Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-02
RESERVOIR BANK BREAKS.

Heavy Rain of Sunday and Sunday Night
Caused Much Damage.
The rain which began on Saturday
night caused flood In the BrandywineF
yer. Passengers down the Whining.
ton & Northern railroad Sunday morn
ing observed that the river banks werel
inundated Tbs waters reached theirv
| highest at evening whenj they we're six1
or ssuen feet above the normal high
mark. For the size of the flood, the
amount of damage done was very sma II
The rain earlier last week had sen
| most of the ice out of the Brandywind
and that fact probably prevented good
deal worse flocd Sunday. At Rock
| land, the water entered the cellar Of the1
paper mills, but caused no PARTICULAR
! damage.
Along du Points Banks, the torrentg
| ragged in the narrower sections of the{
river. 1t rose two feet higher than thej
usual flood and got into the celars of,
| sundry houses. The road in front of
the ''Long Row" between Brecls's Mill
and the HagIey Yard, had several feet
of water in it. Among those whose
houses were entered by the flood were!
Frank Krause, Evan Jones aud Georeel
Oliver Residents moved houssho dI
effects to upper stories.
In Brandywine Park the river banks
were flooded and the dams we're not in,
sight Near Market street bridge, the
water rose almost to the small race On,
the north side At Lea IS Mills, ii wa
with an inch or two of the floor. N
flooded the wharves below, but did no,
harm.
About Eleventh street bridge. it rose,
above the level OF the piers, and cab us
were far above their usual foatingl
places. No damage is reported at the
Pullman works or the jackson & Sharp
works.
Thatcher street near Fourteenth va
covered with water, and some houses
there were flooded. Houses in People
Row, near the Pullman works, werd
similarly affected
The marsh between Landlith sratioa
and the high ground at Edge Moor was
covered with water The food was
within few inches of the rails of The
New Castle cut off
The heavy rain caused landslide al
Cool Spring reservoir during the night
but the consequences were not serious,
! as the brick wall was not weakened and
, there was no loss OF water. About 81
, feet OF the bank slid down into Cool
Spring Park, but soon after the break
. was discovered the work OF making re-
pairs was begun. Chief Engineer Bond
said the break caused no inconven ience.
Charles Ii. Ten Weeges, CHIEF OF the
city weather bureau, reports that 81
inches Of rain fell between noon Satur-
day and : o'clock Monday W b lob
almost equals the record. Many street
beds we're washed aud some dangerous
|, places were reported Monday. On
Sycamore street between Franklin and
Van Buren, where the Water DeparE,
!, ment laid main recently, the water
i washed the new earth out, leaving ths
, pipes almost hare, and today it wal
! necessary to block off the street unit
repairs can be made. A dangerous hols
was washed at Thirteenth aud Wash.
, ington streets. The rain brat into the
: rear door of the lower office of til,
Street and Sewer Department, at Sixth
and King streets, but there was at
o SCR GUS damage
i The bed of the Delaware City trolley
o road. acr IS Smiths marsh, near Della
! ware City, was washed, but traffic wal
/. not interrupted. The company will maxi
8 repairs at once.