Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-29
Continued from PaEc Ono

launChingS, at the Merchant Snlpyaru,
at Bristol. They are the steamships
1nta and the waukau.
Sunkcn wreckage Revealed
The heavy wind brought to light mud
fats and sunken bits of wreck not visible
before in generations.
At pier A, Richmond, a sand-bar was
visible and in the river off Westmore-
land street n Coal-barge sunk several
years ago could be seen for the first
time since It went to the bottom.
The loading of freight cars onto car
floats had to be abandoned this morn
ing. one string of floats off Walnut
street, already loaded, had settled so
low that the tops of the cars were level
with the wharf.
At the ferries the Reading Railway
continued TO refuse heavy trucks for pas
sage across the river even after tho ris-
ing tide had improved conditions some
what at the ferry slips.
Hundreds of automobiles, which could
not safely be taken aboard the ferry
boats because the low tide had made too
sheer drop between the slip and the
ferryboat, were held up at the ferries.
From Lewes. Delaware, just inside the
harbor of refuge, II was reported that
the wind this morning was maintaining
velocity Of sixty miles an hour.
For a time this morning communication
was impossible between river points,
due to wires being down. The maritime
exchange was notified early today by the
telegraph company that wires between
This city. Marcus Hook Reedy Island
and Delaware Brealtwater had gone
down before the storm. Within a few
| hours, however, the telegraph company's 8
linemen had located and repaired the
breaks.
1t was explained at the Maritime Ex-
change that the extreme low tide, which
has made movements of shipping diff
cult on the Delaware River, always re-
| suited from strong northwest winds. a
wind from the northeast has the oppo-
site effect.
Gale Holds Up Steamship
Word was received at the exchange
| this morning that the French steamship
| Adolphe had anchored off Bombay Hook
| which is below Marcus Hook. in tow OF
| the tugs Caspian and Dixie. The
Adolphe has been unable to come up the
! river on account of head winds.
A further report on the Joseph j
| Cuneo, one of the vessels which early
! fell a victim 70 the storm, was to The
| effect that now the boat is entirely
ayash. The steamer Trontoita, a new
craft built in Seattle, was fioated dur
ing the night by tugs. She went aground
in Delaware Bay yesterday afternoon.
The Augustine, a tug which wen
aground inside the harbor of refuge, il
still fast, with other tugs trying T.
move her off against the wind Mos
of the ships proceeding here when th
gale began are now at anchor in Della
ware Bay, waiting for the winds t.
lessen.
Snow Furry Accompanies Storm
The gale on the coast today was ac
companied by occasional snow hurrie
in the early morning Mariner
and shipping men recall few blows
that have caused the tide in the Della
ware river to fall so far below norma
as at present At o'clock this morn
ing the drop measured four feet.
Many vessels were grounded at thei
docks as a result and the ferryboat
experienced considerable difficulty cross
ing the river.
, The City of Camden, of the Pennsyl
. vania ferries. grounded outside of Sl
No. ! in Camden this morning, and 70
fifteen minutes was unable to max
dock.
, House Is Blown Away
| The roof Of the Shawmont pumptn
| station at Shawmont, on the east ban
3 Of the Schuylkil River. was blown o
1 by the heavy wind early today Th
t roof was carried several hundred yard
to the towpath which runs along tn
3 river bank No one was injured
r A summer house on the lawn of Harr
= Enderlin, Of 323S Fountaine street. Ro!
t borough, was blown $50 feet across ii
!. lawn.
j The Schuylkill River, near East Fall
l was three feet above normal this morI
4 ing At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoC
= the river had risen fifty inches aboN
normal but dropped fourteen inch,
during the night.
h Trees Blown Down
= Trees and telegraph poles were blow
y down in Roxborough and Manayunk.
Il Tho patrol crew of the Manayur
g station was forced to chop away
large maple tree which was blow
> against 1873 East street, Manayunk.
g Trolley wires were broken when a tr
z was blown down on School lane.
= a large sixty-foot tree was uproot,
:, by the gallo at East Park drive al
4 Ridge avenue.
=, Three telegraph poles on the Ttlc
y mond Division Of the Philadelphia al
= Reading Railway at East Falls we
=, snapped off by the force of the gale.
" The Mauch Chunk, of the Readii
!, ferries was jammed in the piling b
:, low the water line in the Camden 81
= shortly after o'clock. and Considerat
p time elapsed before the boat was docke
-, ! Because of the steep angle caused by I
falling tide between the movable gan
plank and the boat-deck, the Readil
ferry officials refused 10 allow hea
ot trucks to attempt the perilous descent
10 the boat. Several trucks stood outsi
lie of the ferryhouse waiting for an abat
le ment of conditions this morning.
~ One of the remarkable incidents
70 connection with the gallo was the Il
y plano trip made by a postoffice await
- between this city and New York yest'
,a day.
el Air Pilot Fights Gale
ed John N. Miller, formerly a ma
Of aviator. plotting a Curtiss JN-4. bi
b. tied with tho elements and complet
te the trip in an hour and a half, deliv
IS, ing his cargo without mishap, accordi
ce to word received from Washington
s. day.
H. Pilot Mike Eversole, who was detail
~ to carry the mail to Washington, Ct
ried off second honors to Miller. ]
W three hours he fought the gale and "
lu forced to land at New Castle, Del,
~ cause his gasoline gave out. In
IL fight he averaged approximately sixtt
is and two-thirds miles for the appro
ne mate fifty-mile trip.
nj Every other effort TO fly to this c