Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-24

II is many years since this locality
has witnessed such an incessant, heavy
rain as that which started Friday last.
The downpour has continued almost
without let up. The rain fall, as re-
corded at the City Engineering Depart
ment, ic for Wednesday and Wednesday
evening one inch and eighteen hum
dredths; for the "a hours to A p. M Sat.
urday forty.five one hundredths, and
from that time to a. IN. Monday two
inches and iifty-fve one hundredths.
Monday, the Brandywine was q
raging torrent. Residents around the
bridge at Market street say it is the
worst storm they recollect.
81 never saw anything like it" man
said, as the crowd stood watching the
tremendous volume of water rushing
and churning beneath. "B ,sides," he
added, sit is only low tide now. Just
wait till 2 o'clock when this east wind
backs the water up. There will be a
big sight at Seventh street bridge where
the Brandywine joins the Christiana."
Going out along the electric line TO
Riverview on Monday a good idea of
the effects OF the continuous rains was
seen.
Walton's pond was swollen to double
its normal size and looked like mimic
sea. Every little stream crossing the
roadwas noisy, turbulent brook.
There is a great deal of damage at
Shellpot Park. Tho large bridge ON the
main entrance roadway is washed away
and in its place the Shellpot has spread
out in a great yellow tide. Above the pa
Vilion too the little rustic bridge has been
carried down the stream under the pike
bridge and down into Sellers woods on
the other side Of the road.
The upper part Of the park is all
under water. So is the bridge along the
road Just outside the railings.
In Sellers woods the Shellpot makes q
magnificent picture. Near tile turnpike
it is more restricted to its natural bed,
and its yellow waters are rushing in
long yellow combings past the dark
trunks Of trees with loud Kissing
plash, making very graphic spectacle.
"rramp's Retreat" the big circular
pond below the bridge is swollen out oil
recognition. 1t has numbers of up
rooted trees in it, and lying athwart one
of them is the rustic bridge carried
down from the park.
Milkmen coming in from Bpndywine
hundred who had to cross the Foulk
road bridge over the Shellpot, off the
Concord pike, say that the water on the
bridge was up to the wagon hubs at
O'Clock, a. M, Monday. There is no travel
from that direction and it is feared the
bridge has gone.
The meadows around Newport are
several feet under water. The Christiana
has risen to such an extent that the
houses at the drawbrdge near the
station have water on the first floor
From Stanton the report is of no dam
age The Red Clay is unusually high.
No bridges are reported washed away.
The creek is SO full that the Kiamens
mills had to be shut down.
A landslide occurred at Gray's Ferry
but IL did not harm the railroad.
There is big washout at Principle
buttrains are passing over it with safety
Owing to an extensive wasliout or
the Newark & Delaware City railroat
no trains are running on that road anC
its patrons are compelled to journey vi,
the p, w. & B, and Delaware railroads
There was a small landslide Monday
morning at Southwood, on the Landen
berg branch of the Baltimore IL Ohit
railroad. AT the b. u o. Office it is sait
that there has been no damage ON thu
main line and trains are on time.
During the night the stables of tn
Diamond State Co. and the Wilmington
Steamboat Co. were flooded. The waite
rose 10 the horses stomachs and tn
animals had 10 be led out.
On the Delaware the wind was yer,
heavy and the water exceedingly rough
The Wilmington Steamboat Co.. S boat
were running US usual. AT the company
Office 1t is stated that there has been II
serious damage along the river.
AT Rising sun, at noon, the Brandy
wine was very high and the Rising Su
road was under water.
From the top floor of the Equitabl
Building a most remarkable spectacl
was witnessed. Looking out to tn
east the whole section of the easter
side of the city, excluding few knot
OF buildings on high land, here an
there, seemed to be inundated.
Passengers coming on the train frol
New Castle last Monday saw seye
horses standing on rise in the cent?
Of one of the meadows. The watl
was up 10 the backs of the uniorna
animals, who seemed to have lost Il
idea of attempting to save themsely,
by swimming To higher ground. On ii
railroad bank passing through the san
meadow were three horses and son
cattle standing, safe at least for ii
present.
Down the Brandywine at Grubb
landing the tide at noon was level wit
the bank.
The banks of the Brandywinc b
yond Eleventh street bridge gave wa
under the tremendous downpour of raj
The storm in this locality is said to
the heaviest since the tidal wave of 1877
when the water rose above the windoy
OF the first story and many of the il
haoitants were compelled 10 flee fl
their lives.
Emil Beck, watchman at the shops
ihe Pullman Palace Car Co., SAYS til
Just before the banks of the Brand
Wine gave way, at o'clock In the NOR
ing, the wind and rain storm that pr
vailed was terrible in its intensity. |
sald he was actually frightened by Il
roar OF the raging current and the moi