HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN
1831 DRULY TIDE
A significant date in
Fenwick Islands history is January 15, 1831 when the Druly
Tide
caused the drownings of
many persons and animals . A report told the wind gust caused the
waters to reach 13 to 18 feet above the usual level of the
marshes. The Druly Tide was a
storm off the sea and was
called that because a sea captain of Indian River Inlet by name of
Druly died in ths storm .
At Lewes, this same storm was called Normans Flood, for a man
named Norman who died at his 1812 home on the Henlopen Capes from
the storm.
OCEAN OFF FENWICK FROZEN
Around 1895, a Fenwick
area resident , Jim Bishop, drove a team of horses to a snow
sleigh
on the Atlantic in a snow
storm, the ocean being frozen in to chunks along the coast
because
of a severe cold spell.
This ice took several cottages off Hammck's Island near by Fenwick.
It was not until April
that the ice cakes melted. A mill pond near Selbyville had 14
inch thick ice.
MONEY BANKS BEACH
A part of the beach not far
from the lighthouse is called Money Banks beach for the fact that
lots of Spanish coins
washed up by tides and breakers and gathered by beach residents
who worked up the sands to secure up to $15.00 in silver coin.
Abstract: Selbyville
Delmarva News, Thursday, August 6, 1959
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