Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-22
YEsrnRDAY's CYCLONE.
a Sea OF water on All siuss Out or
from TEAvsl-naen Driven f.Om TheiF
work.

from TrAvsl-men Driven F!om TneiF
work.
uNIoNTowN, Aug. 21 Tho heaviest
rain fall ever known in UhlontoWn set
10 about IL O'Clock last night, and CON
tinued inosssAntly until about O'Clock
this evening The fall amounted to
four end one'hAif inches. Rsdsio1e
Greek reached Its highest point OF
O'Clock this evening, when II had
covered streets that never before were
reached. Many families feared 10 Jisk
the usual safety resort OF the upstairs
and fed for the night 70 higher groandI.
Tonight the town Ia hemme1 in by q
perfect sea Of water from the two creeks
on each side. The rAilFoade north and
south Of the town are submerged and
tracks aud bridges washed away. The
. 10 train north on the Pennsylvania
Road was unable to get beyond Dunbar,
where 1t still lies, owing TO the washing
away Of bridges. ThB bridges Of tho
Baltimore and Ohio, between here and
Dunbar, have also been swept away
and no trains can arrive. 1t will probA-
bly, be days before Unioutown has any
railroad Communication, uuless 1t be
the PitIsburg, Virginia and Charleston.
BY the way Of BrOWnsvIlle, from which
no reports are get received.
The Pennsylvania construction shops
the Columbia sAeel Mills and the War
rem Glass Works ara q )Oded and All
operations suspended. The water is up
10 the ovens and deep into the com.
pany . houses ct the coke works Of the
aud CoDnellsVille Company at
Leith, and the niue is flooded, though
Two huge pumpsihAV1 been fighting the
stream since early In the evening. Bar
toms large gRrdens, rioh with vegeta-
blea and fine crops, are deep under Wa.
ter, mud and oinders. The loFs of
and crops will be Rrest t, though
u Is impossible to obtain particulars
10 night.
RUINoUs RAIN IN READING
READING, Aug, 21.-RAln fell for
over twelve hours here to-day. Many
parts OF the OIty are badly flooded. The
Street sewer bnrat and
alled the cellars Of many houses The
door OF the Reaiing Steam Forge WAS
severed With three f6ot Of water. The
men were driven from their work and
great dAmage was caused to the ma
The railroad track Nt a number Of
POINTS around the city were covered
With water, and trains hal to proceed
76Fy cautiously. Tue Sohuylkill 10
isinR rapidly this evening, and repoFta
rom up country say that the Ontslau.
lee and Tulpehosken are over thelr
,anks. ...-
There Is wAshout on the East Penn
SailrOAd between Blsnior aud Fleot
wood OF about fifty feet and one at
3ern station, above Harrisburg, on the
main line. WertE's mill, on the Tllpa.
locken, lie flooded.
TORRENTS IN TAHAQuA, ..
TAMAQUA, August 2l.-Ths rain has
'5eR nnoeAslng all day and 10 night
most Of the Easements Of the busiLegs
lousas on Broad street are Il loded with
FAtsr. The United Bthtss Hotel res
hurant hAs RouF feet Of water In 1t, Tao
Wabash ovsthowad its banks ard
many street bridges are carried awLy.
The sohuylkiil is very high and the
walls Of the new Broad
treet bridge were completely demol.
shed by the tl0od.
The streRmb In this region hava not
'een as high for teu years, Rnd, rs Il Is
I'LL pouring rain, mneh trouble and
IAmage are anticipated. Merchants are
moving their goods to higher hoors and
watching the rapidly rising
gAters. All trains are delayed by the
torn.
HAVOC IN SALEM,
. eALEM, N. J., Aug. IA Cyclone
'assed over this section a 90 this
ftsrncon. The Salem Brick Works
gere nearly demolished by funutl-
hAped whirlwlnd. Tne high smoke
tack was blown oier and nearly all the
swept away. The cloud then
COX . north Weftarly course, blowing
own barns. whole orchards and grow.
ng crops. The damage ip this county
will amount to many thousand dollars.
CRoPs INJURED.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, AuR. 21 "A de,
truGtlve storm passed over this section
i East I 1nuesEes this morning, ming
rom the West. Clrn and cane for
Weuty mileB were b En 10 the ground,
nd In many places uptootsd. Fruit of
N bnds was demolished, tTees and
1th0usPa scattered aud fences laid TO
5aste. No lives arc reported lost The
AmaSe is esiimated Ct $40 600.
JULY 10 SuIP4ssED.
WHEELING, August 2l.-Tns damage
rn3 py tna greai cloud baEst at this
lHca On July 10 WAs Eurpasaed tol3 Ay. !
{ commenced raining this morning a.
O'Clock and AZ o p IN II is Btill rain
rg steadily. All tha Streams for miles
round are Nv 0llen into raging torrents
nd the Bcenes of death and disaster
EAfN1s a l7a AZ m Ia FHlW Ian ~ y,a frH
etofo morning. Mauy railroad bttdRaB
5.Ween here and Plttslur5 have been
1REhed away ami telegrapaio Rud iele
hone communication is cut off
La the city the damage Ia immense.
ne water ard gas supply the egreater
ortiOn OF the city is cut of entirely
nd the electric light wires ars down,
saving pait Of the town In total DIRK
tss. Tue Baltimore aud Ohio bridge
nat completed In tie place OF the one
lAt went out IN the other storm was
wspt away this afternoon.
On Market stTea5 an Immense stone
ridge croAsed WbeslinE OIesk. 1t
rAs supported In the centre by 4 grnst
s1ne pitr, which was weakened by the
lst Il oil. At O'Clock this evening
bDu: 800 people were gathered Ca the
ridge watching the food, Suddenly
~ that the pier underneath was giving
Iay was heard and the panic stricken
roWd made break for either end. The
Aat man bad scarcely left the bridge
Store the entire sIuotuEe sank aud Ia
q instant was swallowed mp In the
sethlRR Hood below. Had tho warn.
lg cry came Ave seoonds later the en-
re 800 would have psrished, as 1t
0uld have been impossible to save
iem In that raging torrent. Il 10 net
1own that any lines we're lost.
Word from al directions shows the
orn was general, phe Ohio river Is
sInp ranillR and an nnnreeedsntcd