Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30


sheds and instantly killed. At Norris
town, Pa, the Presbyterian and Meth
odist churches, the Reading railroad
depot, Farnum' s mill, and many smaller
structures were considerably damaged
Stemmer's oil refinery, at the same
place, is total wreck. At Daylestown
the steeple of the Catholic church was
blown to the ground, and also portion
of the Reformed church. The new
court house was damaged, and numer-
Gus smaller buildings were umoofed in
all directions. Barns, trees, fences, and
grain stacks, in that vicinity, were lit
orally blown away.
LATER ADVICES OF THE HURRICANE.
Baltimore advices of the 25th
inst. say that Captain Barker
of the steamer Express, which left here
Tuesday for Washington, reports that
his vessel foundered in gale at the
mouth Of the Potomac, and that the
passengers and crew are probably lost.
The captain was rescued while drifting
with fragments of the boat.
Capt. Barker, describing the wreck of
the Ecpress, says the sea was running at
great height, every wave washing the
boat from stem to stern. Shortly after
5 o'clock Wednesday morning, there
came terrific crash and the joiner
work started. The passengers and crew
had hardly time to realize what had oc-
CURED before q wave tore the saloon
deck like so much paper work and 1ol-
lowing the wave swept it off to sea and
with it nearly all on board.
Previous to this efforts were made to
head her for shore The storm was SO
furious it was impossible to stand
against it, and the rolling of the boat
prevented the engineers from working
fast enough to keep steerage way on her.
TWAS deemed advisable to let go the an
Choir to bring her to the wind in the
hope of riding out of the gale, or at
least until it should subside. The effort
was a futile one as the cables parted us
soon as she branched to, and the steam
er went adrift, no longer manageable.
All on board had secured life preserv-
| ers at the earliest period of the gale.
Some Of the officers tried to secure
boats but they were washed away and
broken up. A moment after the upper
deck had been carried away the hull
rolled over and sunk bottom upward.
| Those of the passengers and crew that
could reach portions Of the wreck chung
to them, but the heavy sea washed
them off again, and at the breaking of
dawn only persons could be seen.
OTHER WRECKS.
The steamer Thomas IIeenas,
was rescued by the Lansier, and
towed to Crisfeld harbor, where she
now lies. The steamer Massachusetts is
ashore disabled at Drum Point. All on
board well. The steamer Louisa Is
ashore. on Middle Ground. The steam
er Ide and % schooners are ashore near
the Massachusetts, The signal
corps station at Cape Henry reports the
American ship A. S. Davis, of Sears
port, Me, Capt. Ira M. Ford, ran ashore
at 2 A. NJ, on the Esd inst, eight miles
south of the station. The vessel and
cargo is a total loss. The crew, con-
sisting of 10 men, are all lost. with one
exception. The dead bodies were
washed ashore, last night, one and a
half miles south of the station.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia advices under date of
the 25th state that during the storm
in this city that 3S4 dwellings and stores
were unroofed and others were injured,
and several completely demolished. In
addition to these there were badly IN
iured, 81 churches and % school houses,
50 factories and warehouses, 5 hotels, 2
elevators and so other large buildings,
such as depots, ferry houses, mills and
railroad offices. The fatal accidents
were 6, and those seriously injured
number IS. In the southern part Of the
CITY known as the "Neck," the
Delaware ovcrfowed its banks
for a distance Of a mile
from the usual course, the inhabitants
were taken from second stories of
houses in boats sent 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 wood
Ell bridges were swept away. The
well-known landmark, the large ship
house at League Island navy yard, was
leyeled to the ground. It is impossible
at present to estimate the loss in mon
ev, as it is distributed in various
amounts between hundreds of owners,
but it is generally estimated at $5,O0O,-
900. .H
PRAIRIE FIRES.
Western Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas
advices of the 25th indicate that prai-
RE fires are still raging in those states,
destroying grain, fences and other
property. The flames were most des-
tructive twenty miles southeast Of Sioux
City in Iowa, along the North Platte
and South Platte rivers In western Ne
braska, and in Business, Trigo, Cove,
Wallace, Decatur, Graham and Rocks
counties ia Kansas. Many persons
perished'in the flames, and an uncon-
frned report prevailed in Lincoln,
Neb.. on yesterday, that Albion, Boone
county, a town of ESQ inhabitants, had
been utterly destroyed. The fires, in
some cases, are supposed to be lighted
by the Cheyennes. t s.t narg file.
WHAT low: DEMOCRATS DECIDE UPON.
A Burlington telegram Of the Oath