Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-02-16
FIFTH EDTTlOk


fns harrigan Case.
Court reconvened at 10 o'olo,p a..
morning with all the Jud ses y n... .hls
The case OF CathArine HarriSarp present
city was resumed, and Josenh 7 " .he
Tense. ''' tue de-
He said that the Hsrr,o.,
stands on low ground. IA nous
when 10 was bailt The fosnS tna
must have stood Ia vS,a. a'ions
witness WAS subjected 10 a lte
ing ross.exAminalion by NJ, search
aud admitted that he had. . a. bhd-
since, said TO Mr. LApe that ,Ss W Z
were bulged and the honss vans
He did not, however, tbipk ,bs.
any permanent dam age 10 thu nsa va
mrs Annie II. Forrest WA sso,,
and testified that she has lived IN ~.
harigen house and moved there in ~.
fall OF 1857 The cellar was Il ,o5 i. ~
1855, the water having come In ~. =
the basement and floAted eli ths ,n ,,OT
ture except the basement Tba ~
was caused by = heavy rain.
When she lived In the bon,s H..
were several cracks 10 the Wal ~.
moved out bat returned In ISeq ~
lived there one year her hsalth II
came bad and DIR. Bush told he, =.
had better move; there wa, w.ts,
the adjoining lot, and shs thongh, ~.
caused her sickness The Wnta, 'siH
hpwed In on them the one tina n tSsys
On Cross examination ahe s.iJ ~,
her husband had the HOUSE bpiI, q, ~
own use, but after wards sold II N " I.n w
HarrlaAn. The basement wa, 49,.
cd, and they used 1t Is q dining ,oo1
and kitchen. ''''
The time when the house VA. a,Od.a
the water commenced TO come in aA,S,
ii O'Clock In the morning, bat thu M,
did not continue long
Mr. Lore proposed that the iurym
At noon and view the property them.
selves. Mr.. Bird sAid that be bad not
the slightest objection II the Jury wish.
cd to 90 and suggested that one OF ths
PLAINTIFF family be allowed to show
the dAmsgts.
The Jury upon being Askst said that
they would like to view the premises
and the court directed that they should
go. IL was also agreed that Nj. Ball
should be present on behalf Of le de,
fenAe.
James Bradfor was recalled, aud
testifi sd that the water flooded the eel.
lars Of his houses on Adams street, but
he did not think II had done them Auy
permanent Injury. He thought III
sewer was sufficient 10 carly % Ia
water, except In case Of q very hAV
rain.
Ga cross examination be said thai
water lying for q great while 10 cslM
would cause the walls Of houR v
ofAUk. The wAlls OF all houses will
crack anyhow, and II he WAs 70 hulldb
house that didn't crack, be would tH
1t do~n, for fear something vas Iha
matter with 1t. The storm OF 1855 VA
an extraordinary one, aEd be did lOi
know II he had ever aeon one like It h
} fore.
A. 3. Reed testiaed that the storm Of
1855 was an extremely heavy ore Ssd
wafer washed out the gutter.
jobs E MoKntec testified that be
formerly lived on Front street, between
Adams and jackson streets and /, a.
miliAr with the ground In that vicinity,
Foe ground was always very wi
Where the HarriRAn house is builI, All
be had often skated on 1t. he rensH
bersd the storm In 1885 aud be thought
1t was about ss bad ~ he had ever seen,
IL tore up the cobble stonts on Ffali
street and WISHED come OF teen quite
distance.
J. frank Ruth testified that be d
familiar with the ground In the Vlcin
ity Of Front and Adams streets Hs
remem hered the storm In 1885, and tAh
there Vas al extraordinary heavy al
OF rain. He had seen men cleAu gu, ID,
Reed street sewer several times bstHesl
1882 and 1885, and had bought nna
that WAS tAken out of It.
In April, 1885, he went 10 bny sdGt
more sROd and found q CANA o. na
under Charley Thomas at work cisr.
ing out the Adams street and the Rst
street sewer He was told thst the Oily
had taken the matter III charge AId
that hs could not get any more sand y
had been the custom to give the ala
To tue men who cleaned 1t cut hsI
had seen the sand IL to Is inches dssP
Ia the Reed street soWer.
WilliAm Simmons tsstiHrd thAi be fe /
mem btrod the storm of 1865, snd ~
several cutters on West Trout IIres
that had Oeen washed out he T@ h
: that time doing paving Wyrf fof The
city, and on Monday, JAY 27.h, iha
next day after the dorm, AZ WA
I ordered to go out to frOut aud AdAmi
streets and repair '.ne tutters. He 'As
At least twelve o. fourteen carloads u
art and stoDt,A that had been Fssue.
out Front street to Alsus iou
pilen M al thu inlet, /, taek biln su
nus Ian two day to rspIr W. uAsn M
r. IL 80 COURT adjourned lA'" . sv M
to give the jury time . VS."
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