Evening journal., 1918-04-11
continued From First Page.

NO. - Last twenty N-SfcOut street, CdNfu
10 this morning and an investigation
made there showed that the sidewalk
was undermined with wafer
During lasy night the wind razed the
walls .0f a number OF houses In East
| Iwenty-fOurih street, between Market
and Lamotte Streets. being erected by
/ David L. Topkis. The wind demolished
a large sign board at sixth and dupont
streets last night and the fence about
The property OF Walter pyle, at Green
! hill and Delaware avenues, was lev
} elcd. a large willow tree on the lawn
&C lhc pyle home was blown down.
The reports OF the local police show
that more than flity trees were blown
down In this city yesterday.
Late last night the police were notl-
| ned that a large ee IN front Gf the
danger Of falling and danger signs were
I placed about the tree, which WAS rock
! Ing TO and fire., The tree was reported
as stlll standing tais morning, but it
VIII have 20 be removed as II Is in a
| dangegous condition.
! The New Je scy and Wllm ngtou
| Ferry Company boats manasod 20 make
/ the return trip from Deep Water Point
!
nleht trip this morning was aban-
| doned
The ferryhost Arctic left here at li
o'clock This mornins for Pennsgrove,
but after making four unsuccessful at
| iempis 10 land at the New Jersey pier
[ The vessel returned 70 Tho ty.
The boats On the Philadelphia line, II
WAS reported az noon. would attempt
] A.. La f.n -
afternoon. Workmen employed IN Car
/ ney's Point n. j., today reported that
7 the ferry boat that left here yester-
/ day had battled with the wind and
tides 10 the river for four hours, and
| that u was al last compelled 20 put
/ into this city. According TO these men,
The ferry boat carried a large cargo
Of bread and beer, and after Spending
several hours on the river the passen-
gers. becoming hungry, had a beer aud
bread feast When Joseph Wilson, an
ofilclal Of tho ferry company, was
spoken 10 about this incident be stated
that he had not heard OF 10, and that
mono OF the cGmpany's boats had been
. forced 10 return here yesterday.
Saves Family From Flood.
, All parts Of South Wilmington. in ths
neighborhood OF the Causew8y. expert
enced the worst lo0d in many years
The gales have backed the waters IN
I the Chrlstiana up 10 almost unpreee-
dented heights and fully 800 acres are
under from one 10 ten feet OF water
Houses along the oauseway, Guthrie's
Row and in Tayl0rs Row, are virtu-
ally isolated by the water. The water
started TO break through the Christi
ana dixie on the east side OF the creek
between the Harlan plant and. the
nh works, about Al O'Clock yesterday
0rning two hours before high tide
There was soon a foot OF water all
along the oauseway. Conditions were
! bad enough then, but when the tide
came In at . o'clock this morning the
water rose IN msny cases nearly 10 the
second floors OF the houses forcing the
residents 10 Gee for their lives, IN
boats or IN any manner that they could
+ Tables and chairs we're floating around
IN the FIRST floors OF the homes and
) hundreds OF dollars worth OF prOpert,
damage has been done
Wilbur limerick, who lives ln ihf
/ house at the end Of the trolley trestle
) near the tracks Of the Reading Railroad
: was forced to wade through walst-deeT
water TO carry his wife and two younr
+ childrsa, aged and Il years, 20 safety
p They were taken through the cold winC
d 10 a nelghboring farm house, where
they are now being cared for.
2 limerick complained at heing Obliged
z 20 save his family on such a nlght a.
( last night, aud n was his opinion thai
the city should long ago have don,
something 70 prevent a repetition Of
former floods
This morning vehioular tranlc wa.
completely tied up on tie Causewa,
from the tracks OF the Baltimore ane
Ohio Railroad, a short distance soutf
lof the old South Side ball park. 20 thr
track Of the Reading Railroad. a dis
tance of three-quarlers Of z mile. An
Z tomobllsts and teamsters from thh
, city, despite warnings or ignorant o
s conditions, drove Up 10 the edge OF ih,
T water, only 70 be compelled 10 return.
: Worry few OF the workmen of the Ar
r Iiillery Fuse Company were working to
g day as most OF them 20 in conveyance
a which use the causeway TO and from
p the plant. The fuse companys build
Z ings stood on the edge OF the water.
2 few employees came "a work By way @
= New Castle avenue.
g Among the buildings more or les
= unoer water are Gorman's box factory
y south Of the 3. aud q, tracks. the Pyl
groceVy store, few hundred feet dis
= tant. and Guihrie's carriage shop on
street
- Trafile on the Pennsylvania IRE gh
,s cutoff was stopped by water on tn
: tracks. which was especially bad nea
q Shellpot. Some Of the trains were IN
over the passenger trscks.
Il Becoming loosened by the hlsh win
M yesterday large portion Of the coppe