Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-23

naInuSs.
I'll. tsrr,AIe storm Of Tuesday Svep-
Iua ls still the ehIsf topic In the nail d
ef the public, and yesterday, ana again
thIs morning the soone Of deeolAtion ana
ruin wAs visited By Thousands OF per.
sons. Some came in carriages. AND
others on foot, and the stream still con.
tinuos. Yesterday afternoon there we're
fully 5000 psFsons on and ABOUT the
oouree taken BY the storm.
This m0Fnlng . Iepoftsr OF me ne
PUBLICAN visited the Turner InmliyI
who are now domioiled q the residence
OF their son In Law, William res.
nier, no. 504 Orange street, Ano iouno
Ohe mont room mere like WARD ID .
hosplsall than an ApaEtment In private
AwsIlIng, william Turner. the bus
band and father, vas lying In PEG
WIth his head bAAdaged, and . great
gaping wound on tAe right Stde OF me
torehsad drawn tseether Win Stilones'
His right sye 10 elss badly o.Aakeneo,
and he NAA two lspeo splints driven
throngh NJ fight lag, and one In his
arm Inc TiRht arm "a badly blAokenod
And brIissd. ana one Of his Gukle'
nv the wind IsArinR Of his boot. This
boot M. FuEner SSys, vas always very
hard 10 ret "a, AAd he WAs obliged %
nse = boo1 jask, bal the Cyclone tore II
o0. and CARRIED u away, but left him
,IIth 4 bad SprAiA. Mrs.. Turner his
&Ved wiIe, had her haad bAndAgod and
Wss Als0 suiisriAg fEOa the bones in one
OF her legs bsiAg sPlintsrod.
A aranAsoA kAs he bead bAndAgedi
Int Ia aba to be around the house. MFs.
Turner says that her husband bad Just
hRrpessed Q horse 70 come over to the
city, when she saw the storm coming
II fesem hled two funnel shaped clouds,
and A. it struck tbs Rogers farm she
saw It tearing doWA the bulldinRH and
twisting OF trees ~ though they were
reeds. Phe called 70 her husband, but
he said he would remain with the horse
and told her 70 60 10 the cellar. She
had barely got dOWn when the cyclone
wAI upon them in ell its fairy, and she
found that the house was being torn "a
pieces above hsT. With . silent pray 81
for help she resigned herself 10 the will
OF Him who rulSth the storms, when
she was almost crashed under the fall
ing timbtrs Of what bat few minutel
previously WAS their home. In the
meantime Mr.. Turner remained by hiI
horse And tried 70 calm the terrified
animal.
He saw tho air allied with tops Of
trees, fence rails And ell klnds Of debris
when the full fairy Of the gale struck
him and lheteAm, completely demolish
ing the wagon and stripping the bar
ness from the hOTBa. He saw his house
moved from Ito foundations and
rsbsd 90 though II was q plAythinR
then be was picked up bodily aud
dashed into the osllRr among the ruins
where hs was left senseless and bleed
iDg. All this WAS done In leBB tint
than It taxes to write 1t, and the littlI
thst Nj. Turner had Acoum ulAted by Al
years of hRFd labor was swept away
leaving him, with old eye rapidly
coming Oh, strippsd OF everything. HI
home mass OF ruins, furniture de.
Btroyed or blown away, his orops dsvAB
tAtBj and everything except four silvel
halt dollars, which his wife hAd In hel
pocSetbook, shattered by the winds.
Those halt dOllArh are blaokened a
thongh they had been lying In tn
water Mr.. TNFner said this morninl
tina. although he has lost every thing, b
Btill mad cause to be thankful that b
ard his family had escaped with thei
lives, and that while he would thanh
fully accept any assistance that Nigh
be given, still II he did nOs receive any
thing ho would sgAin 80 TO work .
aCon az he RECEIVERS to earn living 70
his family. The CASE OF Mr.. Turner 1
particularly hard and distressing. II
is o. honest sober, hard. working man
and now that he has llst all his earthly
posaats 'ons, at tlms when Old aga 1
creeping upon him. he 10 smlnently de
serving Of assistance
David LautE who's hOuBs AdiOinet
thst OF Nj Turner, ia also deserving 0
assistance His furniture, barn AMI
crops are Al destroyed, AMI he Is bAdl
injured When the Cyclone was Ap
prosohnR several Of the family weT
outside Of the house and one Of tn
dauRhterp said
I'VE were IN the barn when we sud
denly heard run bling uoise 81 thouRl
Il mig RsVs been made by 40 train
TAsssi 4 along. We looked out an
saw lark cloud comluR along shape
I'D tunnel, We ran 10 the home an
haC just gotten inside the door whe
sorm Ftz0Gk us. ! only know tha
thi ee nf us hsd got under q table an
thin knew nothing until after 1t hA
passed
Those under the table were buried /
the Debris which broke the table, "a
the only wonder 10 that they were nc
killed. They however escaped with
few slight bruises. Mr.. LentE WAS
bark working man, and attended th
markets 70 this city, and rs he has los
aboui evCEy hing he owned, iB Otrtainl
deserving Of assistance at once
MI L.ufz's daughters worked all @
yesterday in LTyiDg TO save what the
could rom the wreck. Several jars q
preserves that lad been slowed away 1
closet 10 the h1use for the white
we're found In pile of hay and some {
the bed covering AEd carpets we're re
covered, bat all were damage. A pa
of horses we're used all day in pullin
Away the Debris, 90 that tho fuTnituI
and other articles that were not d.
stTOy6d could be recovered. At th
place where FIihar's hOass stood, Jus
ACROSS he read, . number OF men wei
employed In clearing away the ruin
His truck patch 10 destroy cd and he hG
also lost two horses and a COW, in I'D
dition to his furniture and about all b
earthly possessions. Those Of his fAmil
who were injured are doing rs we'll &
could be expected and all will TecoVe
The property Of the National DredI
ing COMPANY, ~ tho mouth Of tn
Christians, near the light house, vi
also badly damaged and several build
inga blown down, This property
now ooonpls ed by man named GAllC
way, who has been oultiVAtlnR Tobacco
He had $3.50 worth Of the weed In 4
addition which he had recently built
his barn, all Of which WAS lost, Il
building being totally demolished.
A small house situated 600 feet 90
OF this barn was picked up and carrie
500 feet and dropped. 1t wAs orushC
like = box OF pAsteboArd. Standing
this point And looking back over Il
course OF the blast, trees, boards On
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