Evening journal., 1919-08-16
STORM ISOLATES
EASTERN SHORE
Entire Section Cut of
from Railroad Com
munIcatIons
LOSS WILL RUN
INTO THE MILLIONS

SALISBURY. Nd. Aug l6.-Sallsbury
and the surrounding country has Just
been opened 10 the outside world 50
TO speak having been for the past two
days without wire OF telephone Ser
vice, an lines being put out Of COM
munication By The storm which start
cd Wednesday. The train service
north 10 Philadelphia and other points
. over the New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railr0ad Is alsa-out Of COM
mission caused by several miles OF
: Nashed-out track and the carrying
away Of the canal bridge on the Del
ware Canal Just south OF Mount Pleas
ant Del
Not only is travel north at a stand
still but farmers are suffering thou
sands Of dollars loss In not being able
10 ship their canial0upes and wafer
melon crop, which now is Just at its
+ height. 10 Is estimated that over 800
cars OF this fruit are standing on side
tracks as well as thousands Of pack
ages are in the yards There are no
prospects whatever OF moving any Of
IL before Monday next. or later.
Yesterday the steamer Virginia left
here laden 20 full capacity with can
ialoupcs and watermelons for Balti- !
more, and 70 is understood that ali |
Bay Line steamers from landings on |
The Eastern shore will move as many |
as possible, but that viii in no man |
ner save the crop or costs 10 The /
truckers The price has fallen here TO
almost nothing, and truckers are
dumping the fruit along the roadsides.
trying in this manner 10 keep their
patches clear and preserve the vines
until the railroads are able TO take the
shipments. Some Of the farmers have
used heavy auto trucks and are hauling
The fruit around the washout then
loading on cars for Northern markets
TIE situation is a calamity, as the
Shore is practically shut off from the
produce markets Of the country. Every
effort is being made by the railroad TO
handle truck produce and fruits. and
men are working nlght-aHd day TO re-
pair damage 10 tracks and bridges 10
get freight moving.
The rainstorm blew over all standing
corn tore up the tomatoes. stripped
fruit from trees and has caused The
largest loss to farmers in the history
OF The shore Telephone and telegraph
poles and trees span the roadWays and
debris of all kinds is Uttered and scat
tered over the fields and roads Many u
bridges on the State stone highways C
have been washed out and people ,
travelling have TO detour for miles {
This city has been without light for u
the last two days and telegraph and
telephone service has been cut of en- S
tirely Corn and tomatoes will be &
practically q total loss. with tomatoes
selling at a figure, 1t is said, unheard I
Of before.
such mesger reports as have come
TO this place indicate that the plight a
OF Salisbury has been no worse than q
that OF other places on The Eastern
shore and throughout lower Delaware Il
Cambridge. like salisbury. mas been a
cut of from railroad communication n
ON account OF a washout near Fed
It Is not known here yet u
whether the washout has been re-
paired and trains started running 1t n
5 thought that Dorchester county IA
armers will have 30 resort 10 the r,
anne methods Of those around here in IA,
tesd Of shipping 10 Philadelphia and n,
lew Nork-ihat Is. ship TO Baltimore. m
: is understood that fairly fast time m
nay be made by running produce up h,
O Hurlock on motor trucks and ship
ing thence over the Baltimore Chesa- M
cake and Atlantic Railway 10 Balu- n,
nore No definite estimate OF the total ar
amage from the storm has yet been I'M
tempied II will run, however into
nillons. GO