The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-03-20
MARCH DAY
ECCENTRICITIBS

- The ugly March DAY OF Yesterday
-@vound up q lis eceen ricities by
s,devcloprng q five minute snow Hurry
EnA 8 o. clock last night Thereafter
sat settled back into just nasty.
bleak fiigid night. Starting In
At sundown on Tuesday 10 grow
sold. the mercury dropped steadily
until it was II degrees bslow the
,treczing point yesterday morning.
Ice made fast in the hundreds of
pools lviug in the hollows IN the
outlying districts engeudsr.
ing false hopes OF more skating ia
thousands o. youthful breasts.
+; But the pipiug breeze which
sprung up as the day grew apace.
speedily put au end to that hope.
The wind Increased until it blew
a gale Of thiity.hve miles 40 hour.
Sisns were blown down, chlmneys
toppled over. trees uprooted and
havoc such as wind plays, ran riot.
r The sight OF men chasing their
hats became SC familiar as 10 pail
upon the sense oil good humor.
:, Women scudded before The breeze
Havigalln. with difficulty and reso-
trating formers under d:siresslul
circumstances. The gale came
out OF the west, blowing the
waters oI the Delaware out to
sea and producing a Eheromen-
ally low tide. Ness els grounded
where the nautcal ch arts showed
plecty of water Daring the day
The British steamer MyrtIcdene.
Captain Iule, on the way an the
river. loaded with 500 tons OF
British pig iron. grounded on
Cherry Island flats had 10 await
next high tide before sh. could
hope TO get OH.
Rlvermcn say thatycstcrday was
= record breaker and mud flats
10omel up in "leat shape as the
wiad sent he water across 10 lcr-
sey and the tide was very low.
Crews OF the local tugs which
came in during the afternoon re-
ported that On the Delaware river
the storm was,espccially severe. Ac
cordlug, the ma ority oi tn e u.s
remained IN port during the alter.
moon.
The steamer, UIrica, OF the Della
ware River Navigation Company,
made her morning trIplo p.nns-
grove, but as the gale appeared 10
iacfease III the afternoon, did not
make the sseoad one.
The Brandywinc braved the gale
and made both trips to Philadelphia,
but it was impossible 10 make much
speed.
The runnin. time Of trains over
some Of the divisions was affected
during the afternoon, and they left
here from ten to fifteen minutes be.
}hiBd the Schedule time.
At Delaware City the tide was
very low and scarcely IL river craft
moved. What did venture ont were
tossed about like chips. The high
wind had d general CHI! as compau-
ijon and last night but lew people
lwerc On the streets III Wilmington
some arc lights went cut; Lut tile
;We'shach lights stood the test
! The Police Department reports
tha! ii las great trouble in getting
the Street and Sewer Drpa rtmeNt 10
remove fallen trccs. The officers say
that whenever anythn. happens to
the water service within half an hour
or 50 III. department nave Il repair
gang at work, no ml,tcr whether it
Is day nr night. with the Street
and sewer Department It is a hard
tmaltcg to llnd the street commIssi Ouer
ior supervisors at Light
Last night one supervisor was
'l0Calcd after considerable trouble,
land instead Of having a force Of Men
\ 60 and remove fallen trees, lie sia!pll
asked the Polce Department to put
Arcd il9nt on the place. The tree,
the officers say, was Il great mcnac,
to teams, and particularly il there
had been fire alarm in the south
NGpstprp met IA Tho i.It