The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-22

" iltII ll'tlI.- bN'i h'i 'lc' wv liS'
wlrr was cut down. Manager {
Il. Van Trump Of the Wilmington
City Electric Company statc'
! late in the afternoon thlt the com
had made IA inspection OF all it
line, and woaId use the creates
caution in lighting the city a
night. Had it been tor this rig'C
inspection and cnlc it is Iikc|'
that "a number Of people might
have been killed for wire, keep
falling almost constantly.
No set ul mcn in The city worked
harder than those cmpInycd upon / h,
trolley lincs rhn car, were Kept or
the run during lhr day hut slccl IS
the hardest thin" II contend wit'
that can uoMe to . trolley man. The
window, in the trout vas'ibuIeS oi
the cas- were sojn covered with 4
coating ui l"e and ~ order 10 see lIuw
to run his car il was necessary Iu1
each muirrman to get II from lnlIg
to time and Sclupe owat hc 'c" 1t
finally Dccarc 50 bil that ur.pIl G
the storm the mutorli"n were com
pclIrd to lower the front windows Oh
the cars and stand exposed to iitc
weather SO that tiry could S'c ahead
Rcal trouble Tor 'heroI tp.nmnnG.
ed shortly before night gathered.
The first rllrctulI b b'ork Ot''lrf.i un
east Fourth street A poe, ladcu
with telephone wires, snapped on
near Fourth and Walnut streets. and
fell directly acroS, the stree. IT
was 50 heavy that when il IcJ It
dragged several mere With it and nj
Of them either completely II. pntlttl,y
blocked the track, 'ihlS prevented
the East Fourth street linz sad the
New Castle cars ais, lal t. stop run.
ming, They managed to run 10 lie
block adc and then retained to New
Castle, but later in the evcnn, some
poicS fell across the New Castle Sy,-
TEN out in the country, SLupping a.!
travel. Mcn were workIn. durlng
the night tying - clear the road.
but whether they Will get ii in oper-
alton by morning is question litrl
To answer.
Soon after ihe East Fourth street
|Inc got blocked the Spruce street
Inc was also put out Of service by Oh.
,tructions on The tracks. A pole and
| tree feI across tn" system near
Eighth and Spruce streets and two
'ars that were on the line had to be
eft there where they were.
Opposite No. 524 West Fourth
! rect a poe tel and wcut crashing
through the porch.
Wilmington was cnshro ldcd in
darkness last night, 50 far as the J
electric lights along the streets we're
concerned. This was not because
he service Of the company was clip !
'lrd, but because il was regarded as
.dvlsablc 10 prevent accidents, that ,
powerful curranls Of electricity Should
lot be sent speeding through tbs
treets and bywuys.
Burglars could have worked with
under the mask of darkness
nd wire thieves could havc reaprd a
opper harvest, If they had 50 dc,ir.
d. Crime could have been RAMPANT
or regiment Of policemen coudnoL
ope with wrong docrs under The
arkness Of last night.
So far as could be learned, however +
0 crime resulted because Of the I,rl.
Illumination. Tnc electric com.
any provides municipal lighting ON
system entirely different from tha.
Illuminating private resi- licences
nd business houses, Powerful cur
'nts are required TO operate the arc
shtS and to use The carbon to the
the point of ncanaenccnsc. The
rrents that supply Ia. bu,inc,,
ouses and residences re not 80 no. |
initial and they could he kept in )
TWICE wlL'io'It great danger.
Miss Annie Myers, OF Fifth and t.
oDlar streets, had a narrow cs. J.
ape from being killed. While Il
assing along Fourth street near
alnut, one OF the big telegraph !,
'les snapped off like pipe stem. v
$ it fell to the street a splinter II
'at broke off the pole struck TIE ?
oman and knocked her down. By. II
'anders who witnessed her bsjur p
locked down, were OF the opinion II
lat she had been killed When u
cked up she was uncorsc,ous aud ST
eedIng from woundin til. head u
was found that the shock receiv. Ut
had loosened all her teeth. She
as resuscitaled after about half III
hours hard work at tn. o!1j.c lie
l'r. liertel. She i, feeling til. a!
'ccts OF her experience TO-DAY. A
am belonging to the Amercau IL
IT company was standing within ef
o eet Of the place where the pole III
|. "
Pa'ro!man Hutton who was ran.
red unconscious bv an electric 81