Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-10-28

shore. The tide is the highest since
1878. The beaches and marshes are
submerged, and strewn with the
wrecsage Of cottages and paviions.
V. "a. D. liarringtun's sturgeon
establishment at tho mouth of Cedar
Creek has been overturned.
Tho hotel at Cedar Beach is sur
rounded hy water, and the bar and
billiard rooms are inundated. The
pavilons anu cottages are a total wreck.
Several schooners OFF the West flats are
in danger Of being tossed ashore.
Several large RATS of piling owned by
S. W. Darby are strewn upon the
beach.
Largs numbers OF cattle have persisted.
Delaware Breakwater, Oct. &c, Tho
storm on the coast hereabUuts con
tinued with hut little abatement this
morning. The wind was blowing at
thu rate of 80 miles an hour. and the
sea was very high.
The schooner Sarah J. Vaughan.
which ran aRhors on the beach at the
Breakwater, broke amidship this morn
ing.
The schooner Lille Falkenburg is
high on the beach, apparently in good
condition.
Tho schooner II. W. Laws, ashore at
Lewes, ia 10 bad condition.
No lives have thus far heen lost. The
two lfesaving crews have done noble
work, dozens of henumhed sailors hav.
ing been reseued from stranded vessels
by mems of the brooches buoys.
The storm broke over this city with
terrible fury early Sunday evening. In
fact, it really made its appearance dur
ing the afternoon. There was no seri
Gus damage here, however, but great
many people were put to mora Or less
Inconvenience Oh account of the wind
and rain.
Trees we're urrooted in various local..
ties, and shutters and awnings were
torn from their fasienings, while traI
doors which were not secure we're alsC
carried off in some places The force
Of the wind also broke the glass in win
dows in some places.
There waa not such large quantity
| of rain, and, as the wind was from thu
Forth, thers was no trouble from higt
tide until near noon, when there wal
a reaction, and along the Christiant
the water was over the tops Of th,
wharves in some places. This was an
ticipated, bowever, and peopla alons
tho wharyes prepared themselves fo
| the food.
There was much trouble during th,
night among the electric wires. Ii
many places they were crossed anC
much inconvenience followed. About
o'clock in the morning tho arc lights il
some parts of the city were out fo
about 10 minutes on account OF troubl,
with the wires.
At the telephone exchange it wal
learned at noOh that the creates
trouble was from crossed wires. hu
nothing serious even in this direction
had heen experienced.
Trees were blown down at Eleventh
street and Delaware avenue, on KIM
street above Sixth in the yard at st
Johns Church, at Market streut ant
Elliott avenue, and ct other places
while limbs we're torn from trees al
over the city.
Tho Whitaker steam yacht mooret
in the Braudywine at the foot o
Church street was overturned.
The strong wind and neavy rain Sun
day caused trouble to navigation oil
the Delaware l!iver and bay.
Notwithstanding tho very rougl
weather a number of pleasure yacht
wore out. Oh Chester a 2I-foot yaw
rugged yacht capszed and the crew o
three mer were thrown into the river
They swan and reached the yacht ant
clung to her keel with the waves dash
ing over them. 10 short time the.
would have been compelled by the coll
to release their hold, and would hav
drowned but for the timely assistanc
afforded them by George Scheetz, Ed
ward Scheot2 and John Culin, who pu
out in rowhoat and took them ashore
towing the capsized yacht. Tho acci
dent was caused by the main sheet be
coming fast as they went about. Th
rescued men hurried of without leavin
their names or thanking their rescuers
VusgeiH which arrived at Philadel
phia Sunday anu Saturday repor
meeting with very eturmy weather
Tine schooner Edward W. Young. frol
Providence, lost at sea laHt Wednesdn
night Mate Philip Bell of Boston an
Portuguese sailor named Emman Ut
Mello. Bell had gone aloft to assist i
shortening the sail, and the weathe
becoming stormy, he fell overheard
Melio went to his assistance in sma
hoat but he lost his oars and his hoo
was swept away. As the schooner wa
being brought around su that assistanc
could be sent to the twn men, tn
steering gear became Cleranged. Th
men were lost sight of soon afterward
in the darkness. ..--
The sunn yacht Zeeland, owned b
Joseph j. DeKinip of Philadelphia ia
which was suppose to have bsen car
si2ed in tho Delaware River near thi
city on Sunday, arrived in the Chris
tiana Monday, wifh all well on board
The party aItsrward went TO Philade
phia.
The master OF one Of the Bus
packets, which care down from Phia
talphia Monday, stated that he ha
the toughest experience for many years
He mad not seen the Delaware River 6
turbulent for long time, hut, as ia
as be was able TO ascertain, there wa
no Herious damage batween this cit
and philadelpha during the might
After battling with the waves fc
several hours his boat arrived in tn
Christiana in good shape. He has bee
running on the river for some time.
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