Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-24
The Late Storm.

u1rnrf.d hou5eS IN val1)u5 parts CT ihe ivy,
and the damage will Irjbably anount to
s15 900 or ST, 900. Arouod the basic macy
Of the vhaIyas wire oveif3wed 10 Tie depth
Of scvera! !ccs.
THE steamer Florida, wbi,h Left foE Norfolk
Tna.aav afternoon aud returned yesterday
morning. repcrts ha7icg her bow badly stoVo
br heavy sea eff Ptios Lookout aOd was un'
ale to proceed; also raptrts having seen one
of tAc WceSos steamers, supposed to be the
Theodore Weeus, with machinery clsaDieo,
apparently drifting, aod With slgra.s set, Out
Captalu White, OF the Florida, oWlog to Tue
crippeG coacit,oa of bis vessel, was unable 70
rendrr any assistance. A deeply laden ttrae
mssted scbcU1cr. with signs for assistance, was
IF Hooper's Straits. aEd another Vissei GEAR
her, bottom UP. Of Sandy Pclot bay yes
SCI was sunk, ard off Magatby River another.
I: IS probable that the disasters on the pay
ware s.rious aYd numerous, but up to last
plight Go authentic reports had been recfl7ea
from b2lo".
he storm ~sa very Destructive At frecer-
lex, Nj, ara fton other pse:s 10 the Wsstero
psrt OF The State il IS reported SIS very severe
RICHMOND, VA, Or. IA heavy rain
AID w!ud ssorp prevailed 10 this sec.l'n ouring
portion Ct Tuesday right, particularly 1o5
s,verai htuTs after nid0ight. When the "lnd
becane almost huyricace. [. was the hard
Is; Som witch has occurred in this Vic!tl:y
fer years. agd doubtless considerable damage
las been dore, but as Yet the extent ct /: has
rot been a:cer!a!uod bevOnd blowing down
signs. ,rce:, AID tsuces il the city aud some
damage to telegraph loes.
WASHINGTON, D. c. c.. 24.-Ihe Slgnal
Corps observer st New Haven, Conn, reports:
Tho Two bundred ton schooner May 5. lice,
bound for MlGdetoTu. fouDdered outside OF
NV Harm hsIbor. Capital Tullock, OF this
CRY, aai Steward George hee, Ct Beaufort,
\. G., we're lcSs:. The remainder OF the crew
R,ra rescued from the rigging. A schooner Is
renottc3 Suak eli Bradford
The signal selv.ce ibssIver at Cape Lockout
rcror.s - 92j T. NJ. TO the Cbiet Slsnal Vi
| ticsr as tutums: =,
Tue steamer FIo'e1ce Weti.erI'ac, from New
Y yrk icr jacksonville, caI4 ashore tuesday
eight a: hat pas opc Z. W. no lives were
less
PHILADELPHIA, o.. 2.l--4i tempcsuons
gals IF uup.t c. j :utoG severity swti>! CV.i hls
city early Iu eGay muGblne, coDmeOccS atoui
=: so aud rcscbiog lis height between 600 aud
1870 6. u. DurlGg tIaSo bret mCrnlug hCurs
.Uc iicusbe dsmsgG was d5Dc ~ tee W!nd,
Which al 2:45 was blowing ut the rate ct twenty
| five n.iles an hour 10 westerly direction. Il
ptsduat;y decreased 10 fury. and from i;25 uut
| 7:55 :. Id. CHAINED velocity Of seventy two
! u.!ss az hour. Not many yea1s, if over before
has ihrre b,eo so much damage done 10 the
s!,acts, the iujlic s4Harts, and along the r!Vel
fonts.
Many of TIC pubic school bulldogs arc dam
aged sId the public squares devastated. Over
forty churches, Of all denominailons, were more
! or less damaged by the demolition Of then
sieeoles, e.. Tie Walnut Street Presbyterian
Church, WALNUT street, between Thirty niott
AID Forticth, is badly damaged. The sp:rs
which vas $50 feet high, was blown down, anC
IN its fall struck tue roof Of a dH cling aud very
| badly damaged it. 10 its fall portion OF the
church root was carried With it, aud the vest!-
| tule Ct the church and the organ lott were
| filled With the debris Tho organ Was con-
! plattIg 4 :mclishcd. The damage to this church
Will amount 10 $25 GOO.
The stoepIe OF the Fist Baptist Church
Thirty SKIN and Chestnut streets, ITO iee'
high, vas tIoau doWo. Ia its fall the spise
| doubled up 10 the base, falling into the churot
ward, and the toy, With the bel, into the street
Estimated damages 500. 600.
Tie spirc Of tue Emanue! German Lutheran
| Church, Fourth AID Carpenter streets, u.
feet above inc sidewalk, was also among the
macy church sccpes blown down 10 day.
A great macy OF the school houses, market
houscs, and passenger railway depots were bad
| Iy damaged, and hundreds Of dwellings, chltfj
| 10 the northwestern section of the city, we're
uuroc!eJ, some Ct them being entirely deno
shed.
The shed Ter departing trains at the Penn
syivaria Railroad depot, West Philadelphia
was demolished. involving a loss Of b,tweer
$40 go and $50 COO. The factory Of L. Fltz
gerald, ct Co!unbi avenue and America street
had lis cntirc roof carried of. The whole G.
the ca-crn cpd Of the Twelfth and Sixteenth
Street Passenger Railway depot Was leveled
Saocmakcr's pianoforte factory was damaged
to the extent Of $4,000. The loss % stock
AID material will bo heavy. The koittiOg mills
OF j ones Il SoDs, at Germantown, were IN
rooted. The building also caught fire and the
panic among the operatives was great. Loss
$50. eco.
The large depot cf the Philadelphia, Will
miEgton aud Baltimore Railroad, at the Wash
ington avenue wharf was reduced to ruins, and
the south side CT the Pennsylvania grain eleva
! tor 10 he Immediate vlcGlty was blown To-
| The Two western spans OF the rams Oh OcluylHli
Bridge. on the Reading Railroad, fell iuto the
river and stopped al travel. Along the Della
ware River front twenty warehouses are with
out roofs, aud water ran into the stores, dolDg
great damage to private stock and to goods
stored Oh the wharves.
| II is estimated that fifty storehouses along
the wharges were blown from their fastening;
AID great quantities Of goods fosted off with
tho Tide. Ibe Reading Railroad ferry house
and slip. above South street, were demolished.
Ia the Delaware river the tide was the high
est koown for twenty seven years. A ship
discharsng ballast at Reed street wharf was
blown 90 her beam ends. AT Poiot Breeze
Two bries cepsized. A ship broke from bel
mooriDgs below kaighn's Point aud drifted
| down tho river. and three masted schooner al
| Reed street wharf is dismantled.
Two schooners, With cargoes Of coal. went on
! the bar ju,t above the city, aod number OF
empty csual boats, lying off Gloucester, were
blown Into the stream. The different ferry
boats experienced great difficulty in making
their trips. The Sokujiki'l river also ovel how