Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-06
ROckland Mills Damaged to the EX-
tent Of $1,000.
COUNTY BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY
The Destruction Wrought on
the Peninsula.
CoLORED CAMPERS GET A OUCKING

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Carpenter states the City is Not Respon-
sibie for the Damage to Individual
Properties.
The damage done by the caving in of
Shipley Run sewer, early yesterday
morning week was,as stated in TIE GA
zETrE. the heaviest that has heretofore
befell property owners in the western I
portion of the city. The scene pre-
sented about the demolished sewer on |
Wednesday afternoon was very gloomy.
Although more OF less damage was
done along the entire length of the
sewer, the greatest public calamity was
felt<a Second and Monroe streets
ar< the immediate vicinity. The work
:, ~ reconstructing the sewer was begun
"Wednesday and by night good portion
of the debris had been cleared up in the
rear Of the row of houses fronting on
Monroe street between Second and
Third.
The occupants of the houses along
here were at work from daylight until
evening in clearing up the debris about
their ruined homes. The flood rendered
some Of the houses uninhabitable and
the occupants had TO seek shelter else
where last night week.
Some of the houses on West Second
street between Madison and Monroe
have been SO badly damaged by the
caving-in of the sewer and the roaring
flood that they will have to be recon
structed from their foundations. The
walls are shattered and quake as though
about to tumble in upon the occupants.
The water lay 10 feet deep in many of
the dwellings, and this unusual mois-
'ture loosened the mortar and ruined the
foundations and party walls. In some
,of the houses on Second street the eel
lars caved in in the afternoon and
this caused the pavement outside To sink
several feet below the door steps.
The pavement in front Of the resi-
dence of Lawrence J. Rigney, No. 729
West Second street, was precipitated
into the cellar of the house yesterday
afternoon, carrying the steps with it.
The pavement In front of the confec-
tionary store of John J. White, at No
731 West Second street, is also shaky
and threatens 10 topple into the cellar
When the rains descended "Wednesday
morning and the sewer burst its bank;
the torrent rushed into Mr.. White
cellar. There was over 800 worth O.
candy in the basement of the house. anC
lin few minutes this was atloat, causin!
a total loss. Mr.. White said that he wa
driven from his home by the waite
flooding the house, and his wife an,
child were also forced to seek shelte
elsewhere.
The most deplorable sights to be seel
in the afternoon were the submergel
yards in the rear of the Monroe stree
houses, back of the J. Park Postle
Company's morocco factory. The yard
were hidden by several feet of mud an,
dirt, and by the fragments Of clubhouse
which had been totally demolished b
the fury of the flood. This spot al
tracted hundreds of sight seers, Man
of tine houses here are still heaped wit
promiscuous lot Of goods tossed hithc
and thither by the watery clement.
Mrs. Casey, who lives at No. 2C
Monroe street, said that when she WI
III awakened by the storm and went to III
porch TO look into the yard Wedne
day morning, the water was just forcin
its way over the edge of the porch, ha'
ing risen to height of about 10 fee
She was afraid to venture to the edl
of the porch lest the timbers should civ
way and let her down into the foamii
current. In case she had lost her foe
ing she surely would have bee
drowned. The furniture was smash,
into kindling wood.
The stable of James Walker, WI
lives at No. ga Monroe street, W
totally demolished as was also an OF
house and the fence about the yard.
The yards of the houses along he
were lined with CONT skins Wednesda
which had been washed down from Il
morocco factory Of w. j. McClary
West Sixth street There was pr
MUM on these skins and the lads wi
live in the vicinity Of the wash-o
reaped harvest by picking Up the ski
and taking them to the owner. L
skins were worth 60cents apiece and t
boys received 10 cents for eyory sk
they captured.
Mark Loughead, who lives az No. s
West Third street, lost available fam
of beagle CANNES by the storm. T
mother and her infants were sleeping
an Clubhouse, when the water came
and washed them out. All Of the pu
were drowned except one. The hos
Of the mother brute were pitiable WI
nesday as she showed her grief for
death of the little ones. She took tn
all and buried them in sand bal
carefully laying the bodies Of her
ceased offspring head first in the tot
The storm was very severe ut Bran,
wine Summit and vicinity. Many
the tents ut the camp-grounds leal
badly and some of the tenters had
cover their beds with open umhrel
st. Paul's, Scott and Asbury avcn
were submerged, and in the fields
quarry, adjoining the camp-groun
water rose to d height of about ten f
At Elan the road was cut up v
badly, as it also was at Johnsou's
ner. The road at Smiths Bridge
covered with three feet of water
floating timber The bridge at Bea
Valley was in dangerous condition
small building at Rockland, which
owned by State Representative Day,
washed away.
A big washout occurred at a cul'
on the Baltimore & Potomac railr
near Odonton, Md, on Thursday al
$50 o'clock. 1t was caused by
heavy rainfall there lastevening. Pc
sylyania railroad trains from Wash
ton were greatly delayed by the misl
The storm flooded culyert 20
wide on the p, w. d. Is. railroa
quarter Of d mile south Of Charlesto
Md, and ut 5 o'clock, when extra
freight train No. III, Of 22 cars, 10
from Philadelphia for Washington,
upon 1t at the rate OF 10 miles an
the emhankment gave away. The Il
did not break and all but the
car had passed over safely when
third, fifth and eighth cars jun
the track, leaving the rear car han
over the precipice. Head Brake
William Satteriield, aged 26 year
Philadelphia, was the only mar
Jump, and he sustained broken