Daily Republican., 1885-02-11
THE GREAT STORM,
sTILL FUnTHER ACCOUMTx OF
nAAAGE DOuBIN Hlsv1CIN1.
. TY AND EnAEWHERE.

3. TY AND EIAEWHERE.
Monday nights storm was undoubt.
edly ono Of the worst that has visited
this section for many years, and 1t will
be several days before the fall
amount Of damage Ii ascertained. AL
the mills on the upper Brandywine
were flooded, and In some instances the
machinery damaged.
The powder works Of DUPONT, de Ne
mours s. Co., were Inundated and con-
siderable damage sustained. A mum
ber OF private houses along the Brandy.
wine were flooded, aud considerable
stock damaged In the mills, and In
many instances the water wns two or
three feet deep en- the lower foors.
Operations were suspended 1t ell the
mills yesterday. The bridge erected
by Andrews & Locke, at :thsir Quarries
near Riddles Mills, was swept away
In the roaring food.
Andrews Il Locke's office on the
south bank Of the Brandy wine was
carried some distance down the stream
and fiusliy lodged near Rattlesuake
Ruu. The Ice cream and refreshment
booths, erected last summer along the
banks, were swept away and dashed
TO pieces.
At the city mill pumping station the
lower rooms were flooded, and yester-
day morning contained two feet OF
water. Fears were entertained for the
safety Of the race, and early yesterday
morning Chief Engineer Mclntire Put
force of men ~ work removing the
ice and other obstructions, TO prevent q
possibility of the water becoming dam
med and bursting the banks.
The lower floors at the William Lea
& Sons Company's mills were flooded,
and about 800 barrels of Indian meal
slightly damaged. The water was two
and half feet deep in the mills Of
Price Il Phillips, but fortunately very
little damage was sustained.
The Brandy wine branch Of the p,
w. & d. Railroad was damaged, and
about three hundred feet of the road
bsd carried away. The banks of the
Braudywine broke in several places,
and the water rushed IN a boiling, see-
thing flood over the low grounds OF
East Wilmington, inundating some
thirty or forty houses.
Moir's caunery at Twelfth and Dure
streets WAS surrounded with water, and
could poi be reached except by boats.
Considerable anxiety was felt for the
p, w. q B. Railroad bridge across the
Brandywine, as a isrge quantity of Ice
and floating timbers from the wreck mp
the stream v rs piled against 1t. Super
intendent OF Bridges Smith was early
on tho spot with force Of men, and ~
soon as It was light enough TO 3 be
had seven of the trestles cut away,
when the accumulated ice aLd tim bers
q utar II Al hn atr Il x,al
all fears for the safety OF the bridge.
The Brandy wine and East Whining
ton was visited yesterday by thousands
of people, who divie ed their attention
between the scene of ruin on every
hand and the large force OF men ai
work for the railroad com pany, secur.
ing The timbers of the wrecked bridge.
As tho bank back of tho pier at the
north and of the suspension bridge was
washed away, the structure was CON
sidered to be in dangerous condition,
apd police officers were stationed at che
bridge to prevent q crowd gathering
on IL.
The railroad bridges over the Christi
ana escaped without serious damage,
although several piles were carried
away from the w. & N. bridge, and
and the Others were slightly moved Out
OF position. throwing the tracks out OF
line. Yesterday morning the ice was
piled 10 considerable height agains,
the Delaware Railroad bridge, and ap.
prehensions were felt for It's safety.
fortunately the ice Was carried out
by the tide, and the only damage sus
tained WAS the forcing Of the track o
few iucnes out of line. About noon
on Tuesday, The water backed up and
surrounded the Delaware pulp works,
and Walton's phosphate works, i'm.
prisoDing the employees for some time
This was caused by an ice gosgt
which formed about IL O'Clock neal
Market street, and for time there was
imminent danger tbat.tbe banks would
give way and flood the greater part oI
South Wilmington. Happil, the
gorge broke about o'clock, and an the
ice was carried out by the strong ebt
tide, the angry waters subsidized.
The jackson lime quarries of Hoe
kessin are flooded, and IL will be some
time before they can be operated. The
iron works at WOoddale sustained
serious damage. Garrett's stuff millt
at York!yn are Inundated, and work
VIII have to be suspended for several
days.
Some of the work of the new bridge
of the b. & p. Railroad over the Bis
Elk river, near Elkton, was carried
away, but no serious damage was done
Many cellars In this city were flooded
but beyond that, very little damage
was done to private propGrs,.
AN ICE GORGE AT TRENTON.
TRENTON, Feb. 1O.-Thts IL morning tbs
ice in the Delaware river above tbi.
city broke up and floated down upon
the solid mass which spannei the Della
ware in front of Trenton from shore lo
shore. The pressure was so great thai
the ice here gave way and fioated
slowly down past the Pennsy Ivan Ia
hAiiroad bridge. throwing big cakes
against the abutments and piers and
grinding them TO pieces. A block &C.
CURED several times and the water rose
several times and fell agaiu, until q,
iast blockade occurred j1st below
river View Cemetery and extended tc
MOTHS Island. The floating ice kept
pressing against that which was fast
ana nuRe cakes over foot in thickness
many Of them as large almost as a Git,
lot, were pied in ever, conceiyabi.
shape, one Un top OF another. until 1
gorge forty feet high was formed.
THE FLOOD AT CHESTER.
CHESTER, Feb 10 - Inhabitant.
along Z ester creek. from Lenni mill
to the Delaware river, a distance o
eight or ten miles, suffered greatly frou
the freshet in that stream last night
The heavy rain which fell yesterday
afternoon and evening, washed con
siderable snow OFT the frozen hillsides
which swelled the creek 10 gres
heiRht. The str,am rose rapidly, ant
the people living in the manufacturinf