Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-18


Tho storm OF Monday VERY De-
struct,ve la the ADS accent COu mica
OF peunsytvania.
The RAIN OF Monday morning was
ons Of unusual sevsritv and much dam
age resulted to crops and property ct adj
jacent points in Pennsylvania.
A Reading. Pa, special says; The
rain which fell In this city between aud
O'Clock Monday morning even surpassed
the many phenomenal rains which have
visited this section Of the Iuntry ,his
sun mer. The reports from thus city aud
all this surrounding districts are that It
was q regular cloudburst
culvert at Robeson station on the
Wilmington d Northern railroad. was
washed away, and all trains were delayed
Tue day.
osing to the constant rains q great
deal OF the wheat IN this county Ia roitiug
on tbs ground. There has been no op.
portunity to out 1t; the rains have beaten
IL down and the wesda and grass are
growing above the yellow grain Farmers
are cutting u down with scythes and
H,iudltng it Into stacks the best way they
can.
From LsnosBter,a correspondent wriiest
The DIES fuction in the northern part Of
this county by the storms of Saturday
and Sunday nights has bsen unusually
grsat.
Along Hammer creek the dams al
NJ ler's, Shoemaker's and BruoRkef's
mills were carried away, as were ave
b ihRes along the same stream. The
image TO the dams will reach several
I onsand dollars and TO the bridges con-
siderable more.
o. Middle creek the dams at Wissler's
aud Bartnan's mills were carried sway.
Both streams were filled with debris,
composed of fences. rye and wheat, and
a number OF cattle were drowned. The
crops thrnu thout the section particularly
visited by the storm were badly damaged
and the loss will be heavy.
Hundreds of tons OF wheat came down
the creek, the loss on which will be very
heavy.
At Norristown the exceedingly heavy
rain ctused rise in the echu vlkill river
which assumed a m ,st the proportions OF
a1id. The river began rising ab nut
d.yiight Monday morning, and the cur
rent was rapidly swollen at the rate OF
foot an hour until 1t reach. height
above what 1t has bsen for years.
Much damage was done to portable
pr 'perty along the banks o. the ohuyl.
kill aud it's tributaries. Toe stony Greek
wa1 vry high. and oeve'ai bias w.re
wash d away. Up on the r Xxi, man q
Phil.delphit party were mpine 90 an
islani, and b fore the oaDpars were
aware OF their situation the water pre-.
vAnte their esoape to the shore. They
had take rtfuS in trees on the i,lAnd,
perso y from thu shore reiug uuabls to
re4on hem on account OF the swiftneaa
OF tn current.
At Med a. D wars county. Pa, the
ra n was accompanied by lightning and
thua Ter o. uou unl severity. Three
h ms 8 were struck, and, although no one
ws sniouay hurt, the eleo'rio current
p Ayei some surprising pranks.
A West Chester special says: The
3 and vine creek has overt wed its
b nkR aud the meadows in many placea
a I'm Ter water. The corn fields have
b en washed very badly aud In some Of.
the roads the wsahouts are from q to 4
feet deep. Chester creek, q branch Of
which passes through the eastern portion
OF this borough, was very high and
Market street, where the creek crosses,
was under water for Two squares. Manv
OF the b rusas occupied by the o1lor,d
people were q 'odei and they hal to
leave the ground flo r.. In Chest,
county the farmers have suffered by their
wheat, 10 aoms instances being ertire'S
washed away.
The storm at Coatesville. which wsI
the most Destructive that hss visited
that section for many years 90
Cured about o'clcrk Monday morn
ing. The rain, which fell In TOT.
rents, lasted for about two hours and
10 msny place. g'e eat gullies wee was' ed
in the roads. making tn m impasssbt,
Acrss Of wheat. corn and os's have be.
washed down and in many instances thu
crops OF entire farms have been de.
s'royed. Telegraph wires were broken
and several Was outs occurred on the
Wilmington & Northern railroad, csus.
ing several hours delay TO tratf, tbs
air had a strange o Tor OF sulphur durtug
thu storm aud hundreds OF birds fell dead
from the trees.
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