Evening journal., 1903-10-12
WATERS RECEDE;
DANCER IS PAST
CONTINUED from First PaE.o

Delaware River Is solid sheet OF
water but il is gradually emptying into
the river this morning and will prob
ably be cleared out in twenty-four
hours.
Ninth Ward Damage Slight.
In the vicinity OF the Eleventh street
bridge the tide was sufficient to attract
considerable attention but no damage
was done. A number of the boat
houses that had been resting ON land
for many years partooS Of a long,
looked-for immersion. Across the
bridge. where there are many small
boats and cabins, the ground lies some-
what lower, and the people there ala
not wear the same good-natured smile
as those Of the Orchard.
AT the railroad bridge crossing the
Brandywine. the new foundations that
are being built by Ryan & Kelly. were
Hooded. and the cofter dam that was
nearly completed was entirely sub-
merged.
Along the Christiana the wharves on
both sides were flooded and the river
was fun of floating timber. Many
blocks were washed away from the
IIllIN HAu Nl lnt bA1hEVl 81 DAANiA u W.
IL was feared at one time that the
ways on which a big car float is being
built would be effected but the water
receded before any serious damage
was done.
The monument that marked the spot
OF the landing Of the Swedes along the
Christiana, was almost entirely under
water and at one time the Wilmington
Steamboat Companys wharf at the
foot OF Fourth street. was submerged.
The water extended up the street TO
Bridge street and was running around
the lower car shops of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad I'm swirling eddies and
back into the river again at Third
street.
The water reached the new centre
pin OF Third street bridge. a thing that
has not occurred In twenty-five years.
Bridgetender Wright seeing the struc-
ture might be damaged climbed be-
meath the bridge and removed the
wedges. just about the time the water
was beginning to lap against them.
The tide swept over the yards OF
the Diamond State Steel Company on
both sides Of the river. At Church
street wharf vegetables and baskets
were floating about There win be
pumpkin pies in several homes within
a few days, that probably would not
have had them but for the water.
Went in Boats to Store.
For fve hundred yards back OF
Church street the water surged and a
little store did all its business by boat
The customers coming up and tying
their boats to the awning post.
The water was deepest on the south
side. Along Guthrie's Row, Cranston's
Row. Taylor's Row and Howard street
Il reached a depth OF five feet this
morning. which was the deepest. The
water is backed up and each tide adds
to it's depth. None of the water can
escape until the tide in the river falls
below the sluices.
Suffered For Food.
Several families have suffered 10
, food. as they could not get ont of thei
houses and they had consumed wha
! they had i'm their larders. Some O
them escaped in boats. but no hoel
was paid to the others. who asked &
be taken out and those marooned II
the second stories Of their houses would
not trust their hard-earned money C
those in the boats, fearing a repetition
of last springs tactics when persons
would row up to the houses and ask II
they could buy provisions for the in
mates. They would get the money and
not return.
Huokstors in Boats.
Some Of the more thrifty secured
boats yesterday and went among the
flooded districts crying their wares.
They did a land Office business selling
pies. cakes and sandwiches to the inn
lprisoned inhabitants.
Firms who employ the men who live
lin the submerged sections sent boats
for them this morning 10 come 10 work.
Dyke Broken in Three Places.
The rushing OF the water over the
banks of the Christiana was more than
the feeble dyke could stand and II
finally gave way in three places and
the water surged through the openings
and filled the lowlands. All the way
from Market street to the river the
water extends in a solid sheet. un-
broken only by the dwellings under
about four feet Of water and the tops
of the reeds on the marshes.
Railroad Tracks Under Water.
owing to the storm the tracks oi
the Delaware railroad through tn,
lFarnhurst cut are partly submerged
but not sufficiently to interfere with
ltrafic. Trains can be run through \
Jas usual. The company has been max
ling extensive improvements there. and
some Of the grades have not been es-
tabllshed. which gives the water q
chance TO accumulate.
A stretch of marsh just beyond the
Delaware Railroad junction is over
flowed and the water reached 10 tho
tracks This happens at nearly every
big storm. and presents an enormous
expanse Of apparently unconiined
water to the eyes OF railroad passen-
gers Of the Delaware and Marylatd
divisions entering Wilmington from the
South.
Danger is Over.
The streams have settled down al
most to their normal condition today
and the strong northeast wind, which
blew the water inland has changed and
no more apprehension is felt by those
living in the submerged section, as Il
is now only a question Of hours before
they will be liberated from the home:
from which some Of them have no
been able to leave since Friday.
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