Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-22

when the torpado swept over, ana eAie
that whoa he fiFst saw it 10 Eesambled
two funnel shaped clouds, which seem
ed 70 DO rapidly revolving around each
other in the Alr, sud tearing up trees,
houses and everything in their e0arse
Considerable damage was done near
FArnburst station on the DoiAWare
Railroad. One end OF the depot uAs
badly twisted, and nearly ell tue glass
broken out OF the WindowB, while . |
carriage house and stable In the vicin.
nv we're almost totally destroyed.
The grove bsck Of the STATEN, known
aB BurRie's woods, WAS ruined, almost
every tree being uproOted or leveled til
the ground. At Jason DRvis' place 81
large Sycamore tree which has stood for
years, was leveled to the ground and fell
across the road ocm pletsly blocking It.
Every plaOs In the course OF the storm
suffered severely, but Il 10 scarcely pro
able that the full extent Of the damage
will DO known for several days.
ON THE DELAWARE.
After the storm had spent Its violence
ct Port Penn II struck the tug boat Gain
on the Delaware river and damaged VI
badly.
1t appears that the Gain vas towing o.
three. mast d schooner up The river, near
| Reedy Island, belOg Fort Delaware,
when Q great black gust Of vino, roll
ling slong at . terrific rate OF speed,
struck her with tremendous force,
knocking the pilot house with the cap
tain in It into the river, and tearing u o.
rigging and sails from the schooner.
The steamboat John A, Warner, on
her way mp from Sea BEeeEs With ex-
edrsionls s, was net far behind the tug
boat when tie Aooident occurred, and
she narrowly missed being enveloped
In the tornado Her captain, seeing
the danger to which the lug boat had
been subjected, put 10 for the purpose
of lending aid to the captain Of the
latter, but he Was picked up, somewhat
bruised, by ywAl boat which had put
out from the schooner.
Shortly afterwards the tug Kuicker-
booker, towing couple Of coal baIges,
lput In Al appearance, 1t was said, and
took Captain Harris on board, ct the
same time making thsdAmsRsd tug and
schooner fast and preparing to take ad
vantage Of the flood tide and bring them
tuR and Its charges had net arrived.
The tug Il. L. Cain IL owned by Phila-
delphiA pGTtleA. She and her captain
were brought Into notice . couple oil
weeks ago 10 the rsbcuers OF the survivors
Of Captain WheAtoa's party, Ave Of
whom were dro Rned, near Pennsville,
AnRutt 8.h.
The steamer Brandy wine m Nde = mar.
row escape. William Jacobs, pilot OF
the steamer, said the boat was juItI
starting up Chrlstiana creek for VII
miDgtOn, when the tornado plouKhed
acroBe the creek, about . half q mile
ahead. The Bran dy wine stopped ~ the
mouth OF the creek TO avoid the blow
A9d narrowly missed II.
The black mass seemed to come from
he southeast" he said, land crossed 10
front Of US about o'clock It crossed
the bay from Rsedy Island and struck
n by New Osstle, then It twisted around
and went about half mile up thacrsek
In front of Us. Then It went back to
the Jersey shore. We saw the thing
coming just In time 10 stop, ana II war
lucky we did, aB It WAS oil thAt saved
US from being caught In II. The steamer
Wilmington sud several other boats
barely missed being caught by the tor.
nsdo, but persons who were on the
Wilmington report having seen several
coats cspBized.
PORT PENN.
The storm visited Port Penn and
stEuCk the buildings on William Mo
MEllen's place, dwelling them to the
ground. At D. O. Longland's place he
hsd sent HE wife sud family into the
cellar for eAgety, when tho house wac
shortly after blown down, completely
cutting of their exit. They had to be
rescued by cutting away and hauling
of the debris before they could be
Z HskE DWa L. q
/ bis large barn partly blown down, a.
well as other buildings, and several
! head Of stock killed. Henry Prica lost
his hay stacks, while William Bsck
had ten acres Of tomatoes ruined.
PEEEsGRovE, M.
The Wind blew q gale aud the rain
came down inl torrents. The waves
rolled high, and the few boats over
board nGar the wharf tossed about With
tue lightneEB Of n cork. AmbIoseI
knight WAS blown across the river 10
the direction OF Wilmington, whtrl bel
had started In his boat loaded with
truck. He started 10 take down his
sail when the wind caught him and
blew him overheard when be wac
drowned William Walters, was a go
caught in the Btorm and lost his life,
X y
SALEM, N. ] August 2l.-Huch
damage was done In and around thisI
place To-day by a funnel thApfd Will
wind Tho Salem Brick Works were
nearly Demolished, besides several other
buildings.
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
The fuunel.shaped cycloue ssemtd TO
descend ner the mouth OF the Patapsoo
river and pass mp the bay over Po1la'a
lsiaud and WortOu's point, following
nix river, over OhesspeEkO City, aud
thercs into the Delaware. Several
smnl vessels were capsizad. The Wind
Overturned buildings, leveled fenoes,
picklug up horses aud vehicles "a 1!
they were chat and carry log tbem hun,
dreds Of yards.
baltimore wss visited by rain storm
and the wind blew % miles an hour.
No damage WEB sustained
At X ok Beach, Md the storm done
considerable dsmsRe, blowing down
houses aud uprolLlng trees. a large
pungy was oapsized ct the mouth Of
Rock creek.
The storm seems to have taken is rise
in Kent county, Md, near STU Pond,
about o'clock yesterday afternoon. IL
then pas ed in nOrlheasterly direction
, until II struck In this vicinity large
cannery was destroyed at Still Pond, aud
nine persoI were killed while eight or
ten Others were badly injured
5 Six or eight email houses, occupied by
colorei families, were also wrecked A
part OF be damage dore IN Still Pond
! vas the taking of the roof of of John
Iarrott,s barn; two barns belonging to J
s Frank Wilson gone; the roof Of w, d.
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