The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-25
THE GREAT sroRnr AT THE EAST
Still Further Particulars.

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 24-1he wind
storm yesterday was one Of the most de-
structive ever experienced here. The river
food aud much damage to property and
shipping. Two barges plying between here
and Philadelphia were lost in the Della
ware, and several small boats sunk. South
Wilmington was completely inundated and
a number of peo pie had to seek refuge in
the upper stories of their houses. About
IS buildings were wholly or partially un-
rooted in the city, four or five carried away
by the flood and six blown down.
The schooner Buckeye, from this port,
| Capt. Anderson master, was wrecked
| about three miles from Newcastle and the
captain, his wife and two sons and seamen
were drowned. The schooner Estelle
on the Jersey shore, opposite Newcastle,
and the captain, james Fountain, and two
colored seamen drowned,
| BALTIMORE, Oct 24-The steamer
Theo. Weemis, after terrible experience,
was rescued by the Tangier and towed to
| Crisfeld harbor, where she now lies.
| The Massachusetts is ashore disabled at
Drum Point. All on board are well.
The steamer Louisa is ashore in middle
ground,
The steamer Ide and % schooners are
ashore near the Massachusetts,.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-The signal
corps station at Cape Henry reports that
the American ship, a. s. Davis, of Sears
port, Me-, Capt. Ira NJ Ford, ran ashore at
"a. NJ on the morning of the 23d inst, s
miles south Of the station. The vessel and
lcargo are total loss. The crew. consisting
of l9 men, were all lost with one excep
4 ton. The dead bodies washed ashore last
lnignt one and half miles south of the sta.
ton.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 24-Detaied re
ports show that by yesterdays storm ii
this city 384 dwellings and stores were IN
, rooted, and otherwise injured, and seVera
; completely demolished. In addition Il
these there were badly injured 81 churches
q % schools, So factories and warehouses.
D hotels, 2 elevators, and so other largt
t buildings, such as depots, ferry houses
D mills AID railroad offices. The fatal acci
0 dents were six. the seriously injured
e number, l3. 1n the southern part of tn,
: city, known as The Neck, the Della
@ ware overhowed its banks for distance o
lone mile from the usual course, and th
Inhabitants were taken from the seeon'
stories of houses in boats sent out from
I the navy yard Only one man was drown
] ed 10 this section, but the loss of live stoe
S was very great, and ten wooden bridge
o were swept away.
e The well-known land mark. the larg
J. ship house at League Island navy yard
# was levelled to the ground. 1t is impos
} sible at present to estimate the loss
b money, os it is distributed in variou
Q amounts between hundreds of owners, bu
lii is generally estimated at 50, 100000, th
following being among the heaviest losers
Christ;s Protestant Episcopal church, Gel
l. mantowp, $4O,00oto $4,000; Pennsylvs
e nia railroad depot, West Philadelphi;
II $32, 900; bridge at the Falls of the Schuyl
n kill. $4,000; Walnut Street Presbyteria
is church, $4,000; First Baptist church
't $35 600; Schomaker's piano factory, SIS
r 600 to $4,000; Jones Il Sons knittin
G. mills, $4,000.
r The shipping interests also suffere
D. severely. eight vessels being reporte
Y sunk and twenty two damaged in this hal
Dor. On the Delaware river below th
island, the w. G Fowler was wrecked an
her Captain and boy drowned. Fror
II the Delaware breakwater many vessels al
reported ashore. Tie Captain Of th
" oyster sloop Mary ADn, which arrived th
"a morning, says that of an oyster fleet G
is 100 vessels bound to this city on the morI
ing of the storm a number were sunl
IS many damaged and two lives lost. Th
!, Captain, First mate and seaman of th
al sloop j. Dever were drowned.
es AtPh@nixville, yesterday morning, th
storm uBroofed houses, uprooted tree
demolished barns, aud otherwise did grei
damage to property, and reports frol
" various points In SchuylkilI valley spea
=, of the great loss of property. Out OF a
~ the coliieries 10 Mahoning district on
y, three are able to work. owing to tt
le storm. Reports from Eastern Lancaste
Westchester and Reading. all tell Il
same story, aud it seems that the countr
Ia around Philadelphia suffered almost 3
no heavily as the city.
!. Pom AU PRINCE, Oct. 24,-Anoth
- - cyclone visited the south coastof Hayti I
the lst inst. An American brigantin
name unknown, was lost and all han
perished, At Port au Prince the mud
m. the streets is six inches deep. The swo
n len rivers prevent supply of provisio
ss reaching the town and estables are
famine prices.