Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-08
STORM DAMAGE IN THIS CITY
Trees, Fences, Signs and Poles
Wrecked by the Wind.
ROOF OF. A HOUSE BLOWN OFF
Great Tide in the ChrIstiana
and Brandywine.
The storm which Ragged on Saturday aud
sunday. Almost as Severe rs the btizzard
Experienced IN March, IsSS-Its Eject IN
Wilmington aud the Vicinity.

The rainstorm of Saturday continued
until Sunday, when the wind be-
came high and wrecked trees, fences,
signs and poles, throwing wires into
some confusion. High tides were
caused in the Christiana and Brandy
wine. +a
The wind reached its highest in the
evening between 5 and 7.30 O'Clock and
after that time the stars came out.
In this city trees were blown down
or large limbs were broken from them
at Third and Pine streets, Fifth and
King, in the City Hall yard, Eighth
and King, Shipley street, between
Eighth and Ninth, Eighth and Lom-
bard streets, No. 513 East Fifth street.
A woman had narrow escape from
being struck by falling limb in the
| City Hall yard and James r.. Crippen,
clerk in the postoffce, had a narrow
escape from being struck by falling
| limb at Eighth and King streets.
Fences were blown down on Sixth
| street between Orange and Tatnsll,
| southeast corner of Second and Jeffer-
| son, jackson between Second and
Third, Seventh and West, and in the
rear of No. S12 West Fifth street.
A large sign was blown down at the
store No. 81 Market street, carrying
other signs and electric wires with it
and bending the awning, poles. The
| sidewalk was blocked by the wreckage,
and Patrolman Tucker remained on
| guard to prevent persons from walking
| into the wires. The necessary repairs
were made by linemen. A number of
| awnings were blown to ribbons.
Electric light and telegraph poles were
damaged and electric wires were
crossed. Arc lamps were out in
various parts of the city. Eastlake
was in darkness for some time, wires
having been blown down.
The front half of the roof of the two
story house No. East Twenty fourth
street, occupied by w. P. McCracken,
was blown off about O'Clock in the
evening. The roof and rafters were
thrown back upon the rear of the
house. The rain entered the building
and damaged the wall paper, but the
i furniture was removed from the ex-
posed portion before it was damaged.
millinery store, No. 226 King street.
and from the vacant house No. GO
Penn street, and shingles were blown
i from q roof at Eighth and Jefferson
4 Two houses in course. of construction
4 near the Southwark factory of the G.
j. Pyle Co. felt the force of tie
wind. They were in frame and about
ready for weaterboarding. One Of
them was blown down. Fences in that
neighborhood and trees in Eden Park
were leveled. at
On Sunday a large tree near Price's
Tower on the Maryland division of the
p, W. & B. railroad was blown over
by the high wind. The tree fell across
the tracks and was struck by passing
train and thrown to one side.
During the high wind about 6.3o
O'Clock ON Sunday Contractor Fitz-
escape from total destruction near the
, Old Ferry rolling mills. The house
was to be used as protection to the
boilers and men while removing the
rock in the Christiana, for which Mr..
, Fitzpatrick has the contract. t was
/ blown to pieces and great portion of
the lumber lost. M
A barn at Centreville was demolished.
Along the line of the Maryland di-
vision of the Pennsylvania railroad,
: trees, telegraph poles and signal poles
! were felled. A tree fell across the tracks
at Stanton but was removed in time to
avoid accident. w. L. Smith, super
visor of signals, and J. L. Smith,
master carpenter, had men at work until
late in the night repairing damage.
New Castle, Dec. s. : Yesterday 8
! storm was very severe in this city.
About $40 O'Clock a large limb about
216 inches in diameter broke off and
, fell upon the car track near Second and
Harmony streets as q car was about to
/ leave the Town Hail. 1t was removed
] in time to avoid being struck by the
, car.
, The gas house of the New Castle Gas
, Co. was partly unroofed, as was the
blacksmith shop of Bernard Rogers at
Third and Harmony streets. Fences
| are down in many places, and the
streets are strewn with small branches.
| A large tree was blown down at the
northwest corner of Megginsonis
, orchard, the branches of which scraped
, the roof of the trolley cars this morn
ing.
+ The cellars of number Of houses on
, North Front street were flooded by the
( high tide of the afternoon. The tide
which should have been at its height
at $50 O'Clock was held by the wind
ard did not begin to fall until after 2