Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-30

had in the world by the terrible flood
| Inc sewer was unable to carry away the
surface water which, after the breaking of
the sewer. seemed to resolve itself into a
immature river. Scores of houses along
| SIMPLIFY Kun from the caye-in on Firtb
street clea. down 10 Front aud Monroe
| We're inundated and the cellars submerged.
Inc houses on West Second street be-
tween Madison and Monroe and ON
Monroe street near Second, were not so
badly flooded as they were "a year ago.
while the cellars of houses not far distant
were full to overlooking with water A
large stone wall, which the Board of
street and Sewer Directors caused to be
putt along the line of the sewer near the
Monroe street outlet. prevented many of
the Second street houses from being Hooded.
Inc yards i'll the rear of the houses on
Monroe street between Second and Third
were submerged. The fences dividing the
properties were swept away as were the
water closets. and outhouses. The latter
were smashed into kindlng wood.
The water came down with such force as
TO- batter down one end of the brick wall
or Dlllon's carpenter shop, a portion of
which threatened for II time To tumble
into the sewer.
At Blumcnthal & Company's morocco
factory the fires in the furnaces were put
out By the water, which flooded the fac
tory and lay several feet deep in the
Along West Second street those who
suffered most We're John j. White, No.
10 West Second street, George W. Pierce.
Charles IL. Corbus, Henry Marks, Henry
Me,iuiley and 4. II. Anderson The loss
sustained by these tenants was from S25 to
500 each, The house of John T. Sprague
was Hooded almost as bad us it was year
ago.
The saloon of John j. Hanley at
Lancaster avenue and Monroe street was
llooued several feet of water living in the
cellar. Barrels of liquor weresent floating
about the cellar The stores OF Peter
t,olan and John J. Ryan were flooded and
The place of Owen j. Hession. No. SIT
Lancaster avenue was damaged to con-
siderable extent. Mr.. Hession's loss will
be about 800. Houses along Adams street
between Front and Second were damaged
more or less by water iilling the cellars
level with the street.
When the water began pouring into the
cellar of Blumenthal Il Company's mo
rocco factory, southwest corner of Lam
caster avenue and Monroe streets, Sl5O, 900
worth OF skins were stored there. The
water was pumped out by the Wcccacoe
ilre engine. Many of the damaged goods
were gotten out of the cellar and placed on
the sidewalk for a time.
Some Of the houses on Monroe street
below Front including those of John
Crime, John Nogofski, John McGovern,
James Row, james Kelly, Frank Shultz
and Louis Hohe, were damaged to the ex-
tent of $40 or SIS each.
The stable of Patrick Reagan stands in
the rear OF No. I2J West Fourth street
The water rushed in through the yard and
iilled the stable property with four feet of
water. A wagon standing in the yard was
submerged Ill water. A number of
paI tt,t IL a..
Reagan said he would not have had the
damage done his property for $500.
When the rain poured down in torrents
young girl leading by the hand child
attempted to cross at Fourth and Monroe
streets i'll front of Brattons grocery store.
inc current was to-, strong, however, and
she was being rapidly carried down toward
the sewer when a colored man heard her
cries and ran to her assistance. lie rescued
the girl and child almost exhausted and
carried them back to the store ut Fourth
and Monroe streets.
Workmen had been making excavations
at Fourth and Franklin streets when the
ram came on. The water soon poured
into the openings and filled them IN, the
surplus water pouring into houses nearby.
The water poured into the cellars of the
morocco factories of William j. McClary
and l. L. Quigley and remained several
feet ceep in the basement. 1t did not reach
the fires and no damage was done these
establishments.
The loss at the morocco factory of +.
Blumenthal & Company will not fall short
OF $4,000 il is thought
STRUCK BY LIoHTNiNG.
George Lewis, baggagemaster on the r,
w. ~ Is. railroad, was severely injured BY
a lightning stroke during the worst of the
storm. He was on train No. ST. from
Philadelphia, due in this city at 4.3i p. M,
and as the train passed Eddystone station
binding flash struck so close to the train
that the baggage car was completely filled
by the electric fluid. Lewis, who was
standing near the door, was knocked pros
trate and almost senseless by the binding
fluid. He soon recovered and for awhile
felt so little effect from his rough expert
ence that he kept on with his work until
the train reached Wilmington. Then lac
became seriously ill and was hurriedly
sent to his home at Lamokin. His lower
limbs were affected as though by paraly-
sis, and his condition is regarded us seri-
Gus.
Albert Denney, employed at Ainscow's
restaurant on Fourth street near King,
while answering telephone call during
the storm, received Il shock that rendered
his arm useless for awhile.
Mrs. Joseph II. Martin of No. 1Ol Van
Buren, street, while standing in the hall
way of her home, was severely stunned by
an electric shock and rendered unconscious
for several minutes. Dr. l.. A. Kittingcr
was summoned and rendered assistance.
Mrs. Martin is greatly Frustrated by the
shock, but will recover A number of
people in various parts of the city received
shocks more or less severe.
Tho chimney on the house of Alfred ID.
Vandever, No; 100 East Fourth street, was
struck by Il bolt of lightning and com
pletey demolished. The falling bricks
tore big holes in the awning Of Henry
Fulton's store, adjoining.
A telegraph pole at Sixth and Madison
streets was riven from top to bottom by a
lightning stroke.
The motors of several cars on the cleo
trio railway lines were burned out. One
car was detained at the p. W. & h. Il. II.
station q half hour by this mishap. At
the railway company's electric station,
Delaware avenue and du Pont street. the
dynamOs had to be stopped during tho
heaviest part of the storm. The lightning
bolts played in and around the building
so continuously that it seemed to be on
fire the greater portion of the time.
AROUND THE p, W. 4 u. STATION.
The scene at the r., W. g. b. railroad
station from . until o'clock was ex-
tremey novel. There was water on all
sides of the property. On French, Front
ana iOplar streets tne water reached from
curb to curb and on Water street the
tracks were under water at least half n
foot deep. Passing locomotives had to
| pillow through the water and cast mp
streams Il distance Of several feet. James
| ii. Price, who has been with the railroad
company 20 years, said he never before
saw such sight at the station and stated
that man who has been on the road 10
years told him that he never saw the like
before. Robert 7. Cottingham, who has
been Wilmingtonian for 50 years, re-
| marked that ii bent everything he had