The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-18
RUINOUS RAINS.
SERIOUS DAMAGE REPORTED
FROM ALL QUARTERS.

Railroad va-houi- and Bridges destroy.
ed-tnother Dam Disaster-Furthel
Heartrcnding Accounts of the Effect O.
the Late Storm-Ncw. in General.
WnLMINGTOS, DEL, September IL
A clOud-burst in upper Newcastle
county. Delaware, and lower Chester
county. Pennsy lvauia. last night, aud
heavy rains this afternoon. have caused
great damage. Three bridges on the
Wilmington and Northern Railroad
above Coatesyille. Pennsylvania. are
all. or nearly all destroyed, aud more
are expected 10 follow. No trains
have been able to reach Reading
Pa. from this city. and none have ar
rived here. Several extensive wash
outs have also been made. and those
/ localities will have 10 be trestled before
trains can run. The heavy rains will
increase the damage already done TO
crops in this section.
The Wilmington and Northern Pail
road Company reports the storm the
most damaging it has ever experienced.
ANOTHER DAM BREAKS.
WEgTCHEsTER. PA, September H.
The breast of the large dam belonging
to the Kennebec lee Company. of VIII
mIngton. Del. located at Hibernia, this
county. burst this morning. aud tTe-
mendOus amount Of water rushed
down the Brandywine. oveIflowing
the banks and sweeping everything be-
fore IT. The large bridge which crosses
the Brandywiue just below the
dam was swept away. and sew
eral frame buildings were carried
down 20 CCatesyille. Several of the
streets of COatesville are four feet
under water. The people living along
the stream were warned by the sound
of the rushing waters and escaped to
the hills. So far rs heard from 10 lives
were lest. The break was caused by
lat nights heavy fall Of rain.
TERRIBLE DAMAGE BY THE LATE GALE.
LYNN, MASS. September l7.-Tae
steamer Centipede. Captain Hanson.
from Philadelphia for Lynn with coal.
arrived this morning. From the oth 10
tho 18TH instant. she lay aside the
Delaware Breakwater held by
The violence Of the gale. On
Monday with her engines at work
she was barely able to prevent
going ashore. with her anchors
dragging violently. While there
the crew saw nearly thirty vessels
blown ashore, and from thirty-fye
to forty lives lost. On Sunday evening
September 18th, the Centipede got
inside the Breakwater. The wind was
hen blowing northeast gale andt
Increasing. Sunday night the second
anchor was let 20. but on Monday
she began to drag -horeward. She was
10 remain inside the Break
water until the l4th. Captain
Hanson states that the sight
of the wrockago along the Breakwater
was hoartrendiug. a few vessels would
drift upon the beach. gomgall to pieces.
Her crew. seeking the rigging. would /
either be washed of or drift about aud +
finally cast ashore. One magnificent
clipper ship. owned by New York F.
parties. ard valued at 100000. was
driven ashore and entirely destroyed. I
From Cape HenlOpen to Slaughter F.
Beach. eight miles. along the coast .
Tine wrecks were thicA. CAs (
ship. four barks. three I
Darges. ono brig and twenty .
schO0ners were driven ashore in forty .
eight hours. Captain Hanson says that .
10 was the worst experience he ever .
had. On the -CentIpedc passage to .
Lyon along the coast, nearly fifty new .
wrecks wore counted by the crew.