Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-10-30
DraedfuI Rar;ae Disaster.
EFFECTS OF THE OCTOBER CYCLONE.

| loss OI lne steamer Express. Cdpls
James T. Barker, of the Potomac Trans
portatlon line. which .oUndered in the
bay between No Point and Barren Is
land. sixty miles from Baltimore. or
thirty persons on board it is feared all
but nine or ten were lost. The Express
left Baltimore on Tuesday evening for
the Potomac river. her regular route.
with a few passengers and 4 light
freight. She met the gale after mid
night, and finding il impossible to en-
ter the Potomac in The STERN. the stea-
mer kept on until after Eve o'clock. when
She wind veered from the southeast
round to the southwest. The express
then, becoming unmanageable in the
trough Of the sea drilled help,essly. \
tremendous wave struck her on the Ice
ward, crashing in the saloon and top
work, tumbling her completely over,
and at latest intelligence The hull was
drifting about bottom upward. When
the steamer careened the sea swept
away the saloon. and those OF the peo-
pie on board whe were not Immediately
drowned only kept themselves aioat by
clutching plauks, spar9 and lose TIM
Der, &c.
RERORTs FROM OTHER POINTS.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2i.-Detailed
reports show that by the storm in this
city 3Gl dwellings and stores were I'M
rooted and otherwise injured, several
completely demolished. In addition to
this there were badly injured 81 churches
% schools, 81 factories and warehouses,
5 hotels, elevators and 80 other large
buildings, such as depOts and ferry
houses, mills and railroad Offices. The
fatal accidents were six. and those
seriously injured number thirteen. In
the southern part of the city, known as
THE Neck" the Delaware river over
flowed its banks for distance OF one
mile from its usual course. and in
habltants taken from second stories OF
houses in boats seat out from the navy
yard. Only one man was drowned in
this section, but the loss Of live stock
was very great, and ten Or eleven old
wooSen bridges were swept away. The
well known Old landmark, the large
''Ship House." at the Island Navy
yard was level 10 the ground. 1t is
impossible at present TO estimate the
loss III msney, as il is distributed in
various amounts between hundreds Of
owners, buLit IS generally estimated ut
two millions. the following being
amongst the heaviest losers: ChrisJ's
Prot. Fps. Church. GernlulOvn. So
600 TO $4,000; Pennsylvania railroad
depot West Philadelphia. @}2 0J0;
bridge al fall on tn S-Aul lsi.i, $4,000
Walnut street Presbyterian Church
$4,000 First BapHs, Chorch. $4,000;
Schumacher piano factory. lj,OJ5 20
so. 000; Jones * SOILS. knitting mills.
-. csc. Shipping interest. also suffered .
severely. eight v,-.o.s beng reported
sunk and twenty-five damaged "a th.s
harbor. Al Point Breeze tie snip
Donald Mchar. 1.j3t toms. r, -1ndon.
The bari, tieg,- u. barnard. ol boston
and the Mcd.Jf,, 4 ... ROY. A-n0r and
Arcadia dmii,jloo~. lWMs lhg storm.
They blocked az. -.au1il,ii river COM
pletcly. and suffered some thousands oil
worth o. damage ty chatting or luun.a-
ashore. At tie Same l'tce tHe ship
Home. via e,Oro rt.s. Of Oh, vent
ashore. and "a- % badly damaged t.'t
she viii probably .Htc 10 discourage iof
repairs. On the DC.~"a'c. tci""
Rcedy Island and abreast ol ine range.
light. the tug ". &. FoAarr"as NfecSrd
and her captain aul "a boy were
drowned. Iac rest %. tit ere" escaped
BY s"imm.ns ashore.
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Phiade.pA.a' ior Iaa'a'.-' "'"''e "i
Plum Point. five mlc' from Loves.
rudder. and stem gone. bat thought VIII
be ii'aled ; haiN Stall ta.-"' r''o'cuii,
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