Evening journal., 1901-12-30
RIVERS OVER
THEIR BANKS
Heavy Rain Creates Raging,
Yellow Torrents
MANI CELLARS ARE FLOODED
Winter PreshOt Is Unusual But 1t
Causes Little Damage 10
Property

Owing to the steady downpour of rain
since Saturday evening the Brandywlne
became swollen. and until O'Clock last
evening it looked as il there was going 60
be- freshet unequalled by any winter
freshet i'm that stream. The water arose
TO about eight feet above the dam and
the races ON both sides Of the stream
were flooded. This morning the walk
next to the creek was just above the tide
The floors Of the pavilions above the dam
were Hooded. but no serious damage done
20 property belonging TO the park
KirRwO0d Park and that section of the
city about Eleventh street bridge, was
hooded Many houses beyond the bridge
are water soaked Had the creeks of the
city been choked with ice the freshet
would have carried destruction with it
equal TO any spring storm of recent years.
HENRY CLAY IS FLOODED
At is believed by many residents of
! Henry Clay that the water was higher
there last evening than il has been for
years, but at the mills OF the Joseph Ban
croft Company IL is said that the creek
did not rise as high by a foot as it did
last spring. No damage was done TO any
OF the local manufacturing plants on the
upper Brandywine. although every prepa-
ration was made for the swelling Of che
stream.
Among those whose houses were invad-
{ ed by the surging waters were ivan
Jones. George Oliver, Mrs. Hayes and
Frank Krausc. The water poured
through their downstair rooms. The only
way persons could have gotten along the
creek road would have been In a rowboat
as the water was fully six feet deep along
the road near Breck's mill
SOUTHEAST SECTION INUNDATED
Occupants of the houses In People =
q row. near the Pullman works, suffered
greatly. Tho hrst floors of the dwellings
were covered with water and household
goods were removed To- the second story.
The marsh from Landlth station 10 the
hirh ground at Edge Moor was one sheet
of water and the river bank in that sec
3 tion is badly damaged.
cHRlsriANA CREEK SWOLLEN
The Chrlstiana IS in swollen state
q today, and, although the water h0s re.
/, ceded considerably. many places alonl
the stream still are under water. Land
= surrounding the Liebig phosphate
:, works is inundated. The east end o
Front street was flooded early this
morning. as was the yard OF The Dia
mond State Steel Company.
The yards of the F.. w. g. B. saw
mills, alongside OF the Wilmington
4 Steamboat Companys property, ais
u was flooded, but the damage wa
slight
Pullman row, in East Wilmington
\ also was flooded. The food in this sec
% tlon was not as bad as Il was durinl
e the freshet last summer.
Is wAsHoUr ON w. & N. ROAD
gl A wash-out caused by the overflow
e. ing OF a sewer. occurred on the VIII
l. mington and Northern branch of tn
N Philadelphia and Reading railroad a
" Chadd's Ford this morning. The dam
age was soon repaired. and traffic wa
blocked but n short time.
SEWERS NOT DAMAGED
Although the storm taxed the ca
pacity OF the city sewers Harry !
N Smith. street commissioners. reporte
N this morning that all the sewers weI
intact. The rushing water overflowe
pavements, however, and flied man
10 cellars.
~ The rain washed the city street
clean of all dirt. and there, therefor
will be no need of sweepers for on
week.
There is a slight washOut on tl
Delaware City trolley line. which
not inteferring with traffic on the d
al vision, however.
The new track work along the Deli
'e ware railroad was damaged conside
'ih ably by the storm.
ay Several gulleys were washed in q
ad public road between Clark's Corn
and Delaware City.