New Orleans Republican., 1873-08-14
THE STORM.
Damage Done by the Storm at Various
POints-I0ss of Life and Properly.


New YORK, August l3.-Heavy damage
has been done about the city by the recent
storm. Many cellars were flooded. Simi-
lar damages occurred in Camden, New Jer.
sey. 4 break in the railroad near Mer-
chantsville prevents the passage of trains
from Mount Holly and Long Branch. The
passengers for Long Branch had to return
10 the city. All the cars1ran off the track
but two. The Pullman went into gap.
and the passengers had to crawl out through
the windows. None Of them, however,,
were injured.
WASHINGTON. August l3.-The rain cen.
tinues to travel and the mails are delayed.
but no personal accidents have been re.
ported
PHILADELPHIA, August l3-The storm
was severe at Cape May and Atlantic city.
but no damage.
BALTIMORE. Angus. l3.-The cuivert and
a portion OF the track of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad near
Elkton station was washed away by the
heavy rain. The train from New York, due
at FIVE, did not reach this city until 1915
p. NJ. 1t took a large force Of workmen
three hours to repair the break. Trains are
now running regularly. The branch road
from Perryville to Port Deposit also suf.
fered from the storm, large mass Of rock
being washed on the track and the culvert
being carried away, thereby obs.ructing
travel.
The railroad track is washed out near
Rockrun and the country OverAowed.
The Pennsylvania railroad track. near
Palmyra. New Jersey, is washed away and
trains delayed. A large force Of men re-
paired the track by noon at Newark. Del
aware creek oyerflOwed and washed out
the Baltimore railroad track for sixty
yards. Passengers from Baltimore by the
~
The repairs were completed by noon, and
trains are passing as usual.
A: Lancaster the waterworks were con-
si,e:ahly damaged. No damage at Allen.
town. Beth ehem. Maunchunk, Westchester
or P.ttsy.i.e. though the rivers are all high.
TIE train from Buffalo. which arrived
to day several hours behind time. expe.
riencea great difficulty between Corning
and E.:aira. the food covering the track
severa! miles 20 the depth of nearly two
feet the car. having to make their way
wood. nearly extingulshing the fire IN the
locomotive.
A dispatch ircIn Perryvilie. Delaware, to.
day. to the postct1ice authorities. stated
that the bridge had been carried away by
the food III that vicinity, and that the
Southern mails. consequently. would no:
arrive here unit! tonight. A break in the
Chemung canal. near Albany. in this State.
was reported to-day.
LONG BRANCH. Angus: ia heavy gale
is blowing here. and the surf is running
high. The bathing houses have been re.
moved to preven. their being washed away.
The shore is lined with people, witnessing
the magnificent appearance Of the sea. The
storm is increasing.
La'...-Passenger for the eleven O'Clock
train 20 New York have returned to this
piance and report that the track has been
washed away between here and Sandy
Hook.
The jersey Southern railroad track. be.
tween here and Philadelphia. IS also re-
ported washed away.
No train has yet arrived here from Phila-
de.phia to-day.
The storm is the heaviest eeen here ior
twenty years.
The storm :e increasing; now blowing a
terrific gale. /: is thought the surf will
rise and carry off .he bathing houses be.
fore midnight. The New JERSEY southern
track II Seabright is in danger. Much dam
age IS expected along the shore.
FREDERICK. Md. August ia storm.
accompanied BY hail, injured the crops and
broke all the windows N this vicinity. The
Chesapeake and Ohio canal also suffered.
1t will require ten days to repair the culver:
a. Berlin.
SCRANTON. Pa. August l3-Twency-one
women and girls. picking berries in the
mountains. sought refuge IN % shanty from
the storm. The lightning killed two, and
seven others We're seriously injured by the
shock.
MIFrLIS. August ia ten feet land
slide has delayed the trains severa! hours.
ELMIRA, n. Y. August l3.-The bridge
over Monkey Run, on the Erie railroad,
about fourteen miles west OF here was
carried away this morning. A hundred feet
of the bank OF Chemung canal feeder ear
Corning was washed out. A dam on one
of the creeks broke away and carried OFT a
iwellinghouse during the storm.
The owner of the house with his wife and
daughter sought refuge in a barn. The
building was washed away and scattered
over the fields. The man was found so
much injured that he can not recover. His
wife and daughter have not yet been
found.
= The trains on the Erie railroad were de-
layed some six hours by the carrying away
Of Monkey Run bridge.