Daily Republican., 1884-12-08
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Chester seems to have been the ceptr,
of the great storm ON Saturday night
A despatch to the Philadelphia Ledger
says:
The wind blew . frightful gale
and torrents OF rain descended. Th,
storm continued all the evening, but Il
WAS most severe about $50 o'clock
when cyclone Of considerable magni
tude swept over the lower part OF the
city. The cyclone could be- heard 10,
two or three minutes. Its course was
from south west TO northeast, and IL de.
stroyed considerable property. Twenty
70 twenty Eve houses in the Sou tn
Ward were nnroofe 4, and the walls CT
three of them we're blown In. A man
named Zsmmer occupied ono OF them,
and he and his vito and baby were in
bed. They were covered with bricks
and mortar, and their escape from 30
rious injury Is marvellous.
The church Of the Immaculate II cart
lost four small spires and had = mum.
Der of costly windows broken. A frame
shoddy mill, owned by Mr.. Sheppard.
was blown entirely down, and IL total
loss, together with the machinery. AT
Roach shipyard the loss IL slight, only
the end being blown out of the black
smith shop. The Alpha boat. house
was blown down. and all their boats
sent adrift. Al Morton & Black lum-
Der yard. piles OF boards were picked up
bodily and carried some distance. The
sugar refinery suffered considerably, the
roof being carried away and other dam
age done.
Kestner's Toe house wa blown down
a ~ N tut t.1 H.,
like pipe stems, bay windows we're
blown out, shutters were " rencbed from
their hinges and carried long distances
up the streets, and the scene was
frightful one. fortunately few people
we're upon the streets. or the loss Of
life would have been considerable.
Trees were torn from the ground, sign
boards and boxes and barrels were
picked up and carried in the air. The
loss at this time cannot lie estim ated
AT least one hundred and fifty build.
ings have either been wholly or partly
unroofed or damaged some way By the
storm.
ArP aILapxLpHIA
Great damage was done in West PniIadel-
phia by the storm. Tue stone tower IL feet
square and 10 feet In height. on the Presby-
terian church 81 Third and Vine streets, was
u,
cau sing q lose OF sever thousand doi,ars.
me window Of the jev very store Of Robert
Milling, &Do9 Lancaster avenu., was blow
out; l. IS 500 lar1e Sign 100 feet lony and
sfeet b gh on the Manly Cooper manr-
featuring companys works, forty-second
street and Elm avenue, was blown down
Roofs ~ dwell ings n os 1917 nd s01g FL bert
street we're blown on to-day, and also roots u
dwellings Nos. 1918 and 1918 Barring street
This TO Il oft1e Carleton Mills, Twenty-se
ond and Hamilton streets, was clown of la;
nigh. Information was te,e. phod o 20
lice IA Headquarters e Is af,erDoon that the
steeple 4 the Baptist church. Eighteenth
and Spring Garden streets, was in such A
dangerous coalition fr m tue IN ,cts OF the
or a that It was likely TO fall At any no
ment
Al TRsNros.
TRENTON De- The storm here last
NiFp hler the roof II of X w. Titus sons
~ zen m II. partly de"royed he newtavle
Euglre House aru wrc- - C..er brick
bu; I'D nSin c. urse Of erection Telv.fail
and telephone wires were broken ana eros, ed
all owe The city, and The nre-alarm system
was re- ndered u-eless In some places cellars
were flooded, and the furnace n es were ex-
tngulsh.d IN mot,t tha mills along the
river front. In the surrounding country
b rns and other building. were blown down
or unroJied an trees and fences badly dam
aged
AyRssBL WRECKED.
WISH SGroN lee ..-The signal Sery. ce
Sta ion at obincoteague. Va. reports TIA
IA three nts ell schooner Margaret A May
bound To sltlmore from the South with -
cargo OF lumber, cams ashore three rDi es
Nor h Of N rth Beach Life Saving Static 4.
AT 10 y. IN, ID cember & The crew OF eight
men were sfve by the li'e-saving crew at s
a. IN on SUNDAY. The vessel is commanded
~ Captain l. Jarvis ami Is owned b. iona