The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-21
GRlAr STORM ~ INV EAST.
Devaststisn at Philadelphia and Other
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"a we o rtt ~ brtptrr En1 ~ BfEinatfd
In the Ouif 81 Msticol The yelori,, ~ ,s~
sin 4as ~ mil.s an hour. sIa.e o, ia Effects
rrsy he ss.n by ,.legrspAir r,yorts frsn az.
fereut points, A. scfsnton. Pa, luillinz.
~sre di.msn,isd- tree. upruotei. adj roof.
bio~n "A. GREAT damage va. dons 10 tho
be- ghbofbpi ~ wtlssbarr-. A. white
Haven several psrsons yer, irjur,d IN. gale
10 Btvokiyn ~as ,,ry severe sud con.lder.bIs
damage sss dons Grrs, aavcc .as mad.
With the bsthing house. and small .hsniie. q,
Consy Island i~ngermsn'. Pier. near the
Brighioa Beach Hotel. U.s. swept, s.ay, eau.
Ing q ios. q ts0.oo The large d,pot u the
sra Beach Railway 10 undermined w the sea,
and u Ia feared tina, n will 20 to piece. The
storm ., Long Branch inflicted mach damage
10 properly.
10 fhilaislphia incalculsbie damage va.
don" by the sind. No, Ia many years, " ever
before, has thsr. ts.n - mach damage done
In the streets, public square, aud along the
ri'er 'front.' Many public shool building.
are damaged, aud pubic squares dew stated
Over forty churches - all Denominations,
ase NOR. ~ lees damaged by demolition % the
s,repl.s, etc, 'cycral ~ which are ,tp.cisd to
fall In at any moment. Walnut street Pre.b,
terian Church Ia badly damaged. The .pire,
which onS hundrci and eight, Zee, high, .as
blown dom, and In la fall struck the root Of
siv eiling and very b.ily damaged Il. In Il.
fall a portion % the church roof came si,h n,
and tn, y.siibule ~ the church and the organ
lOt were hllcd With III. trbris. The organ 4,
completed, demolished. III. damage ~ thi.
church IL thirty i've thousand dollars. III.
.ieeple ~ the flr.i Baptist Church, Thirty.
sixth aud Chestnut = reefs one hundfci and
seventy feet high. ~ss blown down, the bell
falling into Oh. .,rect-dsmsgr, ssS,0 90. The
-pirr 81 the Emanuel herman Lutheran
Churrh, Fourth and Tar, ~nter streets, two
hundred aud t~ebty t~o feet high, vas also
blown down. A great many market housrs
and pa,sengcr railway depots have b,ep badl,
damaged, sud hundreds of d~-llings, chi. ~
In the north~ es'ern section a the city, ser,
unooofed. some ~ them being entirely d,mol
ished. The shed Tor departing trains at the
fsnnsylvanis railway depot, IN west pbiladei.
phia, ~as entirely demolished. Involving q lo..
% bct~esn t&0,UO aud 80. uO The factory
of fitzgerald, corner ~ Columbia avenue and
American street, had the cntire roof carried
IN. Tho whole eastern End oi the Twelfth
and sixteenth Stree, pAs engrf Rail~ sy depot
IL levclled To the ground. shoemakef's piano
forte factory, On Eleventh and Catherine
streets, IL damaged to the et,cat 81 $1,000.
The Knitting mills VI Aaron Jones n son,
Gcl man,o~n, was unfoufed. The building
also caught flrr, aud u panic ensu,d among
III. operatives. Loss, s1,VD. The large he
20, Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
tmofc railroad, ut Washington Aycnu.
Wharf, was reduced to ruin, aud the South
side Pennsylvania Grain Elevator Was blown
In. The two western .pans Of the Falls Of
schuylkiil Bridge, on the Reading u X, fell
into the river aud stopped all travel In that
direction. Along the Delaware river front no
less than twenty warehouses sr, without
roofs, and the wat r Is 'unbing Into the stores
On the East side, doing great damage. IL Ia
estimated that At least ATTY store houses along
the wharyes were blown from their fa.tenings
and grca, quantities Of goods roaicd ~ with
the tide. The Reading railroad ferry house
and slip above South street, were dcmulish,d.
The tide Was the Highest kno~n for q years. |
Several fatal casualties arc rcporlci. Rough
~ estimated, the injured will number -. In |
Camden the storm Was yer, severe. causing |
great damage Ia property. Passengers who
came up on the Yves, Jersey Railroad state, |
In that LEGALITY, numerous tsrns we're destroy |
ed, cattle killed, fcnees blown down. while up
rooted trees we're scattered In all direction. h.
tween Pcmb-rton and the Junction IL that Rad
With tn" Camden 4 Amhoy railroad. The storm
played sad havoc with DWELLING, barns, etc. |
The nail plate mill ~ the potts,own Iron Co, |
was blown down; loss saS,oO. Madison hriLg, |
spanning the y huylkiil River, was almost com.
pletcly destroyed; loss tS0.OOo y Mingle |
Fishers steam planning mills were damaged Ia |
the extent az several thousand dollars, many |
private dwellings were unroofed. and two
vas buried under ONE fallen sheds and In
s,antiy killed. A, Norristo~n. Pa, the Pres
byterisn and Methodist churches, the Reading
depot, fsruum's NTH. and man,
smaller structures considerably damaged |
s,emmer's oil RcGnery, same slscc, /. a total
wreck. At Doyk stOwn, the siecple ~ the
Catholic church was blown 10 III. ground, as
was also a portion 20 the Reformed church. |
The new court house Vas damaged and nu-
smaller buildings were unrcofed Ia all
Barns, trees. fencss, and grain
stacks IN that vicinity were literally blown
AWAY. |
A Dispatch from Chester, Pa, says the storr1
the sever.s, that ever visited that section. /
The destruction h greater than ever heforr
20 dwellings and stores are unro0fcI,
~ being blown down altogether; three church
- were partially destroyed, aua II mAnufsc-
turing places 80 much damaged that work ~tn
To he suspended FOR q While. The tide
noss Ia . great height and washed out many
manufacturing places. Several schuoners and
we're washed ashore. and dive canal boats
loaded With coal, werr sunk In the river.
4 Bird.Estinx Treut.
A rorr,sponlent af Land mad Hail.