The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-26
A PECULIAR STORM.


Wilmington visited by Wind, NAN,
Hall, Thunder and Lightning.
This city was visited about 1 o'clock
yesterday morning with a peculiar
and most remarkable storm, that con-
tinued until after clock. 1t COM
nenced with high wind that was
evidently part OF cyclone, that had
spent lite destructive powers before
reaching this city.
This was followed by terrific thun-
der and binding lightning, accom-
panied by torrents OF rain and hail.
During the intervals of the wind blow.
Ing the temperature was delightful,
but when the gusts OF wind would
ngain come II seemed as though they
were from hot furnace.
These blasts OF hot air caused the
mercury In thermometers to raise In
few seconds from 81 to 80 degrees.
The wind continued until about $50
o'clock, when II died out until after 8
o'clock, when 1t again blew In all Its
fury for nearly an hour. Almost every
one In the city was awakened and
many were badly frightened, as the
wind roared like the approach of q
cyclone.
In the meantime the terrific claps Of
thunder and the binding flashes Of
lightning combined to make the scene
Atuhh puL LCIilDl6s 0HutLbIh Nblo
torn from their fastenings and several
trees blown down. 1t seemed for a
time as though every church steeple
In the city was doomed, and that many
houses would be unroofed or blown
down altogether.
Awnings were torn down In Il mum.
Der Of places. and O few telephone
wires were injured, but the telegraph
wires escaped.
During the height OF the storm the
barn Of Thos L. Talley, In Brandywlne
hundred, about five miles from this
city, was struck by lightning and to-
tally destroyed, with all of this seasons
crops. Fortunately the horses and
cattle In the barn were removed. The
| loes Is estimated at $4,000, but Ia fully
covered with insurance.
The carriage house near tho barn
was on fire several times and narrowly
escaped destruction. The barn was OF
frame and stone, and one OF the larg.
est in the hundred. -....
1t Ia also reported that q cow was
allied by the lightning In South vii.
mington.
The storm was very severe on the
river, and the shipping was consider
ably damaged. Several oyster boats
that we're on their way to this city
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sized or totally wrecked.
Tho big British ship Barring Brothers
from Philadelphia, loaded with a gen
eral cargo for San Francisco, was driv
en- aground above New Castle and IL
now hard aground with several tug
pulling on her stern. The ship draw
26ly feet OF water ....
The open yacht Stella OF Whining
ton, In which were several young men
was capslZed by the warm gale. Ate
battling several hours In the waite
they were picked up by the crew Of
schooner and taken to New Cast lie
About Q o'clock yesterday morning
the yacht was taken in tow at Della
ware City, where she had floated, b.
the crew Of a Bloop and taken to Finn
Point near New Castle, where she wal
reclaimed by her owners.
A schooner had all her sails, with
the exception of her foresail, torn t,
shreds, while other boats also suffered
Two houses were struck with light
ming on b street, South Wilmington
and II seems strange that with tn
violence OF the storm there was no
IN ore damage done.