Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-27

| wires infused dangerous current into
the otherwise harmless telegraph and
telephone wires, and persons feared to
touch them. The horses that were
caught within the electrical corral
were unhitched from the wagons and
then stripped of harness. Boards were
obtained and laid across the fallen
wires Along these improvised path
ways the horses were conducted from
within the danger circle to places of
saiety' Inc wagons were left standing
in the streets.
Along West Fourth street, too there
came near being repetition of the
destruction that prevailed on the cast
side. Several poles between Market
and Monroe streets either cracked or
fell, and wires honeycombed the streets.
At Fourth and Washington streets an
immense pole gave an ominous proan
IN the evening and fell aslant Of a
lower and stronger trolley pole on the
southwest corner. In that obliuue
position, with icy wires dangling into
the street the pole remained. Other
places where poles and wires came
down included Eighth and Madison
streets, Ninth and Washington, Eigh-
teenth and Washington, Eighth and
Broome, Fourth and Scott, Eighth and
! French. Eiphth and .T,ol,so, IT;,.ttl
near Oranee K;na Iia IbafMson' batMo' EElsnthh
and Fifth. FEigbth and n1'peei peeia rpurth Th
| hetween Washinl,ton o 9pi9r, lehth
Second and Madison, Third and Madi
son, Delaware avenue and Scott streets
| By nightfall there was a network of
fallen wires all over the city and wires
and poles continued to fall during the
night. Stately telegraph, telephone and
mare ,t;na sta,'ls pou NJ NJ DIS u they were
strawr ni;tb ,,,a1a,,;a he sVrsets nv, we're
who van nt,,ra5 forth y sIlahus. l nose
periIons obanoas lot,s tiuas hlgat toos
daatb oo'"eeh me ana
Most of tho to1oou,,l
hearing w;res tbra,'l.l Jn a,.u ~ pehe! poles
of s,h;tto WIS VIZ. throughout the city are
supposed to be abla IL witbstansa sDsp, o,saat ama
burdens. But thev u.oro ,,o,,n. go t;
mated to stand syccessfu1iy tbo ~, i,n
mense strain jmposed IN tben M
day. Tons of sleet and ;ce frr,rad ~
the network Of wires strateb;nr, ~
throughout the CITY. and with i noise
as of an explosion tbe nains hroI,o ,,g'So
everywhere and tonnled win ! crn.h
Even some of the big csIlas nan,o
down.
Ii was dangerous to be ~, +l,o st.oo+
Policeman I;eoroe Hutton Nd ~,
unpleasant eyperience AZ Lf;,i,th M
Madison streets abont O a,,iaai. ana
wires mingled with telenbone ana tala
graph wires there. and II w.s ,n,,ass., -,
fbat pedestrians sbnn1d I"' ha rateaai i,etessals
The wires fsll durina tbo pgu. aftarnaa.,
and Patrolman ,John TSord c.,,,a .,n,a
heinp entanglnd II tha,, - ~ S',le neal
near the nole that had baia AZ ~ I'm I'm
lust in time to nscapa 6Giaow IL fr,'4t. mifee
discovered another yira da,r.i;s .ni;on
menacinglv in A. .t.ast
o'cicck. and foIlow;ng ''i II o,osi,. aiou. =
his eve. he came H. H. 'inseiS VIII Mien
that II was s;mn,,, n ,,,,,, sa"s,oli ,,,;,a vi
was moi danaerons Ha ,tra,d s ny ~ ,.;.t a,tt
one hand tn remcve ALL ~ , =. WIN .
spinning through the mir III "'' strS S"s seE'
Nelson. who lives in H.. t,,,,,i.o 10 - - - 4.
southeast corner of lr;attn o ana NJ MI; ,iio
son streets saw oiinar II,,ttS II a.u Na"'ti, u,
took hold If tha w;ro IA diuS."aa ~ s as ~
was hurIed e;gbt sost ~ t,, ~ a.,e say , ne
the shocl, be receiynd TX @ vno ,otsu 80. Va
into tbe Nalson bo,mo L. L,, Mas M. earrleu Mli
and Patrolnan Eilintt ~ -. Nelaoli :
unconscious cond;t;on ~ =" w mas ,l III a.,
noss;hIe word y,as @ "tt.' ~ sooh 'ts
sta t;on Cam Kano SomS nrSo 20 the poilcp
WAGON to tha scarn - i,,.lsu arJ , tne ~ Pa.rol
Hutton could be ren,opaa ~ VitIs a. GlnJer mn,s
NC ra uos,;t.,l " M ueinoNeu 20 tne Deia-
perilous trin out Vast Ei,rhtb ,t.oat &c -
as they became entangled IN il, failan,
wires between Orange and Tafnali
streets Patrolmnn Frani, C;raen than