Milford chronicle., 1936-07-03
MANY MPERHED
BY TERRIFIC
SQUALL SUNDAY

Coffee and blankets and change
of clothing were on hand, waitinj
for the wave drenched fishermen a
kits Hammock.
All through the afternoon anC
part of the evening watch was main
tanned along the coast for wrecks ol
any croft that might have escaped
the vigil during the squall.
Is Boats Pulled Ashore
Coast guardsmen at Lewes pulled
in about Is small boats loaded with
fishermen.
Included among these was a mo-
tor boat with two men and two wO-
men who were just about to be
tossed into the water when the coast
guardsmen arrived and saved them.
Among those rescued at Lewes
we're John Dale of Wilmington and
a party of three; Edward Burns of
Wilmington and a party of three;
John Roberts of Chester and three
companions; John C. Travis, super
intendent of the Lewes CCC Camp at
Lewes; HendTick Nicholas of Will
mingtOn and several friends.
The storm tore loose a drill boat
being used by the U. S. Army en-
gineers at Lewes for the $230,000
inlet project. and washed it ashore.
Guards Aid Disabled Tug
Coast guardsmen also went to the
aid of a disabled tug near Milford.
The tug, Gladys, owned by Warren
L. Graham, Inc, of 927 Market |
street, Wilmington, reported a dis
abIed rudder while towing two
barges and the coast guard picket
boat No. 2267 towed the tug and
anchored it safely in the Mispillion
River. One of the barges had a
cargo said to have been valued at
100000.
A coast guard boat also went TO
the IS. Fairfax, of the Merchants
and Miners Line and took off l.. r.
White. an oiler. suffering from ap-
pendicitis. He was taken to the
B6ebe Hospital at Lewes.
Another coast guard boat took
William Hope of Boston, an Oiler,
off the S. S. Calmar. an intercOastal
freighter. He had fallen q feet while
helping the ships carpenter. He was
treated at the Beebe Hospital.
Boat Dashed Upon Jetty
A small power boat was dashed
upon the jetty at the Mispillion
River and a woman mad her hcnd
mashed and a man had the fingers
of his left hand almost cut off.
Only the man, Oscar II. Miller, of
DOwningtown. Pa, was treated at ,
the Milford Hospital and discharged.
H D. Mccullough. Jr., and Clum
Warren, both of Milford. also had
narrow escapes from being dashed !
on the jetty when their boats got out
of control The Warren boat was
seriously damaged. The Mccullough
boat, however, escaped with slight
damage to the stern.
At Leipsic, row boat with three
men and two women was in serious
danger until a power boat with res
cuers arrived. Just as the five were \
taken aboard the motor craft the
row boat sank.
The situation at Kits Hammock T
was particularly serious for a while. K
Eleven persons were out fishing in L
row boats when the full strength of \
he wind struck and they made a v
mad dash for shore. I
Mr.. Plumber, a retired B. and o. L
locomotive works superintendent, S
Who summers at Woodland Beach, c
'eported that the hail stones there D
we're as large as guinea eggs.
Fruit Trees Damaged
Orchardists on Monday took ac-
count of the damage done to fruit p,
rees. Apples and peaches were re- .
ported to have been blown off and y
limbs were snapped off by the wind. =
The hail storm in northern Della l.
ware was a strange sight as the N
cylindrical hail stones beat down in "
lower beds, glistened on lawns and II
made noise like a staccatO beating =
# a snare drum on roofs. N
The wind and hail beat down n
ields of corn. Several hours later a
Ierce deluge, accompanied by wind,
eemed about to round out a first
lass midsummer storm.
Awnings were ripped. limbs of -,
rees broken off and scattered pell "
nell about on highways and hun NJ
IGuS Ol dulDUlODlleS were NDOuFu.
.fter the storm, came an ideal cool WI
afternoon and evening. ue
Six Hurled Into Bay M M
At Fortescue, N. J., below Bridge Mi
0n, six Philadelphians were hurled
ito Delaware Bay when the gale
apsized their outboard motorboat.
hey clung to the keel of the boat
! stOrm-tossed waters for half an
our before being rescued
The wind that accompanied an me
ectrical storm which struck Penn's bo
rove was tentatively blamed for the Ro
cath of four steers at a farm in At
The cattle were cleo hie
ocuted shortly after l o'clock, as ter
ley grazed with their heads pro- we
uding through a fence. which be- wa
lme electrified by a high tension ito
ire falling from a telegraph pole sol
,arby. ito
Jesse Lippincott, owner of the ouI
eers, said eleven other head of alb,
title grazing in the field were not
lrt. ga,