Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-06

Thomas Butler, aeod 10 years, 1885
| East Thirteenth street, saved Mrs. Roeen
and her two-year-oId baby from Their
home ct Thirteenth and Ctsymont streets,
wadiDg through four fest Of water. Butler
aiter making tho rescue was nearly swept
into the Brandywine by tho onrish Of
water and was rescued with difficulty by
! The police.
Davs Donvesa. 1910 Claymont street
lost four cows and two roats. Arcnio
Carney, residing on Brsndywinc street,
| Ind two horses drowned IN his barn.
Two horses belonging to Stanley Mitncr
ard Levi Travis were rescued with diff
| Guilty.
John E. Commit, ofll27 Railroad avenue,
rescued Ethel Devnlinger, aged 10 years,
| OF II 20 East Twelfth street from her home,
| which was inundated Her parents we're
rescued and taken 70 tho Independence
fire housc, where they received attertioD.
Patrolman Daniel Collins saved baby
from its home on Davis street.
Twenty boys were rnarooDcd in the
rooms Of the Ninth Ward Athletic Club,
Nineteenth and Head streets.
Paul Conner, John Copniss and Paul
Willforig, with a ladder from the indie
pendence Co, rescued six or eight people
from the second floor OF home near
Thirteenth and Claymont streets. Walter
Ray, Paul Conner and Jonn Collins ro-
trieved two motorcycles which had been
abandoned in a lot IN the same neighbor-
hood.
The basement and first floor of Public
School No. IL, Fifteenth and Ciayrnont
streets, was inundated and covered with
water The damage could not be asc err
tanned because Of tho surrounding water,
which was several feet deep at noon.
Traffic between Thirteenth and Vandever
avenue on Claymont street waa blocked
for this reason. Telephone service was
also put out Of commission ia that VI
cinity. The section east OF the elevated
part OF the railroad was not so bad, ~ the
walls stopped the winter from flooding
that part. There was almost Is feet diff
ference in the level Of the water, and If
il had not been for the walls, the frame
houses in that vicinity would have been
washed away.
The braidinR room and office Of the
Electric Hose and Rubber 20. was flooded
To the depth Of about Fix inches and
number Of bales OF cotton were damaged
by water, otherwise the damage was
slight. The only damage TO the Pullman
Co. was the flooding Of lumber she'd, one
OF the officials OF the company seid.
Several minor washouts occurred in the
Brandywine cutoff of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co, but the main fl light
tracks were high enough to avoid any
serious damage.
John Doupherty and his wife, Georgi-
anna, 1854 Head street were rescued in a
boat by the police and Mrs Dougherty
was taken TO Delaware Hospital, where she
Is under the care Of physicians.
DAVIS Donof and Elmer Lifts, with
motor cars, rescued number OF women,
girls and children who were msrooned in
trolley car ut Thirteenth and ClaYnont
streets
Elizabeth Nedab, go years old, her
granddaughter Of the same name and
her sons, Charles and Carl, 1914 Head
street, who were stranded in their home
from o'clock last night until e,riy this
morning. were rescued with difficulty.
A freak Of the storm was the antics
Of mail wagon and horse and driver at
Eleventh and Market streets early this
morning. The wagon WIS blown 10 King
street, turning again and again, and then
by switch OF the wind, was blown back
10 Market street, where the driver OBJ
tanned control AGAIN. No damage was
done in the thrilling ride.
Bruno Falone Of ais West Second street
and a number Of friends, helped trolley
men straighten matters out on Second
street Last night after a pole had blown
down.
Suburban trolley lines were troubled
with such drifts that they had not been
opened up 10 noon today, but an effort
was being mde 10 get them open.