Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-10-19

AT Northeast there was big rise in
the river. The machinery of Rutter Il
Thomas packing house was damaged.
The grist and -four mills of Armstrong,
Squier & Co., were flooded. Water stood
two feet deep in some of the houses ON
Main street. Matthew Russell's barn at
Bay View was unroofed. The barns OF
G. r. Hill and G. T. Gorrell were dam
aged in Elk Neck. The boiler-room Of a
packing house on Elk river was demol-
ished. Considerable damage was done at
Charlestown and Carpenters Point.
Owen Murphy's sloop-rigged scow was
broken up.
At Port Deposit the susquchanna
river rose higher than il did on
the night Of August ~. The
wharyes were again submerged, and
the easements of dwellings along
the river bank were flooded, but no
serious or extensive damage was done.
| Three or four fish-houses were invaded
by water, and some injury was done to
fish packed in barrels and stored. A
good deal of lumber was scattered, some
small boats were broken up and the
trucking schooner Grover Cleveland
was driven against the wharf and badly
damaged, The boat was upset, the
masts broken and hole stove In the
hull. Captain Holm, of the ferry
steamer City Belle, profting by his
severe experience in the August storm,
took his boat over to the Hartford side
and found q safe berth in the canal.
A scow and some shanties were driven
up to Port Deposit from Havre de Grace.
At Havre de Grace the water was six
inches higher than during the freshet
last spring. The fish-packing ware
houses of Coulehan g. Hogan of Balti-
more, at the canal basin, were badly
damaged, the floors and part of the
houses being carried away. Rowboats
were used on Water street. r. j. Seneca
had 80 barrels of gasolene ami coal oil
carried out of a shed near the water.
The fencing and outhouses at the light
house were carried away. Thomas Rey.
nolds had three fishing boats carried off
They were later found ground to kind
ling wood.
At Centreville Landing, Chester river
the tide rose about 6 inches higher thai
during the storm of August last. Cap
tain Oymon had considerable quantity
of wheat damaged and some fertilizer il
, the freighthouse of the Chester Rive
, Steamboat Company was injured. 4
rowboat was used to convey passenger
to the steamer B. S. Ford on Saturda.
, morning. The stream at the southeri
: end of Centreville was so high that tn
mail for Queenstown was delayed sew
eral hours.
, A perfect hurricane prevailed il
u Wicomico. The chimneys on the couI
! house in Salisbury were blown dowr
A chimney ON the residence of Mr.. L
7 w. Gunby, in Camden, was demohshe
! and the roof damaged. The Marylap
7 Steamboat Company's wharf in Sails
bury and all the wharVes along th
north side of the Wicomico river weI
ii flooded to considerable depth. Grie
"a Bros foundry was unroofed and tree
/ were scattered right and left. Report
It from the country state that great damag
! was done and many trees were uprootet
Ie On the farm of Mr.. John w, Parker
a large new barn was blown down an
v several hundred dollars worth of fam
e ing implements demolished. His horst
10 and cattle were saved, but many tons {
ID hay and wheat were in the upper pa
,e of the building. His loss is estimated {
10 $500 or 5000. A report was received
ID the effect that the old tower and hou
n. on Clay Island, which had been one
Al the landmarks of the State for mar
N years, had been carried away by ii
N tide and wind. The fate of the OF
" family of people who lived in the hou
" is not known, but it is feared they ha'
ut met with destruction.
i'd 1T is feared that great damage b
or been done at Ocean City. Reports fro
IS. Worcester county show that the hur
Is, cane was very severe there. The tide
Ii the Pocomoke river was tho Agt,