Daily Republican., 1889-09-18
FOURTH EDITION,
Monday Nights storra.

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The wind and rain that prevailed In
Wilmington aud north oil It on Monday
night was much more severe and destruc
tive than was at frat supposed. The rain
was something like q cloud burst and
did immense damage a'6ng the line Of
the Wilmington q Northern Railroad
and the Landenberg branch Of the B. &
y. Railroad. At Waynesburg Junction
40 miles from Wilmington, so feet OF the
roadbed has been washed away. Nc
trains south have been run farther thar
Springfield, ~ miles from Reading.
Traffic IRON Springfield south tc
Coatesvllle, distance OF 10 miles, haI
been shut OF today. In this distance
there. are many bridges crossing the
brsndywine, and the rain yesterday
afternoon viii probably cause further
damage. In places where the roadbed
has been washed away the cuts are &C
deep that trestles will have to be built.
A train load of timber was sent out thir
afternoon to build trestles and repair
bridges. This storm has caused more
damage on the line OF the Wilmington
and Northern than any previous one. II
Is reported that there is q heavy washout
at Chadd's forI. The dams of the Ken
nebec Ice Company, at Hiternis, have
been washed away.
Up as far as Mt. Cuba, from Green.
bank, the floods have done Great d, IN age.
Tbs excursion grounds at Brandy " inc
Springs are very badly torn up aud
nearly all the small buildings have been
totally wrecked. The target range ID
wrecked, aud fifty pound Iron target
has been entirely washed away and has
not been found. The culverts at tho
platform had their foundations swep,
away and nothing was left but the steel
rails piuioned together with ties. Farther
down towards Greenbank, trees have
been torn up by tbs roots and hurled
across the stream. Passenger trains had
to meet here and return, and baggage
was transferred on truck. The rocks
on the picnic grounds heve teen washed
bare, aud some Of the wreckei buildings
are jammed up against the railroad.
At Ashland theie was q eave-in Of the
high embankmcnt, covering up the rails,
but Section Boss Grady succeeded In
having the track cleared without much
detention to trains. The farms in the
neighborhood of Mt. Cuba and Wooddale
are very badly washed, and on some OF
them chicken houses aud other small
outbuildln2s have BEEN carried on. A
great many fowls that roasted in trees
we've blown of, and chickens were found
In heaps dead. A number oil hngs were
lost. Many horses and cows o,t pu u i.
ing were Standing leg deep in wafer
along the meadow bottoms.
joseph Vandever had some trees blown
down, his cellar flooded, part OF his
barn roof blown OF, lost a number OF
fowls, and some OF his fields were yester.
day two feet under water.
BY last evening the culverts were SO
lar repaired that teams rau through to
LaDdenOerg.
The public roa's In Mill Creek and
Christiana Hundreds have been very
much tom up, bridges carried away, and
1t will take several thousand dollars 10
replace and repair them.
The bridge over Mill Creek, q mile and
quarter beyond Stanton, ,on the Newark
road, was entirely washed away and
County Treasurer Edmund Haman had a
narrow escape from drowning at that
point Mr.. Haman was driving from
this city to his home about 10.30 O'Clock,
AID there being no danger signal, he
drove up to where the bridge always had
been and suddenly he, his horse aud car
riage were plunged into the flood. Mr..
Haman was q surprised man, but ht
made out to swim to the shore, a;tel
which he got hold Of the rarriane line
and aided his horse out. The horse WA
uninjured but the carriage was some
what damaged.