Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
RAGING ELEMENTS.
Wind and Rain Play Sad Havoc In
This Section of the Country.

Places Flooded. Reports From Down
the state show That the Storm Was
Unusually Severe and Damaging.
The storm which struck Wilmington
at 0 O'Clock Monday evening was one Of
the serverest ever seen here. There was
very little rain but the wind was terrific.
The wind reared all night long and
many people could not sleep because OF
the tumult. Tho storm was not con-
fined TO Wilmington alone but was FAR
reaching. Tho damage is considerable.
ALONG TEE cHRIsTIANA.
Watermen declare they never saw the
Christisna so high. In many places Il
overlooked its banks and buried whArves
completely out Of sight. From l TO 8
o'clock In the morning Fourth street
wharf, which Is IA inches higher than 1t
formerly was, was several feet under
water. The tide extended all over the
yard Of The Wilmington Steamboat Com
pany and reached TO the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's repair shop. The
water rushed into the stable In the
steamboat company's yard and rose as
high as horses stomachs. Men who
attempted to go TO the stable had to
wade through water which reached to
their waists.
The storeroom of the Diamond State
Iron Company was inundated and water
covered the floor to depth of two or
three feet.
Church street wharf was also over
flowed and the water extended great
| distance along both Front and Church
streets. Baskets of Jersey truck, with
which the wharf was covered, were up
set and many watermelons, cantaloupes,
&c, were swept away.
In most places along the stream the
water was four feet above high tide.
ACRES OF MARSH INUNDATED.
Between 100 and $50 acres of land
along the Chrlstlana between the Will
nlfngton g. Northern railroad bridge and
Newport was covered with water In con-
sequence Of break in the creeks bank.
A small shed at Fourth street wharf,
belonging to the Wilmington Steamboat
Company, was overturned by the heavy
wind and badly damaged.
All over the city branches of trees
were torn on by the wind, and num-
Der Of small trees were blown down.
The iron overshoot ON the building of
the Wilmington Steamboat Company
was blown down.
The B. & o. and other railroads ex-
perienced little trouble except from the
swinging of telegraph wires.
BOATS BLOWN ASHORE.
Several scows were blown ashore near
the mouth of the Christiana.
A small sailing vessel, loaded with
watermelons, &C., was wrecked near the
southside works of the Lobdell Car
Wheel Company.
One of the Charles Warner Com.
pany's sand dredges was blown ashore
between New Castle and Delaware City.
The Wilmington Steamboat Com
pany's wharf at Chester was damaged
by the high tide. Cellars in Chester were
OVERLOOKED.
WRECKS ALONG THE RIVER.
On the Delaware shore below Edge
Moor the steam barge Victor, a mud
scow and coal scow are far up on the
mud. A small yacht is also aground,
A large mud scow is hanging across the
jetty at the mouth of the creek.
RIVER AND CANAL SEEMED ONE.
At Delaware City the water over.
flowed the piers. During the early part
of the morning the river and canal
seemed to be one body of water.
ANOTHER DOWNFALL OF PEACHES.
, The storm extended far into the peach
belt. People who canin up the Della.
ware RAILROAD on Tuesday report thai
orchards were again covered with frui'
blown from the trees. Other crops also
. suffered greatly.
! DAMAGE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Many wharycs in Philadelphia, IL il
: said, were damaged. The wharf of th,
I, Old Dominion line was badly torn up
ALONG THE p, W.. an.
. The ,P., W, q B. railroad telegraph
3 line between Perryville and Washing
) ton was demolished and at Bush anC
: Gunpowder rivers the cables were tori
from their fastenings and carried away
D by the turbulent streams. Both river
/ rose to the level of the cross-ties of tn,
1 bridges which span them, something
r which has not occurred for 80 years
!. Neither stream has scarcely any tide
o The rising of the water was caused BY
! the backing up of the Chesapeake.
. NORTH EAST INUNDATED.
n North East was inundated. TIL,
Q water reached to the postoffice an'
4 people could not go about except il
8 boats.
= GREAT FLOODS IN CECIL COUNTY.
L Special corrsspcndence Of Gazette and Journa
= ELKToN, Nd, Aug. 29.-The cycloni
J storm which visited this section las
night did considerable damage to frui
and shade trees, also to the tolephon
. and electric light wires and to the grow
ing corn.
u The damage to the wharves and sail
Be ing craft at North East, Perryvillt
i. Havre de Grace, Port Deposit AM
% Charlestown is reported TO be heavy.
II THE STEAMER ELLA SAFE.
, Special ccrrsspondenceo OF Gazette and,Journt
!. NEW CASTLE, Aug. .29.-The storr
IS last night and this morning has boo
70 one Of the most destructive known hsr
=" for years. The force OF the WIND las
/. night was terrific, limbs wore Blow
from the trees and many stayed up al
r. night in monetary fear OF their dwelling
o being blown down. The Delaware Iro
" Company's embankment and trac
Il along the river shore were washed ava
Al in several places. The wharf at tn
ot foot Of Delaware street presents
v dilapidated appearance, some Of tn
III timbers were wrenched off and throw
fe up on the wharf by the force Of III
", waves. The top Of the old whal
owned by the railroad compan
is entirely gone and nothing remain
but the piling. Down the shore lie th
barge Alva, oYned.by the Charles wa
h. ner Co., and the pile driver from th
no Firms Point jetty. The sloop ReiI
deer, owned by ira Lunt, was drive
Il | ashore and her mast broken off Report