Middletown transcript., 1893-10-21

greater part of the night.
The storm reached its maximum about
$50 o'clock. when the fiag-pole at the hose
house fell, breaking the feeding wires OF
the electric light plant, and leaving the town
in darkness. The damage TO the wires was
slight. and was repaired next day.
The large building near the railroad,
known as the "Woodall building" was
blown down. It was unoccupied. having
been last used during the season Of 1892 as
tomato cannery by Wells, Herring q Co.
This building was erected many years ago
by the late Joshua Fenimore, and was used
for time as q wagon and farm-implement
factory. After Woodall discontinued busi-
ness there, it was unoccupied for long
time. 1t belonged to the estate of the late
William Green, and was the last of the trio
OF large frame buildings which at one time
stood neighbors, the other two. the ..Del-
marvia" dryer and the cold storage house
for peaches, each of which knew various
occupants, having been destroyed by fire.
Many trees had branches broken off by
the winds and a few were nearly uprooted,
but the damage in this respect was much
lighter than one could have expected, con-
sidering the ierceness of the bowling hurri-
cane.
Several farmers along the Delaware
shores suffered considerable loss from the
rising waters, the tides being higher than
has been known for many years.
Charles Schubert, near Port Penn, lost |
his whole crop of corn. it being swept |
away in the shock by the water. Vincent
Moore also lost his corn in the field and |
several head of cattle
At Smyrna many large shade trees were
uprooted or injured. and several ehimneys
were blown to the ground. At Woodland
Beach the bank was washed away for
several feet, and at Bombay Hook much
damage was done to the marsh hay
stacked there for winter use. Collins
Beach is in dilapidated condition. The
water washed away about 100 feet of the
roadway to the pavilion and did much
other destruction One Of the buildings of
George G. Rothwell was unroofed, and
number of buildings on the farm of John
II. Hoffecker, at Cedar Lane, were blown
down.
A number of buildings in Wilmington
were unroofed and the snipyards, wharves
and marshes were flooded by the high tide.
The storm was much more destructive
in the lower part of the Peninsula than in
this region. The house of Julian Wheatley,
near Tipquin, was blown down and his
aged mother killed. His wife, who was in
bed with three weeks old babe, was pro.
baby fatally injured. The little one es-
capped injury. Two miles distant the houses
of Barclay Smithers and Charles Green
were wrecked. Tue sleeping inmates es-
capped by a miracle in their night clothing.
Green's three horses and seven head of |
cattle fed to the marshes after the collapse of
the sheds and were drowned.
The water fronts of the Eastern Shore
towns were flooded, and wharves. freight
houses and other property suffered much |
damage. Old residents at Chestertown say |
the tide there was the highest in half q |
century. The Chester river bridge was |
entirely submerged. and damaged to such |
an extent that the commissioners have |
posted notice stating that the bridge is
unsafe, and that travellers use it at their
own risk.
The granary of Captain Woodall, at
Georgetown. was flooded, and consider
able quantity of grain damaged. A board
broke from the side of the building. and it |
Is reported that fully two hundred bushels
of wheat ran out.
Tolchester was also badly damaged. The
tide was eighteen inches higher there than
during the August storm.