Evening journal., 1915-08-04
Continued from First Page.


Police Captain Charles r. Evans J.
who owns a bungalow at Silver Rum
a few miles below Augustine Beach,
received word by telephone that
large tree had been uprooted there
and damaged his cottage. The IN
formant also said that the cottage OF
a fisherman nearby had been washsa (
away and the keeper at the Silver /
Run lighthouse had lost thirty-ionr /
chickens which had been carried INTO /
the hay when their coop was washed (
away CAPTAIN Evans started lor |
his cottage this morning IN MS
launch
storms Fury nj Fenion.
Fenton Beach, the New Jersey re-
sort across the Delaware River, sur
fered from the storm and communi-
cation by water with the resort was
entirely cut of until late this morning
THE motorhoat Goisha, which leit
Wilmington at o'clock this morning
with workmen for the Carney Point
plant of the DUPONT Powder Com
many was compelled to put back 10
/ This city. The vessel was unable To
land. the wharf at Fenton having Deen
lpartly destroyed by the high WINDS
and the unusually high tide
Captain Graham owner OF the boat
\ when he arrived back, reported mat
J the pier at Fenton Beach was partly
washed away and it was Impossible
10 get within 300 yards of 1t as the
waves we're very high. At times he
! said the pilot house of his boat was
swash. Later in the morning Captain
Graham made a landing with the Get
> sha al the pier and brought over some
Captain Graham also said that on the
wav across the river ho passed mucn
3, wrcckage. and Of Pigeon Point he dis'
Z covered ono or more car floats iloatmg
hottom upwards In addition there were
G number of house tops floating IN the
{ river. which looked as If they had come
from some barge that had gone down IN
: the storm
The bank of the river at Pigeon Point
p which had been strengthened by The
o dupont Company was also reported
n washed away and the mills at Carney
j. Point were threatened by the higl
water encroochmg upon them
d The ferryhoats of the Wilmington
d and New Jersey Ferry Company were
IS operatcd on schedule time, but the waNc
in the river with the high wind from tn'
Il west today caused much trouble TO tli'
y boat crews
II About seventy-hve feet of the
3 planklng on the Fenton Beach pier
D. was carried away by the storm but
q the plline still stands and the pier
u will be repaired and boat service viii
Ne he resumed by tomorrow. The waves
lc cut away part of the river bank m
70 front of J. Frank Whites cottage and
the Elmhurst cottage. where th'
be cement walks were undermined
a. None OF the cottages were damaged
however.
'o Many Trees Felled.
nm This morning the police department
reported fallen trees at the followinl
ed places in this city Second and LON
Ia, hard streets. No. SIG West street
2i Ninth and Madison streets, No. n
W West street Bennett street, betwee
'c- kEiahth and Taylor streets, Shallcros
avenue and Van Buren street, Eight
OF and Poplar streets. Ninth and Wilso
= streets. French street, between Tent
~ and Eleventh streets. Concord avenu
W and Tatnall street, Taylor and Lon
bard streets, Chestnut and Jackso
~ streets. Maple and Jackson streets
Eighth and Walnut streets, Third an
Walnut streets and Thirteth an
Market streets.
a Telegraph poles also suffered a lara
90 pole falling al Fifth and Spruc
- streets. Another pole which was d'
~ olared unsafe today, was at Carpent'
~ and Adams streets Throughout Il
n, night sputtering wires ieopardized II
a -, I. "a NNtVi
~ fell at Second and Lombard street
nh Fourteenth and King streets. Sixth ar
he Maryland avenues. Eleventh al
ID Adams streets, and Third and Mcnr
ci- streets.
he Farmers Suffer Greatly.
ant Never have the farmers in this So
,at ton of New Castle county suffer
ars from the severity Of a storm as IN
did from the tempest that howled Ia
ney last night and early this, morniI
Corn i'm fields Is Just as fiat as IL II h
on been gone over with a steam roll
rec and many of the stalks we're brol,
lh- of Ears were torn from stalks a
the IN some instances the corn was Ia
i'm. out by the roots. Large fields OF
veil matoes we're almost ruined, the gre
!. fruit being stripped from the vines.
With The lima bean wires we're &c
from their wires and are a tang
ton mass.
mat Apple. pear and peach trees \.
lore denuded and the ground bene
them rs strewn with the fruit Ma
ood thousands Of dollars loss has hi
rec suffered By the farmers. fruit grS
iris ers and truckers throughout the ST,
now Farmers in the street markets to-
eek. told Of the great damage
Thomas Brown, of near News
an had about thirteen acres of an
Ike trees, stripped Of their fruit His C
ion, and tomatoes were also badly d,
ear aged. His loss will amount TO ah
inc 5000
James Little, on the Polly DR.
-as- mond Hill Farm. suffered damage
eet- corn and fruit OF about Si00
por- John A. King. Of near New Ca
ana was hard hit His loss viii amour
but over $500. His apple and corn Ct
2 10 are on the ground
are Warren McCallister. between s.
ton and Ogletown. lost his apple C
rom His corn was also badly damaged
hers his loss may exceed $500
e OF A. Pennock. whose farm Is
and Marshallton. was damaged 10
iary amount Of 5000
sur John Abbott on the Janvier "a
iutes also sustained damage His corn
n. G. blowed down and Lima beans b
Z de- tangled and damaged. He also
Bible some fruit lie thinks his loss