The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-24
SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR.
.rptOrs D4UIGE BY IESTERDdFS
STORM ~ PHILIDELPHIi.
ror,x Cburche. More or Less Damaged
RAILWAY Dcpois Demoiished and Ware
x.,.s. rnroofcd rersons KILLED
s..,i u,.n.ter. In Long Island sound.

InroOfcd fN'oo
s...,,i Disaster. In Long Island sound.
putr,AprLrHfA. Oct % gallo oil un-
.,,,edentcd severity swept over this city early
ris morning beginning at about q A. NJ. ana
,ti,,, u''' us height between G and =, 4. NJ.
.nh.iling with heavy rainfall toward
sS,,,,t Daring these brici morning hours
..,aiculable damage was done by tho wind.
",i,h rarcd with tho fury Of u hurricane. The
,,,rv NJ tho gale at Is was twcnty-i -iivo miles
~ ho,r blnwiug in a westerly direction. Its
&C.,, ,raIualy increased and from 7:2j until
rssA NJ II attained velocity OF scvonty-iwo
,nnss an hour ~, in many years If over bo-
,,ro has ,h,re boon so much damage done in
,ho a,ree,s the vuh.ic squares. and along tho
,,v,r fronts Many Of the public school build
,n,sare damaged and the public squares do
,,sta,,1 Over ioi,y churches are more or less
damaged by the demolition OF their stceplcs.
A. several oi whicu are expected to fall In at
any moment
Tho Walnut Street Presbyterian Church. bo- |
,,aen Thrty-ninth and Forticth streets. which |
had lu.t been rcnttrd. reircscoed. and re-up- |
bols,erel WAS hn ily damaged. The spire. which
vas $50 feet high was blown down and In its
fsu II struck the roof oi n dwelling and worry
badly damaged il. A part Of the church roof
ras carried with H. and the vostibulc OF the
church and the organ loft were filled with the
dsbris The organ was demolished. The dam
age to this church will amount to s35.0OO.
The stecpe oi tho First Baptist Church. at
Thirty and Chestnut streets. which was
ITO feet high. was blown down. In it's fall the
Rc SSd and Go wn s%ie hs "be p? into S
the street The structure was Of wood. covered
with slate. and the estimated damage Is $4,000
opposite damaging them considerably.
The sIire of Emanuel German Lutheran
stood stood 322 feet above the sidewalk. was also
among the many church steepcs blown down
to-day. great many school houses, market
houses, and passenger railway depots were
badly damaged. and hundreds Of dwellings.
chiefly in tho northwestern section OF tho city.
were unrOofed. some OF them being entirely de-
molishe,i. The shed for departing trains at
th, Pennsylvania Railroad depot ut West Phila-
f-iphia was demolished. involving a loss Of be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000 The factory oi f.
INgrrad NJ Columbia avenue aud American
street had It's entire roof carried away; Tho
whole Of tho eastern end OF the Twelfth AMI
Sixteenth streets passenger railway depot was
leyelleI To the ground. stopping the running OF
ct them out ot the nuilding Shocnackers
pianOiurie factory at Eleventh and Chtha-
,i,Dogn slr'ls WAS damqGrd 10 the o eftont @ 81
ami materinl can l." given. but Il Will po heavy.
The knitting mills OF Aaron Jones Il son at
GvrmaItlwn. were unropiod. The building
also caught lire, and the panic among the opcr;
a'ycs WAS very great The, loss VII n9t tall
delphia. Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
al Washington avenue wharf. was reduced To
ruins nnI ths south side OF ihe pennsVlyanin
grain elevator in th" immediate vicinity, was
blown in. The two western spans OF the Falls
Of Schuylkill bridge. on the Reading Railroad.
