The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-30
Terrific Storm.

M, reaching lts height bet { 3 Gsd
1880, and suhsiding With heavy rain
toxar3 ga N. During these brief
moraiag hours iaesloa'abie damage
va Goas by the ~ls,i, @tscn ragged
with the ferry II u h%strctGr Notiu
mepy years. If ever before has there
been so much damage deGe in the
streets, pablo squares ana al,ng t'-
river fronts. Macy pubiic cen i
buildings are damaged AID publ;
squares devastated. Over forty
churches, OF all denominations. were
more or less damaged by the demoli-
ton of steeples, etc, several of which
are expected to fall at any moment
The Walnut stree: Presbyterian
church was badly damaged. The
spire, which is $50 feet high, was
blown down, and 10 It's fall struck the
roof of dwelling, and very badly
damaged it. In lis fall S portion Of
the church roof YVES carried with it,,
and the vestibuIe Of the church and
organ left filed with debris. The
organ was completely demolished.
The damage 10 this church amounts
to s35, 900
The steeple of the First Baptist
Church, 40 feet high, wss blown
down. la its fall the spire doubled
up, the base falling into the church.
yard, and the top, with the bell, fell
into the street. The damage is S23,
geo. Ia its fall the top of the spire
struck houses opposite, damaging
them considerably.
TIE spiFe OF the Emanuel German
Lutheran Church, 222 feet high, was
also among the many church steeples
blown down to day. \ great many
market houses anu passenger railway
depots we're badly damaged. and hun
dreds Of dwellings, chiefly in the
northwestern section of the city,
were unroofed, some Of them entirely
demolished. The shed for departing
trains at the p. Il. II. depot, in West
Philadelphia was demolished, involv.
ing a loss of between $40 900 and
$50,
The tactoryof F. Fitzgerald, Colum-
bia avenue and America street, had
the entire roof carried of. The whole
eastern end of the Twelfth and Six
teenth street Passenger Railway de-
pot was leveled to the ground, stop.
ping the running of ears for a long
time, as it was impossible to get the
cars out OF the building.
Shoemacker's piaEo.forte factory
Eleventh and Catherine streets, was
damaged to the extent Of so, 600.
No estimate of the loss Oh stock or
material can be given. but il will be
heavy.
While three trains, one Of which
was the fast express, were standing
ia the east bound shed Of the Penn.
~sylvania Railroad, the roof of the
shed was lifted by the wind and fell
upon the ears. The departure Of
trains was delayed, but no serious
damage was done. The only person
injured was the fireman of the fast
express, who was slightly cut.
The knitting mills Of Aaron Jones
& Son, at Germantown, were nnroof.
ed. The building also caught fire,
aud q panic ensued among the opera.
tives. The loss is not short Of $50.
900. The large depot Of the Phila.
delphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Railroad On the Washington avenue
wharf, was reduced to ruins. and The
south side of the Pennsylvania grain
elevator, in the immediate vicinity
the Falls eDbe Schuylkill bridge on
the Res1llg Railroad fell into tie
river, aad stopped all trains ia that
direction. Along the Delaware river
front no less than twenty warehouses
are without roofs, aud the water is
running into stores on the east side,
doing great damage to private stock
aud TO goods stored on the wharves
1t is estimated that fifty st1rehouses
along the wbsrves were blown from
their fsstenings aad great quantities
of goods foa.ed off with the tide
The Reading Railroad ferry house
aud slip above South street were de.
molished. The tide was the highest
known for t~wenty-seven years \
ship dischsrging ballast at The Reed
street wharf was blown on her beam
ends.
At Point Breeze two briggs are re.
ported 10 have capsizsd.
The Schuyikin river also OVERT W.
ed its wharves, and there ers reports
Of much damage in that vicinity.
At Camden the stern was very Sc,
we're, causing great damage 10 prop.
ertv. Passengers who came up on
the Yves, Jersey Railroad state tha,
in that locality numerous bIyas were
destroyed. cattle killed aad fences
blown down, while upro0ted trees
were scattered in all directions.
Between Pemberton and the junc-
ton of that road with the Camden
and Amboy Railroad the storm play.
ed sad havoc with dwellings, barns,
etc.
10 the neighborbood Of Bordertowu
much damage ia reported.
At Beverly several houses are
without roofs, and at Delanco, River.
side, Riverton, Palmyra and Morris
stations the ruins Of damaged build.
ings are scattered liz every direction
At Pottstown, Pa, the nail mill o.
the P~otlstown Iron Company was
blown down. The loss is $25, 000
The Madison Bridge, spanning The
Schuylkill river, vas almost som.
pletely destroyed. The loss is So,
900. J. Mingle Fishers planning mil
was damaged to the extent Of several
thousand dollars. Many private
dwellings were uaroofed aad two
churches los. spires. George Rea
gan was buried under some fallen
shpds, aud Instantly killed.
At Morristown, Pa. the Presbyte.
risn and Methodist churches, Read
Ing Railroad depot, Farnum's mill
and many smaller structures were
considerably damaged. S,emmer's
Oil Reaaery. 10 the same place, is a
total wreck. At Doyiest3wn the
steeple Of the Catholic church was
blown to the ground, as was also a
portiou IF The Reformed church. Tue
1eg' Ccu-t House was damaged, and