Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-30
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
STORM.

Jersey ana New Ofk. a New 1OIk
dispatch of the 23rd says: The storm
which broke over this city this morning
originated in the Gulf of Mexico. The
velocity of the wind was so miles per
hour, the rain fall severe, but not as
heavy here as further south. The area
covered by the storm is narrow belt
along the coast. At Albany the gale
was terrible, as it was also at Trenton,
n. j., Wiikesbarre. Harrisburg, Potts
town, Chester, and elsewhere in Penn
sylvania, at Washington and other
points. The following graphic dispatch
from Philadelphia illustrates the sever
ity of the storm all along the course
A tempestous gale, unprecedent in
severity, swept over the city
early this morning, commencing
about $50 o'clock and reaching
its heigth between 6 and 7:30 q. NJ, and
subsiding with a heavy rain fail towards
9 o'clock During these brief morning
hours incalculable damage was done
by the wind which ragged with the fury
of hurricane. Not in many years, if
ever before, has there been such dam
age in the streets and public squares,
and along the river fronts. Many
public school buildings are damaged
and public squares devastated. Over
40 churches of all denominations are
more or less damaged by the demoli-
ton of steeples, etc, several of which
are expected to fall at any moment.
Walnut Street Presbyterian church, on
Walnut street, between 3Sth and 10th
streets, is badly damaged: the spire,
which is $50 feet high, was blown down
and in its fall struck the roof of dwell
ing and very badly damaged it. In its
fall portion of the church roof was
covered with it and the vestihule of the
church and organ loft was filled with
debris, and the organ completely demol-
ished The damage to this church
amounts to $50, 1000. The steeple of
the First Baptist church, Seth
and Chestnut streets, 10 feet high, was
blown down, and in its fall the spire
doubled up, the base falling INTO the
church yard, and the top, with the bell,
fell into the street; damage, $23, 900. In
its fall the top of the spire struck
houses opposite, damaging them con-
siderably. The spire of Emanuel Ger.
man Lutheran Church on Carpenter
street, 222 feet high, was also amongst
the many church steeples blown down
to-day. A great many market houses
and passenger railway depOts were bad
ly damaged, and hundreds of dwellings,
chiefly in the northwestern section of
the city, unroofed, some of them being
entirely demolished. The shed for de-
parting trains at the Pennsylvania rail
road depot, West Philadelphia, was de-
molished, involving a loss Of between
$4,000 and $4,000. The factory OF
Fitzgerald, on Columbia avenue and
American street, had the entire roof
carried off,. The whole eastern end of
the 18th and 10th street passenger rail
way depot was leveled to the ground,
stopping the running of cars for
a long time, as it was i'm
possible to get them out of the build
ing. Shoemaker's pianoforte factory,
11Sth and Catharine streets, was dam
aged to an extent of $4,000 No esti-
mate of the loss on stock and material
can be givon, bu1 it will be very heavy.
The knitting mills Of Aaron Jones &
Son, Germantown, were unroofed. The
building also caught fire, and a panic,
ensued among the operators. The loss
will not fall short of $4,000 The large
depot of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore railroad, near Washing
ton avenue wharf, was reduced to ru-
ms, and the south side Pennsylvania
grain elevator, IN the immediate vicin-
ity, was blown down. The two western
spans of the Schuylkill bridge, on the
Reading railroad, fell into the river and
stopped all travel IN that direction.
Along the Delaware river front no less
than 20 warehouses are without roofs
ana water is running into the stores on
the east side, doing great damage to
wharves. 1t is estimated that at least
fifty store houses along the wharves
were blown from their fastenings and
great quantities of goods tioated off with
the tide. The Reading railroad ferry
house and slip, above South street, were
demolished. The tide was the highest
known for twenty-seven years. Il ship
discharging ballast at Reed street wharf
was blown on her beam ends at the
point of the breeze. Two brigs are re-
ported to have capsized. The Schuykill
river also overlooked its wharves and
there are reports Of much damage in
that vicinity.
Several fatal casualties are reported
Morris Dinner: Waterman, was killed by
a large beam falling upon him.
At the Reading r. r. company's ma.
chine shops, Richmond, an unknown
man was killed, at the bridge and
Holmesburg pike, by the roof of a
stable falling upon him. John Alling
was instantly killed by roof of
building in Allegheny avenue falling
upon him. l. An unknown man was
killed IN Cedar Hall cemetery by tree.
An unknown man was killed at the
Reading r. X. Co.'s coal sheds, Lehigh
avenue. An unknown woman was
killed by a falling roof on Redge ave-
nue.. A newspaper. carrier was struck
by a falling tree at the naval asylum
and killed. Roughly estimated, the
injured will number rs. In Camden
the storm was very severe, causing
great damage to property. Passengers
who came up on the West Jersey,
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