The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-29
FOURTH EDITION
MORE oYoLONIo WEATHER.


Feels a Touch of tho Pre-
dictsh Storm-Nires and Trees Lad
Down Before the storm.
The hot wave which has hung over
this city for several days left very I'M
cerem oniously yesterday afternoon
The advance guard of the hurricanes,
which was predicted, arrived during
the afternoon and put the oppressive,
heat to Hight, but later in the evening
"a storm OF more cyclonlc appearance,
arrived, and together with the heavy
downpour OF rain, Wilmington was
again reminded that the raging elb.
ments had again spent portion OF
their fury hero.
As a result of the storm cellars were
flooded, telegraph wires blown down.
trees uprotted, awnings torn into rib
bons, shutters and signs torn OIL and
several insecure buildings demolished.
The wind storm was not so severe as
THAT of last Wednesday, but the rain
fall was much heavier.
The wind of the storm arrived here
about $50 O'Clock. 1t came from the
Southorn Atlantic and was predicted
to reach the Delaware capes at mid
might.
In this city the rain over flooded the
Market and Third street bridges, cals-
ling the water to run into the cellars OF
houses there. This morning the wa
ter was fully six inches deep on the
Ieauseway and IL was almost impossi-
BILE 20 drive over that road. The creeks
are very nigh but have not overlooked
their banks.
The wind did considerable damage
Ito Telegraph lines on the railroad.
tcoming and going from this city. The
hnAn
Leicester Co.. Pn., as there all the wires
/, of tho Wilmington Il Northern Rail
road. north of Cassart. were blown
: down. Workmen temporarily sus
r pended the wires ami trains wore run
over the line this afternoon.
4 Wires on the line OF the p, W. X b..
/, and u. y o. roads were also down, but
, mot SO great as to impede traffic
! Telephone. telegraph and several
2 wires of the electric railway company
were blown down, but everything was
l in working order this afternoon.
% A fence was blown down at From
!. and Adams streets.
L A large tree at Delaware avenue and
e West streets was blown to the ground
A limb of tree Mt Seventh and IVES
street was blown of.
RI telegraph pole at Twentieth ant
Market streets was blown down.
n Several other trees and chimney
tlwere also blown down.
r the STORM or THE RIVER.
Al As the hurricane was plo lictod to az
rive this morning, many boats iron
this and the Philadelphia harbor di,
:, not hoist anchor, fearing that tn
y storm would oyertake them on til
river.
The mammoth steamer Republic
which has made the trip 20 Cape Ma
> daily during the summer did ne
/ leave Philadelphia. Us tic stenme
> has long journey and with larg
crowd aboard i'll such a storm it wa
,deemed advisable not To make the triI
The A. @. U. w. OF this city was I
huve gone to Cape May to-day an
when they received word that III
boat would not be run, We're not di
appointed but rather were satisfied, d
the storm had kept number frul
joinnr them. The excursion will &
Thursday.
mo wilmington Steamboat Con
lpnny ran its hoats to Philadelphia b,
hind time. The companys sheds wei
blown down but no ono WIS injuIed.
The storm was very severe on tt
lrivor during the night. Little Graf
were tossed about tho angry wave
but no cases of drowning are repor
ed. On the bay the storm was al;
severe.
The storm has caused the me
curry TO drop from 81 to 81 degrees.