fell into the river. and stopped all travel III that
Along tho Delaware River front no lcss than
twenty warehouses; are without roofs. and tho
water is running into tho stores on tho enst
side, doing great damage to privnte stock and
that nj lras, fity of the stoyohOuses along the
wharves were blown from ,heir iastctin,ss. and
grent be ,Ju JsanTlb Tbs Rradine Railroad ferry house
and elip above south street we : dei,nollsled
pre-ent. The tide was the higaest known for
twenty ty-seVen years. A ship discharglng ballast
at Reed street wharf was blown on her beam
ends and damaged t. the oXtent OF several hun
drod dollars. At Point Breeze two bries are re-
ported To- have cans l7ed. ship broke from
her moorines nj Kaighn's Point and drt"i
down the river ahl "A three -niasted schooner at
heed street wharf Is dismapiled. u.
wharyes. md there are reports OF much dam
Acc in that vicinity. Two schoopcrs. with car
gos % coal. mt n the oar Just above tho city.
canal boats lying of Gloucester, n. j.. wore
blown INTO the stream. and when last seen were
f1aiIng us tne river. The different terrybuats
usp,rl q aei cl"Ut difficulty IN making hcir
tru,. Trains were all delayed on the ihiiadel-
phia. Wilmington aud Baltimore aud all tho
other railroads. and ielesrnphic COMMUNICATION
ssayeral fatal casualties are reported. Morris
ohuor. - wat 'hman. was Killed by large beam
falling upon him at the Reading Railroad Com
pahS's machine shops, R!chm9nd. An un;
Known man WA. killed. at Bridge street and
Homesburg pix. lT the rooi Of u stable fall
ius uupn him. John Aiding was instantly
killed by the roof OF building on Allegheny
tyenue falling upon him. An unknown man
Wis Killed. IN Cedar Hill Cem"tery by n iallin
tree. AnunknOwn man was XII led at The Reading
nuo. An unAI, Mn woman was killed by the
falling ui a roof OF "A dwelling on Ridge avenne.
tl1 l at i' the Na1a AsySm '' and Eilod Il *
roushly estimated that seyent''nve persons
Ia C4nilcn tho storm was very severe caus-
ing great damage O. property. Passengers who
ean"up on thr West jersey Railroad say that
along tho lin" ul tho road numerous barns were
destroyed. egtt" k,lnd. aud fence. blown down.
whuf lalsu tr1r- were scattered in all direc-
tIon- B.fwrsn Prinb.rton and the junction of
the Most Jor-ry road with the Camden and Ann
bpy Railroad. N" storm played sad havoc with
dw0.lngs barns g.. In the neighDorhood Of
IoW'rB srNerai houses wore unroofed, and At
,ehur", lis"r nlo. Riyeron. Palmyra, and
murris 81 T. ,n ID. ruins oi damaged buildings
pAt I.u,oNu. ~. tn" nail plate mill ot the
"n lri pHhyr r waS 19Hn ,a dHSn
t"t' f.'rowl. loss, slO.Co, J. Muglc
Ken ~ -bain planlng mils were damaged "a
tl7 'NHt 1 r.,rlM thousand dollars many
IIN" 4w u-t wcre unrooitd ana two
rLuf .r- 80, u...r spires. Georgo w. Reagan
wiz thiI.i unl'r some inlicn sh"ds. ana IN
IA N,rrs.ui. Pa. tho Presbyterian and
f''Ni.-'i.t rhui hu-. ReHding RtlrOaI depot
In'iur uill Hhd unuy smaller Htru turee
a.' ru1p damaged. htommers OIL re-
"u.i 3" i'. -1n % p-1'" II q total wreck; D..
cN i'I',ipwu tn' st'-'pe of tho Catholic
Nu' 49, buNn =" th" ground. M WA also d
u'N lIt 4'.'rm'd church mo ne"
Il u", N'7 u"ind-gd Ia thr eAt'nt %, Z
XIV tH D.. d'i'H--. an numNous sinall"l
Iun ,,r. "' M i arajn up e ,a f,F in ,'Ins ib,
,AiaN. G4i-4 T9|'' soiS u 'Sps %'sl passed over
OF Al tnu-' CUth,.Irnl. Al Xix nnd Hnwl