Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-25
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Sons~ Of the Particulars 81 WednesAsy's
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Philadelphia, Ca. PA tempestuous
gale, unprecedented 10 severity, swept over
the city early this morning. 1ncalculabIe
damage WAS done by the wind. Not in
manv year, II ever before, has there been
10 much damage done in the streets, public
square,, and along the river front. Many
public school buildings are damaged, and
public squares devastated. Oyer 40 church.
- Of oil denominations were more or less
damaged BY the demolition of steeples, etc,
several OF which are expected To fall in At
any moment. Walnut str. ct P~resbyteriau
church va. badly damaged. The spire,
which is $50 feet high, was blown down and
IN It's fall struck the roof Of a dwelling and
very badly damaged it. In ita fail q portion
Of the church roof was carried with it aud
the vestlbule of the church and organ
loft filled with debris. The organ was COM
pletely demolished. Damag to this church,
$50, 900.
The steeple Of the First Baptist church,
Thirty.sixth and Chestnut streets. 40 feet
high, was blown down. In it's fall the spire
doubled up, the base falling in the church
yard, and the top, with the bell, fell on tn.
street. Damage. $23, 900. The spire Of the
Emanuel German Lutheran church, Fourth
and Carpenter streets, 800 feet high. was
also blown down.
great many market houses and passen-
ger railway depots were badly damaged, and
hundreds Of dwellings, chiefly in the north
western section Of the city unroofed, some Of
them being entirely demolished. The shed
for departing trains at the Pennsylvania
railroad depot, West Philadelphia, was de.
mnlished, involving a loss of between $40.
600 and $4,000
The factory Of Fitzgerald, Columbia ave-
nue. and American street. had the entire roof
carried Oft the whole eastern end. The
Twelfth and Sixteenth street passenger rail
way depot was leveled to the ground.
Shoemaker's piano forte factory, Eleventh
and Catharine streets, was damaged to thu
extent Of $4,000.
The knitting mills Of Aaron Jones & Son
At Germantown, were unroofed. The build
ing also caught fire, and a panic ensue<
among the operati yea. Lo~, $50, 900.
The lar e depot of the Philadelphia, Viii
mington 4 Baltimore railroad at Washing
ton nv nue. wharf, was reduced to ruins, an,
the south side Of the Pennsylvania graf,
elevator, was blown in two.
The two western spans Of the Schuylkil
& Reading railroad bridge fell into the riy
er and stopped all travel in tina. direction
Along the Delaware river front no lee
than twenty warehouses are without ROOT
and water is running into the stores on til
esst eide, doing great damage. 1t is est
m .ted that at least fifty s%torehouses alon
the wharves we're blown from their faster
ings and great quantities of goods Aoate
off With the tide. The Reading railroa
ferry house and slip above South street We,
demolished.
The tide was the highest known for twel
ty.seven years.
Several fatal casualties are reported.
10 roughly estimated that the injured vi
number 70.
In Camden the storm was very sever
causing grea. damage to property. Passe,
gers who came up on the West Jersey raj
road state that in that locality numero,
barns were destroyed. cattle killed and fel
CTS blown down, while uprooted trees we
scattered in all directions.
Between Pemberton and the junction
that road with thu Camden and Amboy raj
road the Storm played sad havoc with dwell
ings, harm etc. At Pottstown, Pennsylv;
. MIA, the nail plate mill of the Po,t-tov
iron company was blown Gown. Lo.
$25 ND. Madison bridge, spanning Il
Schnykill river. was almost completely d
STR y.d. Loss &l0,OO0 j Miuele Fisnel
steam planning mills we're damaged 10 ii
ex'en, of several Thousand dollars Ma,
privnt. dwellings were unrno,ed and ~
churches lost their spires. Geo w. Re
gan was buried under some sheds and i
stantly killed.
Al Nn0stown, the Preshv,erian al
Methodist churches, Reading railroad d
pot, Farnum's mill, and many smsll
structures were considerably damage
Slcmmcr's oil refinery at the lame pla
was q total wreck.
AT Doyles,own the stecple of the c.,
olic church vas blown To the ground,
was also q portion Of the reformed churc
The new court house was damaged a
numerous smaller buildings were unroof,
10 all directions barns, trees. fences a
grim stacks in that vicinity were li,era
blown awsy.