouda on ali
, sIdes foretold the Approach Of a heavy
soorm. Several thunder qusts visited
various sections Of the country sur.
rounding. but Wilmington ESCAPED with
but A mere shower. notwitbstandinq the
fact that ita yiaitatiop wouId have bean
most vslooms.
About / o,olook thia morning a stiff
by,. "a blew mn and a Iiobt raintail ast in.
The wind gradually Increased In violence
and the rain grew heavier until the
the former blew a perfect gale and the
latter fell in torrents. Abont o,olocl
the atorm raaohad ita b,obt and continued
b,ovino Al oyaat valocitv nntiI aftar =
o'olooh ~ IAN a anhaidaa IN maaauya ana
the rain ousssd falliro'
The vioisnt wind did oons,dsrsbla dam.
aRe. sweepinr away trees. signs and
awnings. chimney tops. &o.' The qraatest
damage perhaps was done 10 The unout
wheat. which standing in the fields. was
blown fiat. and 30 matted together. that
It's cost OF harvesting will be- much In.
oraasad and n great desi Of the grain
lost. BsInR 60 nearly ripe, the
fsltened grain will probably not
rise again, The heavy rain fall
flooded the Brandywine creek over It's
bsnks and the Christians was likewise
swelled. Roads in various parts Of
the surroundipp oountrv are badlv
washed out by the heavy dsshinR rain.
and travel is further impeded by large
trees which were blown ACROSS the thor.
oughfares, Large brick houses were per-
ceptibly rocked and seemingly yibratsd
20 and fro by the force OF the gale. ~.
The large ailanthus tree on Sixth
street near King, whose Wide. spreading
branches threw 4 deliehtful shade over
Hanover church ward, vas uprooted
about 6 O'Clock this morning. The wind
sert Il directly across the street, striking
A telephone pole which Il broke off like 4
pine stem 4 short distapoe from the
Qround One Of the small branches crashed
through n window In the second story
Of tha watay d.partmant buildiug. Init no
other damage was suatained. Another
large tree al the Ninth atraet front Of the
Bayard Buildipq was blown directly
ACROSS the street. Street Commissioner
Zablav "a AZ work reroovino tbs obatrnc.
tions'
A naar trsa In the ward NJ r. C. FrsIm.
ssysptb and F,snob stras,s. was slso =
viotim ~ tba atoru and IN Waat
Tbirtaantb straat : sh,da tyaa was blown
across tha atraat Nnmsyona layua Iiuhs
wars twistad and hroksn from trass aud
iodoad In tha etrast hnt No sayions
DAMAGE vas ranortad. The iron frana
annnoyt;ng tha awn,no 4, font ot
Jsniaa RaIt,a dyno ,to,a was byokan
bsSlv bv the Wind.
A bnSs Iimb vaa blown from tba Ana
chad 80 a. tha sor,h ,ast oornar =,
S;vth and Wat atyas,a Snr,ng tba s,o,n
Tha svn;ne In ,ront of fisorss A
Frazsr,s store. ON Fourth street between
King and Francb. vaa blowp down tbia
,nnrn,nr hatweap snd q oso,oot snS
tha aissa T., two isroa hn,k v,nSows was
bro,ssn
a. MaNaAn nd
,n,na,n,, oisr,ad an ,,n,a ,his raornina %,
ph;isSainb;s When ,ha Psiton vss
,withjn ahort S;s,sno. ~ Tb,rd straat
br,doa tba draw w,s trrpad ona.tbird
tha wsv Tm,ca tha dr.w wso Nav,
hsot Will ,le Fai,on w.s wsst;nn ror
tho d,sv 20 ba ,nrnsd Of ,hs s,ssmsr
Us,,ainn,o,, ,,I,;s,i.,S 20 .,,..ot a. nj
tn,,s a,sa,,,,on A. soo,, "a ,ha Ia,,ar hoat
w., thrornh a. 49, sha 80 ,nss h.ohad SDt ~
~ H. 'S" mHss, ~ Nc ,Sa' niamord s.s.a I.o~ "
comnsna % ~ ana nsda ioaa Tba nat mate vas vas
then sent to the steamer Wilminetou to
see what was the matter. He was told
that two tows had run aground at the
mouth Of the creek and that 1t was i'm
possible for boats to pass in or ont. Con.
sequently the FELTON,, as we'll as the Nor
gsn, were compelled to return To their
whsrves. No boats will run between this
oity and Philadelphia to-day.
The exourcions Of the A. q. M. p.
Sunday school TO Brighton Park and the
First and olivet Presbyterian Sunday
schools to Beverley, to-day, had TO be
postponed.
Nearly all the wheat between this city
and Dover has been blown down.
The up Delaware train, due here at
day by tree which was blown ACROSS the
track at Middletown.
The rain fall at Dover was very light
and the crops are uniDjured.
The B. & p. railroad train, due here at
8a. M, was delayed half an hour to day
by mud being washed on the tracks at
various points along the road.
The Wilmington 4 Northern train, due
hAra at g. 4b a m was dalayed AborIt an
hour to day by high water at various
places up the road.
AT NEW CASTLE.
Laat niobta atorm w.a fals with dia.
.strona afsaot AZ Nav caatla- Tba dock
"a fnlI ot byoksn wYack kaoa. Most m tb,
yaobta narted from their auoborsgs: acme
Ara beaahed. others dismssted or upast.
The wind was tramendous and lashed
the waves against the dock with fearful
boom. Houses near to the
wharf rocked peroePtibly from the
perpendicular and the waves made
clear breach over the great sl,ne ice'
breakers. Chase and Bolden's ne"
yacht had her masts broken, thwarts
damaged and gnnwAies crushed In She
Is bsaohed. Thomas Truss yaoht is
turned completely over, masts broken
and more or less damaged inside:
other yachts were pounded and
temmsd against the wharf, they had
all dragged their anchors. The nshing
boats were more fortunate as they were
mostly laid up, the season being over.