Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
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Heavy Storm

Heavy Storm
The wind and rain storm which
started on Tuesday night of last
week and continued all through the
day on Wednesday and far into the
night, proved to be one of the most
disastrous nature for many years
some say since 1SS5Awhile others
/ say it was the worst ever expert
enced in this part of the country.
The damages were not only great
along the sea shore but reached for
many miles inland, and the corn and
tOmatoe crops which were so very
promising are now scenes sad to be-
hold. Trees were uprOoted and
many of the growing vegetables were
either drowned or whipped and
beaten to pieces. The weather still
remains very unsettled.
Capt Harry Derrickson, of this
town, who for the past two years
has been Captain of the Wacha-
preage Coast Guard Station on Ced-
ar Island, in Virginia, passed
through some very exciting and
thrilling experiences that are not
likely ever to be forgotten. To eli
max a night of terrible anxiety, on
Wednesday morning about o'clock,
the barn where a big tractor, a very
wide tired truck and about $500
worth of tools were kept, sailed by
the windows like a boat, and when
the walls of the cellar began to
crack and crumble, Capt. Derrick |
son and his crew decided it was
high time for them to abandon the |
Station, and for some reason not |
known to the writer, had to leave |
in a small row boat, but finally sue
ceeded in making their way across
the bay, distance of about z miles,
to Wachapreague, where they spent
some time rescueing parties who
were in danger, carrying them to
places of safety if such were to be
found. The crew were all natives
)f Wachapreage, with the exception
)f Capt. DerricksOn and one other
nan whose home was at Ocean City,
car which was left on
his side of the bay, the two men
tarted for some point where they
night either see the Commander
personally or phone their sad plight
o headquarters, but their efforts
we're all futile, as the water was !
oon in the body of the car and the :
occupants were compelled to get in c
ack and push the same through
he water for about miles, and all L
rires were down, making communi-
alton impossible. Capt. Derrick q
On arrived at his home here about j
O'Clock that night where he tried
} get a few hours rest before re- n
lrning early the next morning to n
,ok after what remained of the N
rocked station, and was delighted Is
find the business papers and rec e.
IDS over which he had passed
trough a great deal of worry, were n
injured Mrs. DerricksOn and Il
atharine had recently visited their g
lsband and father at the Station, el
wing returned home just three
Iys before the storm. 81
On Sunday morning Rev. Mr.. o.
oOre preached the last of a series +
three sermons from st. John 81 el
rises 1 to 6. Mrs. Dunn at the pipe al
gan with her son, Master Leland
lnn at the piano, furnished some m
.cellent music which was much en- m
yed by the few who were in at Ia
The benediction was pro- c
)unced by the Rev. Joe Dickerson,
young minister from Staunton, t'
ell, who attended church here with M
iss White, of Millsboro. A
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Briggs, of
who are at Bethany IN
each, left during the storm and !
me up and spent the day and X
ght on Wednesday with Mr.. and bl
rs. Lee Stevens, while Mr.. and te
RS. Clinton Brown, also of Whining sc
n, who were occupying the Truitt al
'ttage for a week, spent the time ry
ith Rev. and Mrs. Moore at the da
lrsonage. Bobbie Moore accompa- uf
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Brown back to the m
ZACH, where he remained during We
cir stay there. oil
arSOnalS al
Mrs. Charlotte Vandon, Miss Mary Bl
anks, Mrs. Ida Quillen and daugh-