The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-27
BIG WIND STORM.
Telephone Exchange in Trou.
Bile.
FIVE POLES BROKEN OFF NEAR


The Tops on West Tenth Street. between
JACOBSON and Frunlsi,n streets During tho
Storm last isveniug.
Owing to the big snow and wind storm
last evening the Wilmington Telephone
ExohanRe has hundreds OF telephone wires
OUT q service this morning. About
TWO O'Clock this morning. ono OF the large
cables containing one hundred wires. ran.
ming west towards Wollaston street, was
thrown ont OF service by the hreaking OF
the iron suspension wire which support.
ca the Gable IN place falling across ono OF
tne trolley wites OF the Wilmington City
Electric Railway. which burned out the
cable. thus rendering the hundred wires
10 the western eection useless until they
can be repaired.
IL Will require about two hund red feet
damaged. The new section OF Gable will
be placed between Observation-Disclosures
and Shipley street. which will then put
those particular wires In service.
Inc wind blew such a gale that five
telphone poles were broken Off near the
top on Tenth street, between jackson and
FRANKLIN. and The wires mixed up In an
hntangeiable manner being twisted and
wrapped into hundred different shapes.
Wires are down all over our city, while
several poles are down on the South eide,
AMI telephone communication 10 thereby
cut off to-day.
The telephone wire OF Mr.. Edward
kilay on tranklin street. besides numer-
Gus other residents la the neighborhood,
are also hanging. swinging TO and fro In
the wind TINS exchange has been doing
all In its power to give their subscribers
as Cd service as possible. owing to the
damaged condition of their poles and
wires. Manager Aehairey was very
der out OF ehaus.
He received message this morning
thut the Chester Telephone Exchange was
on IRE, caused by one OF the telephone
wires getting crossed by one OF the cleo.
trio wiIes
THE WILMINGTON ELECTRIC COMPANY
reported that high Winds had done con.
siderable damage IN blowing their wires
uowD. and putting their iineinen and
company TO considerable trouble this
morning 10 having the broken wi; es re.
placed. No great amount of damage
though was done the company's business
owing to broknn wires or poles.
NO telegraph wires were up bet weon Will
minRton and Philadelphia this morning.
owing to the accumulation of snow and
sleet on them during the night. together
Win the LiEh winds which broke them
down. The Postal and Western Union
were unable to send any messages or tn.
Every oroHers' wire in tue city was out
ami no quotations were received from
Inc Philadelphia or New York stock OK.
anal Telegraph communication will be
had between our city and New York.
On the kenuett pike. betwe Bancroft's
road and Union street. all the telegra pii
poles are leaning outward towards the
pubic road with only the telegraph wree
tn keep them from falling. They should
he attended to as soon rs possible Or the
company might have damage suit on
hand, By telephone message to the
Western Union aad Postal Telegraph
Company they report all business IS To-day
Is taken subject to delay.
This storm has played grenter havoc
with the telephone and telegraph COM
panies than any storm FOR several years
past. BY Friday business will be tuken
aud forwarded with Its usual dispatch.
II our readers wish to see d great sight lot
them take stroll out West Tenth street
Rear Franklin and witness the effects of
Tho wind storm last evening.
Telegraph pole in front of the resi-
dence of Conrad Kelley, No. lOl4 West
Tenth street, was blown down by tho wind
and In falling struck the porch of the
house damaging 1t considerably.
portion Of the stats OH the roof of the
house of john Hartman. Franklin street
near Tenth, was also blown of.