The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-05-23
THIRD edition.
EmE wArERs RnolpINa.
The Abatement of tho storm brings Out
! Many sIghtsaers.

The abatement OF the etorm ycster.
day afternoon gave sightsesrs encou-
[akment. aud they swarmed along the |,
Branuywine creek to observe the ell. |
4 recfs Of the phenomenal downpour of,
rain OF the preceding three days.
Inc washington street bridge was
me mecca OF many OF the bightseers,
aud as they looked upon the roaring
creek below ae 1t flooded its banks anu
4 dhshed against the big stone pillars, ,
aplashing tho foam high In the air, 1
they could not but admire the scene.
Some lew people walked out the cause.
way. while others went beyond Eley.
ol.th street, and still others who de
bired lofty view OF the surrounding
Z country sought the Fourth street nil \
And Equitable building.
It from the latter places the view was
7 Clear. There was no Christiana or
Hxahd 2wine Greeks to the east OF the /
cityi II was all one vast lake Of muddy
could see.
Az the waters recede the result of
me storm is more clearly seon. The
BANKS oil the streams ars damaged
ana IN some places arc lodged house
3 poid furniture aud other articles
which nave been carried away before
4heir former owners had time to re-
move them TO pace of safety. Com
p'dering the rapidlty at which thel
water Is subsiding. 1t Is supposed the
lowiands beyond Market street bridget
Will be clear In several days
tf festerday afternoon the sun shonel
3 or the nrst time since Saturday. Inel
eky was clouded. which kept tho sum
IRON shlning very long. anu about 81
< o'ciuck The Indications were thut rain
would again fall. 1t did not. but the
"IMIHflt "a In nm nd 4.
end the early morning was no better.
Ahe sun broke through the clouds
H about ii o'clock, however, ami warm
co the earth for the first time since the
btorm set In. A few days OF sunshine
VIII dry the streets put new life Inl
yeEetation aud make life we'll worth
the living.
This news comes form Elkton, The
eusquehanna river, at Port deposit
tiis county. began to rise lust evening
mi this morning the entire town was
under kfour to lxfeet OF water. The
frhcks OF the Port Deposit and Colum
pia railroad, which passes through the
8 iown, are covered with ak fest Of wa.
Yer and travel over the road has been
~ q standstill all day.
"a The advance OF the l75, 600, 900 feet
pl logs sent ndrlft by the breaking Of
the boom at Willlamsport. Pa, yes.
tcrday, reached Port Deposit tllsI
morning and passed down under the
bridges OF tho Baltimore and Ohio and
Philedelphia, Wilmington ami Baltl.
m6fe Railroads at a rapid rate.
The first OF the draught logs from
Nliliamsport reached liavre de Grace
1his morning. During the day about
100000 passed here. The current Ia
cunning at about twelve miles pei
hour and the water ID at the danger
line.
Ed D. h 0. TRAVEL. RESUMED.
At Twenty-fourth ana Chestnut
streets, the water of tho Schuyklll
river has Ieceded to the limits of Its
banks. and the Baltimore Il Ohio
railrend station was free of water
MQrkren We're at once put TO work
cleaning up the debris and mud, and
this morning the depot was occupied.
ufains were run IN and out of the
Depot on scheduled time.