The daily gazette., 1878-10-23

Nh. Inc damage to the shipping along the
delaware river was undoubtedly very
eea,, as vessels of various descriptions
"a, can De seen aground all along the shores.
Ihere are also several small craft float
lng In the now deep water on the South
wilmington marshes. The shipping
along the Christiana, being stoutly mot +
ed, did not sustain any serious DAMAGE.
ROOFS BLOWN OFF. n
All around the city and particularly In
tne suburbs the, wind has played sad
lavoc With the roofs of buildings, and at
Inc present time the loss Ia incalcuable.-
~ nc iolioHing Y list Of roofs blown of
The tin root. on the building at the 8.
w. corner Of Fourth and Market streets
mas been torn from the fastenipos. and
now hes on top Of the building, being rheld
W very slight feslstAnce, sud 1t Is lia-
sie U fal1 TO the ground at any 1ninuse.
Several of the upper windo W. in the
building have also been damaged, In some
Cases all Of the panes being broken from
tne great volume of water and wind COM
The tin roof on Fl. R. Bringhurst,s drug
store has also been damaged, and the
chwney on the same building was blown
| ooA fhC VilCh5 1911 tnTOuKl the
skylight over Thompson Bros. iewelry
store, doirg considerable damage. =
The roof OF the static belonging to Geo.
W. Bright, at Wafer and King streets,
was lifted bodily, and carried by the
wind about 20 feet from the b, ildinq.
The tin roofs at the residences OF M /.
A. ID. Warner, No. 1902 Delaware ave nue.
and Mrs. Bowman, No. 1900 Delaw are
avenue were blown Off about z O'clock
this morning. ,ss ..,.,.,.,,
Part of tie roof and the beIfry of on
vet church was also wrenched from the
fastenings, and deposited upon the
A number OF feet OF the front mart Of
the roof sof the Masonic Temple, was
lifted from the fastenings, ana SO great
was ths force OF the wind that the tin was
carried over the Institute building, and
Shipley. ~ ~ sI,-,.''~ &
At No. School the damage done, will
amount to oyer 500. The entire roof OF
tue front building has been blown off,
aud Is now lying In French street. The
back building is also meeting with the
same fate. In consequence Of the acei-
dent the school has been dismissed, M,
by the roof being blown off.d,iI "a y
Six of the new houses on Pine street,
below Tenth, erected by Speakman q
Doane, of Coatesvills, have also suffered.
The roofs have been laid waste, and the
will have to be partly rebuilt
I On the Hunsberger building Ut Water
and Market streets, now occupl ed by w.
III. Wrigh', as q carriage factory, the
entire roof, boards and all, WAS torn of.
At the r., W. u b. II. r., car shops,
fhe roofs have also suffered from the tor
nado.
The roofs on four houses ON Van Buren,
street, between Eighth and Ninth, be-
longing to Pierson & Poole, were also
blown off. al
The roofs of two of the new houses be-
ing erected by Harlan Cause on Walnut
street, below Eleventh have also suffer-
ed. ,..1. s IT, 9''I9l7
OTHER DAMAGES. ,o
In ever ny street throughout the city
were the storm king could get O footing
trees are to be seen lying In the streets,
awnings torn, windows broken, fences
blown down, and in many places the
pavements are covered with bricks from
old chimueys.
Among the glasses broken are two in
the show window on Sixth street, of q,
James Belts drug store at Sixth and
M al ket streets. The wind first tore away
the awning, and the Iron frame, and q |
part of the frame dashing against the |
glass broke two of them, These were
tue first French plate glasses ever put |
In any store, and have withstood the |
storms OF over 30 years. They were over |
of an inch thick.
Around Asbury NJ. e, Church the fence
has also been blown down, al d several of
the trees have been levelled to the ground /
The board fence at Third and French,
n <xf, ri lAfra - h.
jackson, for posting bills, Is also lying |
On the pavement.
Two trees on Seventh street between
King aud French, succumbed to the
force of the wind, and are now lying |
across the street, thereby .obstructingtrav-
sl. .l(.5 ii 81
A new house erected by Samuel Coyle
1t Chestnut and Adams streets, was COM
pletely demolished.
A show case belonging to A. P. Beecher
was also thrown TO Il pavement and the
gla.s completely shattered.
A large pane Of glass in the bulk win
low of the store No. Alb King street, was
Also broken by piece of awning frame.
TELEGRAPH coMMUNIcATIoSs.
lTelegraphic communications has been
topped, owing t" the great =. number IN or
Union Office they are unable to send or
receive any dispatches. The lines along
The different railroad lines are also down,
aud the companies are unable to run their
trains by telegraph. al
/. =, RAILROAD TRAVEL. tt't
3 Thus far the travel on. the various rail
road lines has not been interfered with
20 any con iderable extent. The bed OF
he p. W. & b. Railroad Ii all right, al
though the trains are running at de-
creased rate ofspeed, having TO "feei their
way" The compans with their usual
Il ,crity to guard against accidents, have
car and locomotive with stealn up,
-eady to start at q moments notice, with
. large force Of workn,en, to repair any
iamag. that might occur. u "
The morning. train ON the Delaware
W estern II. r. was delayed about 70 min
ites, owing TO the large number of limbs
# trees that were thrown across the
rack. The bed Of the road has hot been
lamaged.
The Delawa train north, which ar
1 yes here at $50, WAS delayed nearly as
,our, on account of telegraph poles being
,lown acrosss the track.
NEW CASTLE DAMAaEDBx FIRB AND
W ATER. Our New Castle correspondent
,ives a pretty fair idea of the damage
lone by the tide there. The wafer was
our feet his in the kitchen ofthe Jeffer-
on House, and well upon the street IS
ar a. the residence of the late John M.
Clayton. Such tide was Dever known
before. Nearly all the vessels at the
wharf are sunk or upset by the wind.