The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-26
EFFECTS OF The STORM.
r1any Places Visited-SeriOus Damage =
Almost a Wreck-A Barge to be Raised
The Storm In the City.

Seaford, Del, Oct 25-The passengers
and crew of train No. 81. passing here
shortly after q. m., and arriving in VIII
mington at L. 10 q. IN, had an unpleasant
experience and narrow escape from In
jury this morning The train is known as
the Norfolk express and was late on ac-
count Of the storm.
duct or Hall J. Miffiin, with Frederick H.
Ross as baggagemaster, while tho engine
was In charge of Engineer James 1ngle,
with Joseph Bartley as fireman. The
train had Just reached n point near the
Seaford drawbridgs when there was
sudden shock. The cab of the engine was
damaged so badly that the engine will DO
sent to the shops for repairs The bag
gage Car was also struck anu WINDOW
broken.
The train was stopped and it was found
that the damage had been done by tele-
graph pole. The storm had brokoE it, but
The wires were holding the pole. and it was
swinging over the track. 1t was this that
the train had struck. Engineer 1ngle was
cut on tho arm and face by the pieces OF
broken glass and Firomen Bartlcy was
struck on tho head with piece OF wood
ana also cut On The side OF the face with a
piece Of glass.
Passengers were badly frightened by
the sudden crash and tho Immediate stop.
ping Of the train. They We're glad to learn
that no serious damage had been done
either to the cars or crew. The train pro-
ceeded to this ety whare 1t arrived nearl y
Oh time.
WILL RAISE THE BARGE
Barge Nc. II, of the Hughes Brothers
and Bangs Company, tho owners and op-
orators of the Bellevue qlarries, sank at
Lewcs on Sunday night. A. NJ. Bangs
and Il. v Perrne have gone to the Break
water, and they expect to float the barge
within u few days.
THE STORM IN THIS CITY.
Tho rainfall In the city from Saturday
night until 8 o'clock yesterday morning,
wa, l. 10 inches, which is nearly equal to
~ inches. The fnll yesterday was about
4 inch therefore there has been a fraction
over two inches Of rain since the present
storm commenced.
There has been little if any flooding, and
this is largely due 10 the fact that the city
now has sewerage system that Is suifi.
cens to carry off the water from very
heavy storm.
The Brnndywine creek yesterday was
somewhat swollen and caused u little
alarm Men from the Pullman Paiact Car
Works and other concerns examined the
banks TO SEQ hat they were in proper cont
diGion Withstand IL flood, should it fccu".
There appears to be no doubt thai mo
Bvandywine has not swollen as much as it
will. Much rain has fallen in tho big
water she'd in Penn sylvana and this shed
has not yc. discharged its contents. Whom
it does and the water reaches Wilmington,
there may be II flood. The Christana river
il also swoolen, but SO far no reports or
any damage it has done have been received.
AS .oop EXPERIENCE.
Tho trim little s!oop yacht Zaeland, own
ell by Joseph j. Detrnder of Philadelphia,
put In q tho Christians river yesterday
morning after being bufcted by The storm
down lha Delaware river for moro than
b day. No damage was done to the craft,
BAT the occupants had an unpiea 'ant trip.
On the Xeuland were Joseph }. Detrin-
der, Miss Mabel Detrinder, William Analr
and Captain Armstrong, who is the sailing
master The sloop, which is ve'y hand.
some, started up tho bay IN the very teeth
of sundays storm. Bnifeted by the waves
and tossed about, the reach up the rlvnr
was tedious, and many times the strong
wind drove tho vessel toward the shore.
BY Ak.liful handling, however, Captain
Armstrong worked his way up lhe river
and finally he reached the mouth OF the
Christiana, where it WAS deci'led to seek
refuge from the elements. Later the Iee.
land was sailed up the Christiana and
tied up at The wharves above Third street.
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