Evening journal., 1915-02-02
FLOW OF WATER !.
STOPSBIC PLANTS
ON BRANDYVINE
Stream Is Overlooking Its
Banks and Causing Severe
Damage in Places
fall OF RAIN EQUALS
CLOUDBURST RECORD

Driven by a northeastern wind that
F., at times attained velocity Of forty
miles an hour, the rainfall which be-
gan yesterday was driven last night
\ IN binding sheets. As a result. the
residents Of South Wilmington and
that portion lying in the southern
end Of the Ninth ward. beyond
/ Eleventh street bridge found their
cellars flooded
AS a result of the heavy downpour
Of rain during the past three days in
this city and also a portion OF Penn
/ sylyania which is drained by the
Brandywine creek, that stream today
was higher than il has been for years.
The stream was filled all morning
with wreekage OF outbuildings and
other refuse that had frated down
with the waters. and willie tho tide
was low, the creek Jyernowed the
walks in Brandywine Park and over
the cribbings Of Eleventh and Pine
street bridges
All work was suspended this morn
ing at the plant OF the Augustine
Paper Mills at Augustine. and like
conditions prevailed at the Lea Milling
Company plant az Market street bridge
along the same creek Owing to the
high waters portion Of the Joseph
Bancroft and Sons plant at Rockford.
was compelled TO close down.
While conditions along the creek
north of this city were bad. the worst
damage was done in the neighhorhnod
Of Fifteenth and Claymont streets.
where the sewer intakes in the streets
resembled miniature geysers. tho wa
ter from the Brandywine Creek back
ed up by the rushing current in the
Delaware River. had forced the tide
waters through tho sewers. AS a
result Claymont street rosemhled a
small lake and water entered an cell
lars along that street for a distance or
two squares
The inrushing waters oxtnguIshed
the fire in the furnace az No. n
School Sixteenth and Claymont
streets, this morning and the pupils
were sent to their homes for the day,
school sessions being dispensed with.
\ With rain falling at noon and high
7 tide alne al O'Clock this afternoon
4 II was predicted that the water in the
cellars Of tho houses IN that section
Of the city would he higher. AS q re-
suit OF the freshet In the Brandywine
owners of all kinds Of boats and boat
houses. who winter al The Orchard.
at Eleventh street bridge. were about
early today. Boats were made fast
and while none were reported as hav-
ing broken from their moorings. their
sides were scraped aid buffeted by
large logs and other debris that was
sent hurtling on the tops or the
waves.
Bad Along Christiana.
Along tho Christiana river, condi-
tions were equally ais bad and while
no serious breaks in the banks had
been reported at noon it was thought
that the banks would break allowing
the water TO join that already on the
marsh lands If this should occur.
the Causeway viii be inundated as it
was several days ago.
That the volume Of rain which fell
here last night was unusual was attest
cd today by the recorder at the street.
and Sewer Department This instru-
mcut showed that between p. m. ycs-
tcrday and a. M. today there was 233l
inches. A. the government claims that
one inch rainfall Is heavy for a cloud
burst, il Is seen that an unusually heavy
fall was recorded Since Sunday last
the rainfall here has amounted 10 Al6l
inches. This fall, compared with thel
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