Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1878-10-31
the RllS ST6SN.

The rain storm that ragged along
the Atlantic coast on last WedneS-
dav morning WAS the most fur!Out
rs we'll as most destructive OF rs
kind that visited our eastern SHORES
these many years. 1t came from
the Gulf regions and swept along
the Atlantic nOrthwards. Its great
eat fury seems to have been spent in
New Jersey and eastern Pennsylva-
MIA, where the damage done is i'm
mense. Reading, Lancaster, Potts
vile. EaSton, POttStOWn, West
Chester &sd many other places, have
all suffered very much, but il would
seem that the storm tirnd made
Philadelphia its particular target.
The following from the ". y. Sun
shows how fcarfuily the elemeutS
ragged and what large amount Of
damage WAS done:
Philadelphia Oct. 9i-By yrstrrdays's
storm in this city 81 dwellings ana stores
were unrooted and otherwise injured. sew
cril were completely demolished. There
were, besides. badly injured thirty one
churches, rNcnty-Ihrec Schohihous"N, talr-
" I've factories and warehouses, five hotels
two elevators, and fifty other large build
ingS, SuHh RS dcputS, trrry-huu>es, mills
and railroad OiccS. The iaial accidents
were SIX and those seriously injured mum
ber thirteen. In the southern part Of the
citv The Delaware ovrriluWcd ia bnkS for
one mile from the usual course. and the IN
hIbi;Ints we're taken from the second Stnr-
les OF houses IN boats SeE- out uom the
Navy Yard. Only one man vas drowned in
this section. hEt the loss OF live stock was
vr-y great. aud ten or eleven old wooden
brides were swept away. The We'll known
landmark. The large Sh,p-houSe ut the Lea
que Island Navy Yard. vas l"Vci!cd 10 the
ground.
II ,S impossible a: present tn estimate The
lnSS i'm money - Il ia distributed in various
amounts balwC"n hundreds Of owners, but
il Is generally estimated n e., W,U@, the
following being among tn" heaviest losses ::
Christ +. +. Church an Germantown, 4ia,Ol0
70 s.I@H0: rennSy lvania Railroad depot,
West Philadelphia. 81, ,Go0; bridge AZ The falls
Of Scnuylkiu. 5000: Walnut stIcct prc-lv-
tc-iln church. $500; First Baptist ChurCH.
a.. .uN: ShnCmaErg'S piano fact0.", SlhhNn
- $1,000: Jones x sons knitting mills 81
On. The shipping Interests also Sulc"ei
severely, eight vessels being reported sunk
AMI " NCAit three damaged IN tiiS h1"bnr.
~ Point Breeze The snip Donald NchaS,
> .Ip0 tons. % London the h1rAS Ge"Tg" VI.
FlyG1ra OF Boston, and tGr heuf0Tj, Alice
hay. AFcnor, and Acadia tr.,h ioD>c in
thr storm. hey blocked up Inc S"huylk a
RlV.r c1u1,c;"lN nd suffered Nnmc ln,uS-
auds Of dollars W,.tA Of damage by choHnY
a. RAINING ashore. :. The same pia'r tn"
shin Home. with ~'p barrels at III went =
shore. and A.'ts So badly talnI-"G th.t shr
win probably have 10 a'S-n1:g" lb- repairs.
GA H. n,'rwdrc. below Kecdy I>'ani ant
abreast II the ii,vGn l!-ht. IL" iuL y. e.
FuWlCr Was wrecked, and her Captain Ali
:. hoy we're drowned. Thc rest Of the C.c.;.
escaped hy swimming. Tie Capt N Of Ia,
CV>trE y 8up MIR, EIU. which q rived tn D.
morning. t.li> the story o! the fA.e th.l; he
tyll uraGly one hunIv.d OF the r.Sgc &c.
bound T. his city on ,hc myIGlna VI tpc
storm. E-T-purtS :, GG.u,,r sun|. MANY
damaged. and two lives lost.
The SclocnCr Buckeye, from TIL port,
Capt. App er0n master. wI3 wrecked about
three miles from Newcastle. and thr Cap
tain, his wife and two sons and "a seaman
were drowned. George Kelly was the only
Survivor.
The schooner Estello Bright OF this city
was wrecked on the jersey shore. Opposite
Newcastle, and Captain Jas. Fountain ard
two cOloTcd Seamen were drowned