Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-01

mill of the Pottstown Iron Company
was blown down. Loss S25, 900. The
Madison bridge, spanning the Schuyl-
kill River, was almost completely de-
stroyed. Loss $4,000. j. Mingle Fish
er's steam planning mill was damaged
to the extent of several thousand dol
lars. Many private dwellings were un-
rooted and two churches lost their
spires. George w. Reagen was buried
under some fallen sheds and instantly
killed.
At Norristown, Pa, the Presbyterian
and Methodist Churches, Reading Rail-
road depot, Farnam's mill, and many
smaller structures were considerably
damaged. Slemmer's Oil Refinery, at
the same place, is total wreck.
AT Doylestown the steeple of the
Catholic Church was blown to the
ground, as was also portion of the
Reformed Church. The new court
house was damaged, and numerous
smaller buildings were unroofed in all
directions. Barns, trees, fences and
grain stacks in that vicinity were liter
ally blown away.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. "a,
Detailed reports to-day show that by
yesterdays storm in this city 3S4 dwell
lings and stores were unroofed and
otherwise injured, and several COM
pletely demolished. In addition to
these there were badly injured thirty
one churches, twenty-three schools,
thirty-five factories and @arehouses,
five hotels, two elevators, and fifty other
1ot h,,,l1,r.,
house, mills and railroad offices. The
fatal accidents were six, and those seri-
ously injured number fifteen. In the
southern part of the city known as
"The Neck the Delaware overflowed
its banks for a distance of one mile
from the usual course, and the inhab-
itants were taken from the second
stories of houses in boats sent out
from the havy yard. Only one man
was drowned in this section, but the
loss of live stock is very great, and ten
or eleven wooden bridges were swept
away. The well-known landmark, the
large snip house at the League Island
navy yard, was leveled to the ground.
1t is impossible at present to estimate
the loss in money, as it is distributed
in various amounts between hundreds
of owners, but it is generally estimated
at $2,000,000. The shipping interests
also suffered severely, eight vessels
being reported sunk and twenty-five
damaged in this harbor. On the Della
ware, below Reedy Island and abreast of
the range light, the tug w. g. Fowler
was wrecked, and the Captain and a
boy drowned.
From the Delaware breakwater many
vessels are reported ashore. The Cap
tain of the oyster sloop Mary Ann,
which arrived this morning, tells the
story of the fate that befell nearly 100
of the oyster fleet bound to this city on
the morning of the storm. He reports
number sunk, many damaged and
two lives lost. The Captain, first mate
were drowned.
At PhGniXville the storm unroofed
houses, uprooted trees, demolished
barns, and otherwise did great damage
to property; and reports from various
points in the Schuylkill Valley all speak
Of great loss of property. Out of all
the collieries in the Mahanoy district
only three are able to work, owing to
the storm.
Reports from Easton, Lancaster,
Westchester and Reading all tell the
same story, and it seems the country
surrounding Philadelphia suffered al
most as heavily as the city.
WILMINGTON, DEL. Oct. q.
The wind storm yesterday was one
Of the most destructive ever experienced
here. The river rose higher than ever
before, causing a flood and much dam.
age to property and shipping. Two
barges, plying between here and Phil
adelphia, were lost in the Delaware
and several boats were sunk.
South Wilmington was completely
inundated and numbers of people haC
to seek refuge in the upper stories OF
houses. About seventy-five buildings
were wholly or partially unroofed in
the city, four or five carried away by
the flood and six blown down. TIL,
schooner Buckeye, from this port, Capt
Appleton, master, was wrecked abou
three miles from Newcastle and tn,
Captain, his wife and two sons and on,
seamen were drowned. The schoone
Estelle Bright, of this city, was wreck
ed on the Jersey shore, opposite New
castle, and the Captain, James Foun
tain, and two colOred seamen wert
drowned
WASHINGTON, Oct. "a.
The Signal Corps Station at Cap
Henry reports that the American shi
A. S. Davis, of Searsport, Me-, Capt. Ir
NJ. Ford, ran ashore at two a. IN. tn
23d inst, eight miles south of the sta
tain. The vessel and cargo are tota
wreck. The crew, consisting of nine
teen men, were all lost with one exceE
ton. The dead bodies were washe
ashore last night one and half mile
south of the station.
Something New in Labels.
An old newspaper man from Obi
has started drug store in the city