Milford chronicle., 1933-08-25
STATE SWEPT BY
GALE AND ,DELUGEi
DAMAGE TO CROPS
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the ground floors of cottages. At Sill
yer Lake, which is divided from the
ocean only by sand bar few hun.
| dred feet wide, large rollers crashed
across the bar and filled the lake
until it oVerflowed into surrounding
streets.
Slaughter Beach did not suffer as
much from the storm as other bay
short resorts. The highest tide there
was at noon on Wednesday. At that
time the tide broke the beach, but
no damage to cottages was noted,
other than that done by the wind.
Several sections of boardwalk were
torn out when fishing boats owned
by Dan Still, Clarence Plummer and
Jet Davidson were washed ashore.
These boats were badly damaged.
The pier at the beach was severely
damaged by the heavy waves. Many
sections of the beach were built up
by the sand thrown up by the storm.
Before the gale reached its height
the majority of the cottagers had
left the beach. Many of them re-
turned on Thursday. The road over
the causeway was still under water
when the Chronicle went to press,
Water poured into the lowest
floors of the Hotel Henlopen and
Belhaven and battered the fronts
of some of the cottages. Several
small boats were torn away and
washed out to sea. One casualty was
reported when a man whose name
could not be learned, was injured
by a piece of flying timber at the
Belhaven.
A boat owned by Hugh Sharp was
beached at Rehoboth and was in
danger of being destroyed. The
ocean and bay were meeting in the
vicinity of Rehoboth, most of the
area between Rehoboth and Lewes
being under water.
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Cottagers at Lewes Beach were |
forced to fee across the flooded |
causeway .into the town of Lewes.
Extensive. damage to cottages was
also reported there. The town was |
electricity.
Completely disrupted lines of COM
prevented any check-up
on the dead and injured. Eight per-
sons were injured in the vicinity of
Laurel and Salisbury which seemed
to suffer the most. Dam breaks food
ed large sections of both these
places.
All railroad traffic south of Sea-
ford was stopped when two railroad
bridges were swept away. One of
hese was large span just south of
Seaford and the other was the
bridge two miles south of Delmar at
aoxey's mill pond. Several hundred
nen were put at work attempting to
'epair these temporarily and clear
he right of way.
Marine traffic was paralyzed and
many vague reports of vessels in
istress were received. Eight per-
ons were rescued when two vessels
we're beached at Lewes. Two others
Tere in danger of washing ashore
arly Wednesday,.
The storm played hayoc with
Dads throughout the Peninsula. (
wen the main highways were i'm
assable because of washouts and ]
lany were under water for long
tretches. All roads north of Sails
ury were condemned and no We
icles were allowed on them.
Crops of all kinds were destroyed
yer large areas, especially along
ne Delaware Bay shore, where the
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istance from kits Hammock to
ewes. The damage to crops in Del
ware is expected to be stupendous.
Towns throughout the lower end
the State were isolated and in
Iany instances, were without gas or l
lectricity. Every town with which a
could be establish I
! reported flooded streets, damaged [
Ouses and many trees blown over.
At Ocean City, Md, the ocean '
xept over the boardwalk, tearing
sctiOns of it away. Almost all of I
lie large Windsor Amusement Re- A
,rt there was carried away. The b
ater poured through the streets q
the town and emptied into the bay n
ehind. The causeway and bridge ?
yer the bay were under three feet N
water. a
Resorts along the Delaware Bay I
ere battered terriffically by waves Ii
hich crashed in through the ground \
,ors of cottages and carried away
'ardwalks. Most of these resorts
ere isolated with all commQnica- a
IN lines down and roads blocked n
floods and wrecked bridges. n
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AT Kits Hammock, cottagers were e.
ken from second story windows t.
row boats. m
The garrison at Fort Salisbury d
rth of Slaughter Beach evacuated
e post at 4:30 p. m. Monday. when a
lter began to pour into the reser- q
tion from the bay. The soldiers j,
ade their way to Milford. D,
Just before the wires to, Bowers d,
ach went down, newspaper cor Y
spondents conversed with a wom-
there who said she was standing nj
water to her knees. Cottagers, III
e said, had moved all their be- F.
lgings to the second floors and al
re going about the streets of the M
Tn in rowboats. Numbers of other a,
Iall boats anchored in the Muir p
rkill River there were smashing n,
ch other to pieces. A barge tore r.
,se in the mouth of the river, but a
IS anchored outside. ~ ~
Damage to resorts further up the "
er was less extensive, but in all III
ses serious.
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