The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-04
AFTER THE
STORM.
Crops Are More Extensive
ly Damaged Than
Was First Believed.


this morning bring additional news Of the
storms fury, In most places the corn has
been blown to the ground and the blades
cut by hail. The vegetables which were
on top Of the ground where they could be
reached by the hall uaSe slSa badly dam
aged. The farmers hssS suffered consider
able loss. The farmers were just congrat-
ulating themselves tha, corn was looking
better than ig had for some time and that
prospects for big crop were good. The
apple crop has also been badly damaged
on account of the hull knocking apples
from the trees
On the Coombs property near Rose Hill
schoolhouse. the barn was wrecked BY the
wind, and David Green was pinioned IN
the debris and severely injured.
Yesterday Park Engineer Leisen got q
forco Of men at work clearing up the de-
bris in Brandywine Park. and the mud Is
being removed in carts from the walk
The park drive which before the storm
was bard and level now presents the ap-
pearance In the upper part Of bad coun-
try road. The once smooth surface Is COW
cred with yellow clay, black sand. pieces
of stone and branches Of trses.
Over the wall ll.along ths walk back OF the
Delaware Hospital the rushing water was
converted into q waterfall as it poured
down the hank.
The bed Of West street from Fourteenth
street to the drive is half washed away and
the material lies on the drive. During the
season scarcely any water hos gone over
tho third dam, which has been used as
walk across the creek, Swellod by the
storm the waters of the creek rushed in
torrent fully two feet deep over the dam
during tho heavy rainfall.
The storm ruined about oil tine m macadam
stroeis in tho city Street Commissioner
, Piersou made an inspection of the streets
and sewers yesterday and visited all the
macadam streets. He found the small
stones had been washed away and the beds
of the streets were filled with ruts
As soon as possible the damage done will
be repaired. Workmen In the employ OF
tho department succeeded in clearing the
streets of the fallen trees, with the excep.
ton of West Eleventh and Shipley streets
Tho sewers were not damaged. Tho
overflows were caused by the large quanti-
ties of dirt, stones and tree branches get
ting fast in the inlets aud stopping them
up.
We,t Chester, Pa, August 81 would
not,giye dollar an acre for my corn crop
now." remarked County Commissioner
Chambers today in speaking Of yesterdays
.erribe wind and hail storm. Similar
conditions were reported from other sec.
tions of Chester county.
Tho tobacco crops of Charles Wollaston.
john A. Marshall, Samuel S. Kellers and
others suffered terribly. the leaves having
been 1attened down in the mud and great
ly torn by the hail. Atanother farm big
crop Of watermelons was ruined by the
hailstones puncturinG them.
Tho loss to greenhouse men will amount
to thousands Of dollars William Livaque.
Of Keanett Square. lost $500 panes Of
glass, and William Davis, grape grower
Of tho same place. suffered hundreds OF
dollars worth Of loss, having had his cold
grdpory crushed and the fall crop of fruit
damaged, Lesidos losing 5000 lights of G lass.
The carnat!on houses Of Edward Swayne
were badly wrecked, and Thompson
brothers, of New Garden, say 1t will re-
quire $50 boxes Of glass to reft their houses.
Tho barn on tho farm Of Milton Darling
ton, West Marlborough township, was
struck by lightning and destroyed, as was
that Of Allen Cloud of Kennett township.
Both the latter are heavy losers, the in.
surance being slight
Smyrna, Del, August IA cyclone at
Dutch Neck, six miles from Smyrna, last
evening did considerable damage. Tho
out buildings on the farms Of John Gooden
Frank z. Jonus. Samuel MoFann. John
Reynolds, Robert Rawley and John Raw
ley were completely demolished and con-
siderable damage stock buried in the
ruins.
Thousands Of peach, apple, and pear
trees were twisted off by the high wind.
The hail which accompanied the storm
has ruined tho growing corn, the stalks
being entirely stripped Of the blades
The roads are almost impossible, being
filled with tho trees broken off by the
wind,
OVER IN JERSEY.
Later reports received Of Wednesday af-
ternoon's storm shows that 1t was even
moro destructive throughout New Jersey
than was at first supposed. Entire folds
of growing corn and tomatoes in Salem
and Cumberland counties were completely
ruined by hail. Farmer William Griscom
near Pernsgrovc. had COW beaten to
death by the hailstones while at pasture.
Fruit trees were also badly damaged.