The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-25

At Port Au Prince the mud in th'
streets Is six inches deep. The swollel
rivers prevent supplies of provisions from
: reaching town, and eatables are at famine
prices. -
PutuADElpHIAs LOSSES ,EsrlMATKD AT two
a& MILLIoSs.
PHiLADELP41A, October "a Detailed
reports to-day show that by yesterdays
storm in this city 9S4 dwellings and stores
were unroofed and otherwise injured, and
several completely demolished, in addition
to these there were badly injured thirty
one churches, twenty.three school houses,
IS factories and warehouses, 5 hotels, 9
elevators and other large buildings, such
as depots, ferry houses, mills and railroad
offices. The fatal accidents were six, and
those seriouly injured number thirteen.
In the Southern part Of the city, known
as ''The Neck" the Delaware overfowed
It's banks for distance Of one mile from
heusual course, and the inhabitants were
taken from the second stories oftheirhouses
in boats sent out from the Navy 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. A well known landmark, the large
ship-house at League Island Navy Yard,
was levelled to the ground.
It 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
$, ,QOo, 900, the following being among the
heaviest losses: Christ's P. Z. Church, at
Germantown, $4,000, insurance, 10000;
Pennsylvania Railroad depot, West Phil
adelphia, $4,000; bridge at the Falls Of
SchuylkiIl, $1,000; Walnut Street Presby-
terian Church, $4,000; First Baptist
Church, S35, 900; schomacher's piano fac
tory, $4,000; Jones & Sons knitting mills,
$4,000.
The shipping interests also suffered Sc.
yerely, eight vessels being reported sunk,
and twenty-five damaged in this harbor.
On the Delaware, below Reedy Island and
abreast ofthe Range, the light tug w. G.
Fowler was wrecked, and her Captain and
boy were drowned.
The Captain Of the oyster sloop Mary
Ann, which arrived this morning, tells
the story Of the fate that betell nearly one
hundred Of the oyster feet bound to this
city en- the morning Of the storm. He re-
ports number sunk; MANY damaged, and
two lives lost. The Captain, first mate
and seaman, OF the sloop OF ]. Dever,
were drowned.
HEAVIEST EVER KNOWN.
WILMINGTON, DEL, October 24.-The
wind storm yesterday was the most de-
stiuctiye ever experienced here. The river
rose higher than ever before, causing a
flood and much damage to property and
shipping. Two brigs plying between here
and Philadelphia were lost in the Della
ware, and several small boats sunk. South
Wilmington was completely inundated and
numbers OF people ,had to seek refuge in
the upper stories Of houses. About IS
buildings were wholly or partially unroof-
ed in the city, four or FIVE carried away by
the food, and six blown down. The
schooner Buckeye from this port, Captain
Appleton, Master, was wrecked about
three miles from New Castle, and the Cap
tain, his wife and two sons and a seaman
were drowned. The schooner Estelle
Bright, OF this city, wrs wrecked on the
Jersey shore opposite New Castle, and
Capt. James Fountain and two colored sea-
men drowned.
AT PHESIxvILLE.
PHILADELPHIA, October 24.-At Phoenix.
vile yesterday morning the storm un-
rooted houses, uprooted trees, demolished
barns and otherwise did great damage to
property, and reports from various points
in theschuylkillTalley all speak iot- great
loss OF property.
Out of all the collieries in the Mahoning
District only three are able to work, owing
to the storm.
THE SANE STORY OF DESTRUCTION.
wahamsport was inundated. Walnut,
Centre, Elmira, Pine and Market streets
were all badly flooded, and the Philadel-
phia { Erie Railroad. is under water at
several points. Damage estimatedat SS0,-
900.
Reports from Easton, Lancaster, West
chester and,Reading all tell the same story.
& Itseems the country surrounding Phila-
delphia suffered almost as heavily as the
city.
A schooner is reported ashore on the
north point OF the Pechsback. No signs OF
the crew. Two bodies washed ashore.
Capt. Barker, Quartermaster Douglass
and the colored passenger are the only
persons positively known to be saved.
Among the number believed to have been
lost-is Willie Barker, age sixteen years,
son- q .Capt, Barker. { After the wreck
he was seen by his father
clinging to piece Of plank some distance
away, there were no means Of getting near
each other, although signals were frequent-
ly exchanged. He continued in sight OF
his father for, about an hour, when the
waves washed the plank from the lads
grasp, and he is supposed to have sunk
from exhaustion.
POLITICAL
dREESBAcK. SoNESATloSs.
Bosrox, October q The Greenback
State. ticket, which was left incomplete by
the Worcester Convention, has been filed