West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-09

was badly damaged. The spire, which is
one hundred and eighty feet high, was
blown down, and in It's fall struck the roof
OF a dwelling and very badly damaged n.
In its fall a portion of the church roof was
carried with IL, and the vestibule of the
church aud organ loft filled with debris.
The organ was completely demolished.
The damage to this church will amount TO
$4,000.
The steeple Of the First Baptist Church.
Thirty-sixth aud Chestnut streets, one hun.
dred and seventy feet high, was blown
down. la it's fall the spire doubled up, the
base falling into the church-yard, and the
top, with the bell, fell into the street.
Damage, $4,000 In its fall the top OF the
them considerably.
The sPire OF Emanuel German Lutheran
Shurch, Fourth aud Carpenter streets, two
| hundred and twenty-five feet high. was
also among the many church steeples blown
down to-day.
A great MANY market-hcuses and passen.
ger railway depots are badly damaged. and
hundreds OF dwellings, chiefly in the north.
west section of the city, were unroofed
some OF them being entirely demolished
The shed Tor departing trains ut the Penn.
sylvania Railroad Depot, West PHILADELPHIA
! was demolished, leaving loss of between
$40 600 aud $4,000. The factory of r. Fitz.
gerald, Columbia avenue and American.
street, had its entire roof carried of. The
! whole eastern end OF the Twelfth and FIJI
teenth.street Passenger Railway Depot, was
! leveIed to the ground, stopping the running
/ OF cars for long time, as il was imposs,bIe
TO get them out Of the building Shoe.
macker's piano-forte factory, Eleventh and
| CathariDe-streets, was damaged To the extent
/ OF $4,000 No estimate Of the loss on stock
and material can be given, but il will be
! heavy.
The knitting mills of Aaron Jones & Son,
] m I'll III
also caught fire, and panic ensued among
/ the operatives. The loss will not fall short
! of 10000.
The large depot OF the Philadelphia
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, Wash.
| ington-avenue wharf, was reduced to ruin.
aud the south side of the Pennsylvania
Grain elevator, in the immediate vicinity
! was blown In.
Inc two western spans, Falls of SchuyI.
/ XIII bridge, on the Reading Road fell into
the river, and stopped all travel in that di-
. rection.
Along the Delaware River front no less
than twenty warehouses are without roofs
and the water is running into the stores on
the east side, doing great damage 10 private
stock and to goods stored on the wharves.
IT, is estimated that at least fifty store
houses along the wharves were blown down
from their fastening, aud great quantities of
goods Heated of with the tide The Read.
ing Railroad ferry.house and stems, above
South street, were demolished.
The tide was the highest known for
twenty'seven years. a ship discharcing
ballast at Recd.street Wharf was blown on
her beam ends. At Point Breeze two briggs
are reported capsized. Schuylkill River
also Overtiowed it wharves, and there are
reports oil much damage in that vicinity.
seven iatal casualties are reported, and
seVenty-hVe persons severely injured The
trouble came fortunately early in the day,
before people had gotten out on the streets
or thus list would be much larger
In Camden the storm was very severe
causing great damage to property. Passen.
gers who came up on the West Jersey Rail.
ROAD state that in that locality numerous
barns were destroyed, cattle killed and
FENCES blown down, while uprooted trees
were scattered in all directions
AT Beverly several houses were without
roofs, and at Delanco, Riverside. Riverton'
Paimyra aud Morris Stations the ruins of
damaged buildings are scattered i'm all
directions.
A. Pottsville, Pa, the Nail and Plate
NILS OF the Patterson Iron Company were
blown down. Loss $4,000. The Madison
Bridge, spanning the SchuylkiIl River. was
almost completely destroyed. Loss SO.
OOO. j. Minge Fishers steam planning mill
was damaged TO the extent OF several thou.
sand dollars. Many private dwellings were
unrooied, and two churches lost their
] 'i'N' NNV' W. INtdben was buried under
some falling sheds, and instantly killed.
At NoTistown, Pa, the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches. Reading Railroad
Depot, Farnum's Mill, and many other
smaller structures were considerably
damaged Stemmer's oil refinery, same
place, is a total wreck
At Doylestown the steeple of the Catholic
Church was blown to the ground, as was
also portion Of the Reformed Church.
The new courthouse was damaged, and
numerous smaller buildings were unroofed
In all directions. Barns, trees, fences and
gram stacks in that vicinity were literally
blown away. While three trains, one of
"hlch was the fast express, were standing
IN the kast-bOund shed of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, the roof of the shed was lifted by
the wind, and fell upon. the cars. The
departure OF the trains was DELAYED but no
serious damage was done. The only person
injured was the fireman OF the fast express,
VINO was slightly cut.
At harrisburg and Wilkesbarre damage
oi similar character is reported
In New York the damage was n OF so severe
as In Philadelphia, aud the greater part was
zone as early as half-past eight O'Clock.
inc 5athing'hOuses and pavilions, at Couev
Island, yea Beach and other resorts were
partially submerged. Trenton, n. j. ,Scran.
,onj "a, and Albany suffered considerable
loss OF property. From these points the
storm seems to have turned coastward. and
risen. The damage on the New England
coast was principally TO the shipping.
October % The storm I'm the whole
region about Washington turns ont IN
have been much more severe than was
supposed. Nearly all the steamers aAoat
IN chesapeake Bay were injured, and M
least half dozen went ashore OnIv one
lost, the Express, plsing between Baltimore
ana Washington. She fOuudered off the
mouth OF the Potomac, and twelve TO fifteen
lives were lost \ large number of sailing
vessels were driven on shore, twenty-one
being repori ed az one point in the bay The
WIND came from the ocean, and blew di.
fectiy on land, almost with the force of a
hurricane.
Detailed reports to-day show that by the
storm IN Philadelphia three hundred and
I eignty-iour dwellings and stores were nm.
rooied and otherwise injured, and several
completely demolished. In addition 10
these there were badly injured thirty.one
churches twenty-three schools, thirty.fve
factories and warehouses, Eve hotels two
elevators, and fifty other large buildings.
such as depots, ferry houses, mills, and
railroad Offices.
One hundred Of the Philadelphia oyster
heet were caught in the storm A minnie,
were sunk, many damaged. and several
lives were lost.
AZ Cap Nay the wind blew fftv miles an
hour 10 drove the tide upon the meadows
between the city and the mainland. cover.
ing the railroad track three feet and pre.
venting trains from leaving.
AZ Mount Washington, at FIVE o'clock
% No., the wind was blowing one hundred
ana twenty miles an hour, with heavy rain