The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-31
The oTOaM KING.
He Visits The East ard Causes !sca!.
culabls Damage.
Property 70 he Amount Of Huncreds
of Theuasnjs Of Dollars De-
stro}ed.
Wind end Rain Ct Unprecedented
Sew, rity-Uuparalied Ravsees.
AT PHILADELPHIA.

Sew, rity-UuparaIied Ravsses.
| AT TPKiLADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, October 23.-Esrly this
morning while three trains. one OF which
Was the f.s. express, We're standing in the
east bound shed Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, the roof OF a shed was lifted by the
wind and fill upon the cars The de-
p,rtuIe oi trains Was della. ed, but no seri-
Gus damage done, the only person Injured
was the fireman of the fas. express, who
was slightly cut.
A tempestuous gale of unpreceden:sd d
severity swept Over The city early this morn
ing, commencing about 80 this morning
reaching its heighin between 8 and 1:30
A. Ii and snb-iding with heavy rain fall
towards nine o'clock. During rhese brief
morning hours incalculable damage was
done by wind which ragged with the Jury OF
hurricane. Not in many years il ever be-
fore has IN re been 80 much damage done
in the streets, public -au-res and along the
river frours. Many public sch pol buildings
are damaged, and The rn,ic squares de-
vastated.
OVER FORTY CHURCHES,
Of all denominations, we're Inor. Or less
damaged by the demoIit.. "f >,eenIes, etc,
several OF viii h are .xt &c eli to fall in at
ary moment. The Waiuu Pie,byterian
church, Oh WalnuI str-et O-tw-en 39,h and
40th streets, wa- bsul, dauIax.d. The
spire, which is one hu nirri aud eighty feet
high, was blow dvHn, and in its fall
struck the root II dwei j and very bad
ly damaged it. portion Of the church
roof was carried with il, and The vestibule
Of the Church end the organ lei, Il led with
debris. The organ was completely demol-
ished. The damage to this church will
omount TO S35. 900. The s,eeple Of the
First Baptist church. corner Both and Chest
nut street-, one hundred and seventy feet
high, was blown down in its
FALL THE sPIRE DOUBLED Up
the base falling into the church yard and
the top with the bell fell into the street;
damage $4,000. In its fall the top Of the
spire struck the houses opposite dam aging
them considerably. The spire of the Enan-
ual German Lutheran church, on Fourth
and Carpenter street, 222 feet high was also
amongst many church steepies which were
blown down to-day. A great msny market |
houses and passenger railway .depots were
badly damaged and a hundred dwellings. |
chiefly in the northwestern section of the |
city unroof-d, some of them being entire
ly demolished. The shed for departing |
trains at the Penn, railroad depot, in West
Philadelphia, WAS demolished involving a |
loes Of b tween $4,000 and $4,000. The
factory of +. Fitzgerald, on Columbia Ave-
nue. and Ams ricsn streets, had the entire |
roof carried off, The whole eastern End on |
18th and l6 h streets of the passenger rail-
way depot was levsled 10 the ground stop
ping the running Of the cars for a long
time as it was
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THEM
out Of the building Sh ,emaker's piano
forte factory, Eleventh and Cstharine Srs,
was damaged to the extext of SO 600 No |
estimate Of loss on stock and material can be |
given. but it will be heavy. The knitting
mills Of Aaron Jones 4 Son, in German
town, was unroofed; the building also |
caught fire and a panic ensued among the !
operatives. The loss will not fall short Of
so COO. The large depot of the Philadel |
phia, Wilmington & Baltimore railroad,
and the Washington avenne wharf, were |
reduce to ruins, and the south side of the |
Prnnsylvania gram elevator in the imme-
diate vicinity blown in. The two western
span. of the Schuylsiil bridge on the
Readirg railroad fell into the river and
stopped all travel in that direction. Along
the Delaware river front no less than
twenty warehouses are without roofs, and
water il nning into stores on the east
side, and is doing grea. damage to private
stock
AND T1 GOODS
stored on the wharves estimated at least |
fifty storehousss along the wharves we're
blown down from their fastening and great |
quantities of goods Hosted off with the tide. |
The Reating railroad ferry house and slip
above South street were demolished, the |
tide wa. the highest known for twenty
seven years. A ship dischargipg ballast at
Reed street wharf was blown on her beam
ED at Point Breeze, two brigs arr::reported
TO have cspsiz ID. The Schuylkill river
also overhowed its wharves and there are
reports of much damage in that vicinity.
fatal casualties reported. Morris
besm falling upon him at the Reading rail-
road compsni machine shops at Rich
mond, an unknown was killed at Bridge
& Holmesburg Pi.e, by the roof of stable
falling upon him. John Alting
WAS INSTANTLY KILLED
BY the roof OF building en- Allegheny av-
enue falling upon him. An unknown man
Was killed in Cedar Hill cemetery by a
falling tree. An unknown man was killed
at the Reading railroad compapy's coal
sheds, on LehiRh avenue. An unknown
woman was killed by falling of roof on
Ridge avenue. A newspaper carrier was
struck by falling tree at the naval asy-
um, and killed. Roughly estimated, he
injured will number seveniy.fve
In Camden the storm was very severe,
causing great damage to property. Passen-
gers who came up on the West Jersey rail-
~ay state that in that locality numerous
barns were destroyed, cattle killed, and
fences blown down, while uprooted trees
we're scattered in all directions between
Pemberton and the junction. The storm
played
with dwellings, barns, SC, in the neighbor-
hood of Bordertown. Much damage il re-
ported at Beverly, several houses being
without roofs, and at Delanco, Riverside,
Rivertou, Palmyra and Morris stations the
ruins of the damaged buildings are scatter
ID in all directions. At PottstOWn, Pa,
he Nail Plate Mills of the Pottstown Iron
Company, was blown down; lose, $25 900.
The Madison bridge spanning the Schuyl-
kill river, was almost completely destroyed;
oss, $4,000. J. Mingle Fishers steam
blaming mill was d. maged to the extent of
everai thous nd dollars. Many private
lwellings re unroofed, and two churches
ost their rpires. George W. Reagan
BURIED UNDER
ome fallen sheds and instantly killed at
Pa, Presbyterian and Metho-
list churches, Reading, Railroad depot,
farmers mill and many smaller structures
damaged. SteInmers Oil Re-
inery at the same place is total wreck, at
Doylestown, the steeple of the Catholic
hurch was blown to ths ground as was al
o portion of the reformed church, the I
'ew CourtHouse was damaged and numer.
'us smaller buildings we're unroofed in all
|irections. Barn., trees fences and grain {
tacks in that vicinity were literally blown
Way,