Milford chronicle., 1903-10-16
ST0aA DOES
Much DaIH1GE.
HIGHEST TIDE tn TWENTY YEARS
. ALONG TIE COAST.
Cattle Drowned on the Marshes, AID
Wheat Sowing stopped.

Cattle Drowned on the Marshes, AID
Wheat Sowing stopped.
The storm th~t commenced last
Thursday drenched the entire country
with heavy falls Of rain, and was ac-
companied by high northeast wind
that drove the water high upon The
mar.hes, and caused unusually high
tides. This condition of affairs pre-
vailed without a moments interval
for three consecutive days, and as re-
suit this part Of Delaware experienced
sArecord breaking storm for both high
- ter and rain
$Many wild stories of damage We're
soon in circulation, but the loss has
proven to be less than many at hrst
supposed that it would be. In the bay
the damage was not so great ss that
experienced by the September storm;
but the water piled up over the bay
shore more than it did at that time,
which caused the damage to lie greater
inland.
At Slaughter Beach there was no
damage done except to the summer.
pier. which was twisted out Of shape
and some of the planking torn of. The
bridge across the marsh leading to that
shore was washed away, and Mr.. Rey-
nolds, who was caught in MilfIrd hy
the storm. was compelled to wade in
water more than waist deep aud swim
the wide bitches to reach the hotel
with supplies. a few cattle, mostly
calves. were drowned on the Slaughter
aud Prime Hook marshes; out other
wise there was no serious damage.
Cedar Beach did not fare as well as
some of the other bayshOre places. The
water was three feet deep over the
shore at that place. and the waves
gYshed away the pier and paviliors
MIR. Hi ch anticipated the storm aud
had sent his live stock to farmers up
on the high lands and as result there
was no loss in that direction; but on
Sunday their provisions were exhaus-
ted, and appeals for assistance were
made by boats for relief. Col Charles
NJ. Stevenson, U. S. Government In
spertOr of the work at the mouth OF
the Mispilion, was one of those who
were caught in the storm at Cedar
Beach, and he says that words fail to
depict the wildness of the storm at its
height.
The water reached depth Of several
feet two miles inland, and the nearest
approach to the bayshore opened pic
tnre Of wildly heaving waters. AT the
Brick Granery, five miles from the
beach, the causeway was under more
than foot Of water.
In Milford Neck the Burnt House
Causeway was covered SO that carriage
bodies barely escaped being flooded as
thev passed over it; the same cOndi-
tions prevailed at the Beaver Dam, and
both Of these causeways are many
miles from the bayshOre.
In Milford the water in the Mispil-
lion rose to a point equal to the great
food of 1867. The phosphate factories
6tere the greatest losers by reason OF
ne water coming into the works. The
esstsrn end of North Front street was
passa able only in boats, while the lum-
her wards were kept busy gathering up
the floating stock. DR.. G. w. Marshall
and all others having stables along
the river, were compelled to rOmOve
their horses to other places.
This condition OF affairs grew stesd-
iIy worse until Sunday night and Mon
dsy morning, when the wind changed
and the flood commenced to recede.
since then the weather has been much
cooler.
Some damage was done to the work
on the streets Of Milford, but aside from
the delay Of wOrk, the loss was trihing.