Milford chronicle., 1940-01-12
Traffic Moving Again
After Heavy Snowfall
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narimeni division engineer, reported
al roads ia New Castle county omen
and ID good condition.
Z Carlson Wingate, 40 years old, Of
/; Wilmington, was treated for head in-
Il iuries at the Milford Memorial Hos
pital on Monday after an automobile
operated BY Stewart Barton, OF Sea-
I ford. cOllided on the Seaford- Bridge
= vile Highway. with an automobile
driven by Walter AicNeilly OF Sea-
: ford
John Williams, brother OF Charles
Curtis Williams. OF Milford, suffered
severe bruises in an accident near
Bridgeyille on Monday. He received
treatment Al the Milford Memorial
: Hospital
lee Moves Dredge
The electric suction dredge, Sau-
gus, which sank in the Chesapeake I
and Delaware branch canal at DeIa- !
ware City. early Monday morning
from the heavy pounding OF ice foes.
was torn from ils mOorings by The
lee pressure Monday afternoon and
moved 10 feet towards the canal en-
I trance.
The dredge, owned by fhe TII-
mount Dredging Corporation, Bos-
ton Mass, was taken 10 Delaware
City to open the branch canal to
tile main Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal.
1t was mOored TO the J. r. ShdIer
and Comnany wharf when heavy Ice
jams crushed its hull The vessefs
galley burst into flames as the craft
settled IN ~ feet OF water
Only boats 4of tie Ericsson Line
and the Philadelphia and Norfolk
Steamship Line passed through the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on ,
Monday
Ferry Hampefed
The government ferry fae al S.
Georges made only few round trlps ,
across the ice jammed canal last
The steam tiig. Dsland." Of the :
u. S. Engineers Department, was
to ST. Georges on Monday .
night to Keep the canal clear so that
normal ferry service might be main G
Each incoming tide piled more ice 4
into the entrance Of the branch canal =
II Delaware City as the small river
weathered iis worst :
freezing spell in years m
Ice jams tOppled the 35-foOt auto III
operated lighthouse at the
OF the canal on Monday. lI
Many Vessels Anchor Hi
The Reedy Island Quarantine Sta
ion reported that many inbound
Iessels were anchoring 10 wait until
he channel cleared of drifting ice
loes. Ice in the Delaware River was
foot thick with some OF the blocks III
learly an acre In diameter. Y
Oiicials OF the Wilson Line an
Iounced that schedules OF the New
,astle-PennsYille ferry lines are be-
ng maintained
Not Worst But
Not the worst storm IN 40 years
ut comparable TO many of the most
evere winter storms Of the past was Il
he concensus OF veteran weather
bservers. Sc
Some said the storm OF March
1856 was worse; others went back TO VII
he 1917 blizzard for a comparison
nd still others claimed this storm
las the worst since 1903. Bi
This storm, State highway engi-
eers explained, was 'iiat"-nOt
rifting making II much easier to WI
lOvel out and to clear highways. an
Salisbury. Md, suffering It's worst
low storm since 1917. was the cen
r Of second storm ON Monday
ght, O.,
Buses Have TO Suspend Se'
Business and community life of
e town was at a virtual standstill.
lilrOads were meeting schedules 4
t bus trips 70 Wilmington and /
lltimore were cancelled on Mon z
One OF the II school buses taking pra
pills TO the WlcomicO High School
Salisbury. only three arrived ON n
,nday. School was dismissed at 10 arr
m. and parents were notified by 80
2 Salisbury radio station that their '.''
lldren would be taken care OF un- -
parents arrived for them.
The I70-foot freighter, "Clty Of
lisbury." bound from Baltimore 10
" York, was forced to seek har-
r IN Ocean City, Md. when II ran
o neavy Ice does.
Pilots Craft Through Inlet 3:
Hundreds Of Ocean City residents
ned ont 10 watch Capt b. s. Tail
Cambridge, Md, pilot the freight :,
through the surging currents OF ll''
! inlet TO the safety OF the har-
Troubles Of snowhonnd Deimar, ga
re doubled when a gas main on
rth Second street burst shortly af-
the storm started Sunday night. "a
wing an entire section Of the town
hout gas service on Monday.
'wo families living near the break Mid
Re forced to evacuate their homea -.
ause Of the danger OF aaphyxia-
!. Late Monday night the section
J atiil without service. The Mary
q section OF the town. seryiced
another line, was not affected by
break
Five Escape Injury ga
hief OF Police j. Roland Locates "a
Delmar, and four passengers es-
ca injury when Locates auto ll:O
lile skidded aud struck a pole on 6:Sl
highway south Of Delmar last 7.3l
lday night r,...
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