The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-10-31

The knitting mills of Aaron Jones & Son,
Germantown, was unroofed. The building
also caught fire and a panic ensued among
the operatives. The loss will not fall short
of $40, 200.
The large depot of the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore Railroad, Washing
t~on-avenue wharf, was reduced to ruins,
and the south side of the Pennsylvania
grain elevator, in the Immediate vicinity,
was blown in.
The two western spans, Falls of Schuyl-
kill bridge, on the Reading Road, fell into
the river, and stopped all travel in that
direction.
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 to private
stock and to goods stored on the wharves.
1t is estimated that at least fifty store
houses along the wharves were blown down
from their fastenings and great quantities of
goods foated off with the tide The Read
ing Railroad ferry-house and steps, above
South-street, was demolished.
The tide was the highest known for
twenty.seven years. A ship discharging
ballast at Reed-street wharf was blown on
her beam ends. At Point Breeze two brigs
are reported capsized. Schuylkill River
also overfiowed its wharves, and there are
reports OF much damage in that vicinity. |
Seven fatal casualties are reported, and
seventy-ive persons severely injured. The
trouble came fortunately early in the day,
before people had gotten out on the streets,
or this 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,
Palmyra and Morris Stations the ruins of
damaged buildings are scattered in all di-
rections.
AT Pottstown, Pa, the Nail and Plate
Mills of the Patterson Iron Company was
| blown d.wn. Loss $685. 900. The Madison
Bridge, spanning the S%chuykil River, was
almost completely destroyed. Loss $4,000.
j. Mingle Fishers steam planning mill was
damaged to the extent of several thousand
dollars. Many private dwellings were un-
rooted, and two churches lost their spires.
Geo. w. Reagen was buried under some fall
ing sheds, and instantly killed.
At Norristown, 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 a portion of the Reformed Church.
The new courthouse was unroofed in all
directions. Barns, trees, fences and grain
stacks in that vicinity were literal y blown
away. Awhile three trains, one OF which
was the fast express, were standing in the
East-bound shed of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, the roof of the shed was lifted by the
wind, and fell upon the cars. The departure
of the trains was delayed, but nc serious
damage was done. The only person injured
was slightly cut. {,
At Harrisburg and Wilkesbarre damage
of a similar characteris reported.
In New York the damage was not so severe
as in Philadelphia, and the greater part wa
done as early as half-past eight o'clock.
The clearinghouse and payilions, at Coney
Island, Sea Beach and other resorts were
, partially submerged. Trenton, N. j.,
! Scranton, Pa, and Albany suffered consider
storm seems to have turned coastward, and
, risen. The damage on the New England
coast was principally to the shipping.
, October "a: The storm in the whole
!, region about Washington turns out to have
! been much more severe than was supposed
Nearly all the steamers afioatin Chesapeake
Bay were injured, and at least half a dozeI
4 went ashore. Only one was lost, the Elk
press, plying between Baltimore and Wash
Q ington. She f9undered off the mouth of thu
Potomac, and twelve to fifteen lives wer'
lost. A large number of sailing vessel
= were driven on shore, twenty-one being re
O ported at one point in the bay. The wint
came from the ocean. and blew directly OIL
land, almost with the force of a hurricane
|, Detailed reports to-day show that by tn
storm in Philadelphia three hundred an,
eighty-four dwellings and stores were un
u rooted and otherwise injured, and severa
completely demolished. In addition t
! these there were badly injured thirty-on
= churches, twenty-three schools, thiriy-iy
= factories and warehouses, five hotels, tw
! elevators, and fifty other large buildings
s such as depots, ferry houses, mills, and raj
road offices.
= One hundred of the Philadelphia oyste
fleet were caught in the storm. knumbe
were sunk, many damaged, and several live
= were lost.
At Cape May the wind blew fifty miles a
% hour. Itdrove the tide upon the meadow
n between the city and the mainland, cove
ing the railroad track three feet, an
e. preventing trains from leaving.
a. At Mount Washington, at FIVE o'cloc
sc p. M, the wind was blowing one hundre
E. and twenty miles an hour, with heavy rail
a The ship A. s.. Davis, from Callao, WEI
a ashore south of Cape Henry, and is a tot
wreck. Only one person was saved.
ID At Wilmington, Del, about seventy.fy
e. buildings were unroofed, four or five ca
lie ried away by the flood and six blown dow
is Two schooners were wrecked on Delawal
Bay, near New Castle, and seven person
e. drowned. Captain Barker, describing II
r, wreck of the Express at the mouth of tt
re Potomac, says the sea was running at a gre
D. height, every wave washing the boat fro
e. stem to stern. Shortly after five o'cloc
es Wednesday a. NJ, there came a terrib
be crash, and the joiner work started from IL
of stanchions.
It. The passengers and crew had hardly tin
e. to realize what had occurred before ii
ID wave tore the saloon deck like so muC
al paper work, and the following wave swe]
e, it off to sea, and with it nearly all on boar
re All on board had secured life-preservers
the earliest period of the gale. Some of Il
en- officers tried to secure boats, but they we
of washed away and broken up. A momel
st after the upper deck had been carried ava
in the hull rolled over and sank bottom u
lg ward. Those of the passengers and crew tn
1t could reach portions of the wreck chung
ne them, but the heavy sea washed them
he again, and in breaking down only abo'
ty eight persons could be seen.
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