The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-25

morning Of the storm. He reports a number
suuS. many damaged. and two lives lost.
Hc sch9oner BUCKEYE from Ihs hpSr Capt
miles rom Nawr.,-i' und the Captain. his wife
nnn two sons AMI n seaman .wero drowned.
The sahooner T ME Estsie Brrbt OF This city was
wrecked on the Jersey shore. opposite Ncwcas;
tie. and Capt. jus Fountain and two colorcd
WasHsoroN' OF. 2i-The Signal corpe alta.
ship 4. $, Davis OF searsport Maine. Capt Ira
SsS9fc Hp G "pan ea the sOS as ns hS Not2K ert s
Soa loss The crew, co consisting % Of VS nnetSen "sp
men. .wcre nll lost, with one exception. She
was Of 500 tons, and the cargo wqs consIGn.d
south % tSePl the son s' 8 TEe S SAVING ns crow NH
wreck are being constantly washed ashore.
Tho crew OF Life Srving Station No. are on
duty guarding the debris. The body Of man.
A. S. Davis. was washed nshore Mt 2 L. NJ. and
wns turned over to the Life Saving crew.
6S SSF on tho %S1naS 5S% Of '9S Ec R a So snn
Service ordered up signals at Key West for n
storm st,, south OF Florida On ,he morn,nG 9I tho
and. on the morning OF the 22d. to the enst of
southcrn Gcorgi,. AT midnight OF the 22d II
was, with greatly increased velocity. central
coast The maximum vclo,ty-of the wind re-
p@r,,d was % sixty ,a miiSs Ss m hour. From mid
crensing In energy, wns contra near Baltimore.
CARE MAY. OFT 2i.-'rha beach drive along the
onenn front ia damaged to a serious extent.
The damage in this city amounts to about
$4,000 The roof of the Stockton Hotel IL part
ly blown on; that OF tho Cplumbin House is
damaged. ana four lnrge columns supporting
the porch werc blown down. Tho ROOT Of Con-
gres, Hall Is damaged; that OF S.a l'rc ~
liotrl IL purity blown away At IcwlH.s Cottage
tho front piers nre wished away, and the roof Is
blown of Keybourn's Cottage
NouNr WASHINGTON. q t. AT 5P. NJ. ycs-
terlny the wind was blowing 100 milCs IN hour
Win heavy ruin.
lFApiSG. OCT. 2i-It was the most severe rain
md wind storm cycr known here. Tho wind
blew hurricane. The first building to fall WIS
the lnrge car house Of the CITY Pass niger Rail
way Company. 1t Twas about one hundred foot
long md was used for storing cars. several VI
which were Demolished W tn tho building. The
three story brick dwelling house OF VIM. Klinc
story brick dwelling OF Nicholas Jones was also
partly demolished. The roof was curricd one
ing. Peter Zeber's residence was blown down
while his corpse was laying ready for burial in
The front room. The dive ellines OF John Hare.
Michael R"iey, John Rlnglrr. and many others
were destroyed. The manufacturing establish
ments suffered heavily. Two lnrge stacks Of
the Reading Iron Compnny's pipe mill together
with the extensive stable. w"ra blown down. SO
were tho cust and boiler houses oftho Temple
Iron Go; i; 5, Getz 4 Co.'S mgrbIe works,
derry. and the Reading Railroad foundcry were
injured. The John S. richards public school
nouSe ronl Whs bloWn OH.
AT Pottstown the destruction OF property Is
large. eggregating $4,000. Tho nail plate III
OF Tie lOttstnwn Iron Company. II building 2lO
feet long und 30 in breadth. containing four
heating and seven pudding furnaces. wns
blown down: George W. REAGAN one Of the ON
plOyres of the Keystone Agri 'ultural Works.
was killed, Tho Madison street bridge across
tho Schuylkll River at Pottstown was swept
away. together with other bridges across the
same rivorNt Manayunk. Norristown. and Port
Kennedy. Among the narrow escapes from
death was that OF IL. S. Hartcnstine. at the nail
mill. Fearing boiler explosion, he ran in the
mill and drew h Is furnace fire; He then started
unconscious into an pit, when the building
fell covering him. He was aiterward rescued
without injury. II Ia difficult to get further re-
ports from other points on account Of Telegraph
lines still being down. The loss in Reading.
Pottstown. and other places near will aggregate
about 100000.