Evening journal., 1897-10-26
WIND is STILL HIGH.
But the Nasty, Heavy Rains
Are Apparently Over.
oHRIsTIANA GETS HER BACK UP

COMES CLEAR OVER DOWNTOWN
WHARvES-SOME EFFECTS OF
THE STORM LAST NIGHT ON THE
DELAWARE-YACHT HILDEGARD
GOT IN AT NOON.
The high northeast wind which has
been blowing n gale for several days
and brought heavy rains and much
trouble with II, has not subsided
though the rains have passed over and
the clouds have cleared away.
As result of the raging elements
and heavy rainfall the Delaware river
is still over two feet above normal tide
and it has caused the Christiana and
Brandywine to overflow their banks.
AT noon to-day-high water-the
Christiana went over the cap logs at
Blumenthal & Co. s wharves, and at
Orange strete wharf Water came up
the slips at the Wilmington Steamboat
Company's wharves and submerged the
end Of Third street wharf
To-day's is the highest tide since Oc-
tober Of last year. According to thel
New York Heralds forecasts for the
Middle States and New England to-day
partly cloudy to fair weather and fresh
northeasterly TO easterly winds will
prevail, preceded by cloudiness and
brisk to high winds. and possibly local
rain on the coasts in the morning, with
slowly rising temperature.
On Wednesday, in both of these sec
tions, fair TO partly cloudy, warmerl
weather will prevail, and on Thursday |
partly cloudy slightly cooler weather.
followed by local rain
SERIOUS TIME AT BOWERS BEACH |
At Bowers Beach, on the bay shore. !
the water has been driven inland, and
the houses are surrounded with water.
William Spencer and his family were
rescued from the second story OF therl
homes by neighbOrs, VINO came to their
assistance in boats. Several boats have
been driven ashore between Bombay
| Hook and the mouth Of the Mspillion
river, but II is impossible to learn their
names. One OF them is large schooner.
The crews of the boats are all safe, and
it Is believed that all can be hoatod
with little difficulty.
YACHT SOUGHT REFUGE HERE.
Among the sailing vessels that were
caught in thenortheast storm on Sunday
was j. J. De Kinder's cruising yacht
iceland. The owner, his daughter,
Miss Mabel De Kinder, and william
Annear had been down the river and
bay ON short cruise and were return
ing to the anchorage OF the Philadel-
phia Yacht Club at Tinicum
/, when the embryo hurricane
struck the craft of Chester
Island With an ebb tide and a north
east wind blowing at the rate Of thirty
miles an hour the iceland was Obliged
e., -, arrl,fla -flr- ,-aIff ,If~t. I.rf r..
/ cumbed to the fury of the storm. Some
capsized, while others were driven
3 ashore.
r Mr.. De Kinder. who is an expert
= yachtsman. was not discouraged by the
adverse elements. He knew that the
] iceland had stood the test OF storms
E before and was a good weather craft,
p and consequently tried TO beat up
$ against the strong wind and ebb tide.
4 His efforts were Intellectual. however.
and as a last resort, with shortened
] sail. he turned the nose Of the staunch
3 little yacht down river and made for
? the Christiana creek. where he quietly
beat up to Fourth street wharf until the
! storm subsidized.
FINE SCHOONER-YACHT IN.
> The trim steel schOoner-yacht Hide
! garde came up the Christlana to-day at
4 11.3O O'Clock in tow Of the tug Amanda
: Powell, and is safely moored at the
Harlan and fiollingsworth Company IS
4 shipyard, where she will probably Win
ter. The Hildegarde had a rough time
OF it last evening off Pigeon Point, and
r several times dragged her anchor. She
? finally signaled for assistance and was
towed i'm the mouth Of the creek.
= EVEN KNOCKED OUT RACE
q TRACKS.
Owing 10 the severe storm and con-
y sequent bad condition of the track II
. was decided to postpone the opening OF
z the Southern Racing Association Fal
II meet at Singerly. No announcement has
e been made regarding the entries. bu'
: the present program will probably b'
declared of and new one substituted
- OVER THE CANAL GATES.
The tide was 50 high at Delaware
/ City yesterday that the water poureC
over the canal gates. One daring boat
k man shot the rapids and landed righ
o side up in the canal.
/ NOTES OF THE STORM.
i Yesterday morning the bank alonl
ii the river at Pennsville gave way anS
.e about 100 feet has been washed out
% Before the storm abates more will &,
= and great damage will be done in th'
/ country adjacent to the river.
i John McManus' bOat-houses at Mar
ket street bridge were flooded at higl
water and the men had to wade aroun'
10 in gum-bOots, with perishable article
=, piling them up on trestles.
A tree at Fifth and Pine streets wa
:, uprooted by the storm and blown acros
n the street.
E. THE VESSELS ASHORE BELOW
le LEWES.
D. Delaware Breakwater, Oct. eth
northeast gale reached a velocity O
nearly fifty miles an hour last nighl
with no signs of abating.
lg The schooner H. W. Laws wen
n ashore near the fish factory. II is sti
l. pounding on the beach.
e. he Lizzie Falkanburg and Sarah
n Vaughan, schoOners, went ashore las
lp ! nj Of Most Mau1lfa nfpr nafpp NJ