Smyrna times., 1904-09-21
STORM SEVERE AROUND BLACKBIRD.
"Or'lmer Records MillPOnd Saved From Break.
Ing By Most Careful VigiIance-Fish
Pond of 400 Fine Carp Lost

IN the State, suffered the effects of the
awful storms of Wednesday afternoon
and night. Much concern was felt nv
Mortimer Records about his millpond.
AT IL O'Clock they commenced to work
on 1t IN order to keep the breast from
washing out. All the gates were
opened, but that could not carry off
the water fast enough, and soon the
water was rushing over the top of the
breast. Then came the perilous work
OF throwing logs and dirt into those
places where it was washing. the
danger being much greater on account
OF the darkness, and had one of the
many men at work been swept away
by the water his life certainly would
have been despaired of. By the con.
stant aud untirlng efforts of Mr.
records and sons and others the water
was held under control to such an ex-
tent as to do little damage. In manv
places water scorned the passages up
der bridges and rushed over the top,
and where the planks were insecure.
1t carried them with it. The bridge
on the road known as "Lazy Lane.
was entirely washed away, and it is
estimated that it will require $50 to
replace it. Mr.. Henry Schafer and
his family were much concerned over
his son Lewis. He left on Wednesday
afternoon with a wagon load of
peaches for FleInings Landing at
about four o'clock. When he arrived
at Friendship Church he found the
bridge washed away and had to fix it
up before he could cross. The result
was he missed the boat. The storm
being so furious he was compelled to
stay all night and did not arrive home
until twelve o'clock next day. Then
1t was necessary for him to help build
bridges and cut up trees that had
fallen in the road. One can imagine
the suspense his family was in until
he learned that he was safe.
Salem Church Narrowly Escapes Damage.
Salem Church narro wly escaped
serious damage. A large tree fell on
one end of it. Fruit has been damag.
ed to.a very great extent, and a great
many large trees torn up by the roots.
Quite a number of our housewives
lost number of their young chickens
IN the rain. 1t was necessary for Mr..
George G. Heinold to wade to his
poultry house to release the fowls.
Mr.. John Francis of Fieldsboro.
was very heavy loser by Wednes-
days storm. He has a very large
carp pond and on Saturday had Just
put about two hundred new large carp
into the water. It was broken by the
severe storm and all the new fish as
well as over two hundred already
there were allowed to go free and are
now ready to be caught again in
Blackbird Creek.
Fields of Corn Lafd Waste in ThorOughfare.
THoRoUGHFARE NECK, Sept. 90
The storm that swept over this section
early Thursday morning is said to
have been the worst since the famous
hurricane of September, 1873. The
damage wrought, although not as
great as was at first supposed, means
many dollars to our farmers. The
Keifer pear and apple crop is a total
ruin. Cider mills are in active de-
mand to make use of the damaged
fruit Corn, which is of an unusually
rank growth, lays flat on the ground
and the feed vslue of the fodder is
seriously impaired by having the
leaves whipped off. The corn binder
is absolutely useless and the crop
must be harvested by hand.
Crops Damaged Ia Vicinity of CheswOId.
CHEswoLD, September 20. - Ches-
void and vicinity escaped as we'll
through the storms fury last week as
well as any other locality perhaps.
The mark of leveled corn fields, the
stocks riddled and shorn of much
fodder, Keifer pears and apples beat
off the trees, young peach trees bent
over and in some instances broken of.
and large trees uprooted is seen on
every hand. Tomatoes also are in
jured and the crop shortened. The
aggregate loss in various ways en-
tailed will be considerable in this COM
munity.
Keller Pear Crop Ruined at Kenton.
KENToN, Sept. 21.-The heavy storm
and wind of last Wednesday night
did considerable damage to the crops
in this vicinity, but no material dam
age to property. The corn was blown
down and Keifer pear trees stripped
of their fruit. The result has been
that the bottom has dropped out of